general problems of the 2010 Toyota Matrix

32 problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2010 Toyota Matrix. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 11/27/2017

Takata recall. Nothing has happened yet, but I was not notified about the recall at all. I happened to find out about it online and my car is included in the recall.

2 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/11/2017

The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Matrix. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. A local dealer (autonation Toyota hayward located at 24773 mission blvd hayward, CA 94544 510-224-4854) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy after the contact left the vehicle at the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

3 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 06/17/2017

Takata recall. It has been more than a year since receiving the notice of problem and it has still not been resolved.

4 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/15/2017

The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Matrix. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 15v689000 (visibility) and 16v340000 (air bags); however, the remedy parts were not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. An unknown dealer was contacted and the contact was informed that the parts were not available. The manufacturer was not contacted. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

5 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/08/2017

"takata recall". I purchased the vehicle on 4/27/2017. I received a recall notice approxiamately 1 week later. I called the dealer I purchased it through, they told me when I receive a letter from Toyota that the airbags are available, to call back. It has been almost 5 months and the vehicle has not yet been repaired. I really would like my car repaired soon, as the weather here in rochester is going to get snowy in the next few months. I want to feel safe in my car, as I transport my daughter that is 3 1/2 years old. Can you please give me some guidance as to how I can get my vehicle repaired soon?.

6 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/27/2017

Takata recall no remedy for my passenger airbag yet. Its taking too long. I cant have a front passenger with me.

7 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 01/10/2017

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Matrix. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags). The part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

8 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 12/13/2016

Takata recall, repair not performed, no parts avail.

9 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 12/05/2016

My complaint is that Toyota gives me different answers each time I have called regarding passenger airbag recall. Recall #16v-340. Even if the passenger airbag explodes it can shoot metal parts across at driver or in back at passengers. I live in zone a and also drive to arizona which is a lot hotter than CA the last call I made to Toyota I was told they hadn't decided the best avenue to go!!! that tells me that they have not started on the problem!!! maybe if things were made in the USA we wouldn't have all these recalls!!! thank you.

10 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 11/01/2016

Takata recall. Toyota will not move forward and fix our airbag issues.

11 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/24/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Matrix. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags). The part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The VIN was invalid. The contact had not experienced a failure.

12 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/20/2016

Takata recall, I was traveling down a side road and a car was pulling out of the driveway and I was struck on the passenger side of my vehicle, the airbags on both driver side and passenger side did not deploy. Car was deemed a total loss by the insurance company.

13 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 08/27/2016

Takata recall - I have contacted several Toyota dealerships in my area (baton rouge, la), some of them more than once. None of them are able to do the airbag recall, claiming they do not have the necessary part and do not know when they will have it. This has been going on for probably about a year now. One of them actually suggested that the remedy was to prevent anyone from sitting in the front passenger's seat. I have a wife and 2 small children; that is not an option, and it was ridiculous and insulting to suggest it. I bought a car with 4 doors and (at least) 4 seats for a reason, and that's what I expect to have. Totally unacceptable answer there. Anyway, I have been unable to resolve this with the local dealerships, so I am filing a complaint here. I wish I had found out about this form 6 or 9 months ago. Thanks in advance.

14 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 08/21/2016

My recall is listed as incomplete which means a remedy is not available yet. My car is 6 years old now and I think enough time has elapsed for there to already be a remedybe a remedy and if not then something needs to be done to resolve this quickly.

15 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 08/01/2016

Received recall notice indicatiing I should not use front passenger side seat. Checked with local dealer who assured that it is absolutely safe to use that seat. . So with conflicting info from Toyota and the dealer just what should I do???.

16 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/22/2016

Takata recall - no remedy has been provided and it has been eight months. The car was brought to the local dealer in July 2016 and as it was the family car we were urged to turn over the vehicle to the dealer in favor of a long term rental car until they were able to fix it. We have not heard anything ifrom Toyota since and no one at the local dealer can tell us anything in regards to timeline for the remedy.

17 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/01/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Matrix. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The roseville Toyota dealer was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

18 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 06/09/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 Toyota corolla Matrix. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags). The part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact spoke to Toyota of berkeley (2400 shattuck Ave, berkeley, CA 94704) and downtown Toyota of oakland (4145 broadway, oakland, CA 94611) who stated that parts were not available. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

19 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 06/02/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Matrix. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v340000 (air bags) and 15v689000 (visibility) and stated that the parts needed for the repairs were not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experience a failure. Part distribution disconnect. VIN tool confirms part not available.

20 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 06/01/2016

We received a recall notice for the air bags and have not received a resolution yet. We have not been sitting in the passenger seat since we received notice in may or June 2016.

21 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/30/2016

Takata recall - it's been over a year we've been waiting for Toyota to provide parts for this recall - at least ventura Toyota reports they are still not available. This is a very dangerous situation. We need to get this repaired. Note - recall number 16v340.

22 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/24/2016

Takata recall. Nhtsa recall no. 16v-340. Can you help speed up when the remedy will be available? on may 23, 2016 Toyota issued a recall notice for our vehicle. They recommend we do not use the passenger seat until the recall work is complete. But they still have not made a remedy available!! it is January 2, 2017! I believe they have already exceeded a reasonable time frame to make a remedy available. The recall notice recommended submitting a complaint on the NHTSA website if Toyota is not completing the remedy within a reasonable time. Can you help speed up when the remedy will be available? thanks very much.

23 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/23/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Matrix. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags). The part was not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available. The contact was unable to determine when the vehicle would be repaired. The manufacturer could not provide an estimated date for when the contact's vehicle would receive the recall repair. The contact was not experiencing a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

24 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/23/2016

Takata recall recall was on may 23, 2016, over one year ago, no action from Toyota.

25 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/23/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Matrix. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags). The part to do the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

26 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/23/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Matrix. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags). The parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Launders motors company was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The contact called the manufacturer, but there was no answer. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

27 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/23/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Matrix. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer was contacted (Toyota of fayetteville, ar) and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts would be available. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

28 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/23/2016

Takata recall, I a was informed by Toyota that my car was a recall because of the passenger sideairbag. I called Toyota in deerfield beach FL. Several times and they told me the part hasn't come in yet. I drive my famly and friends around and worry about their safety! what to do?.

29 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/01/2016

Takata recall. Attached notice received Feb 2016. Toyota recommends not having anyone in the passenger seat. It's been approximately one year and a remedy is still not yet available.

30 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 01/19/2016

My car is having an excessive oil consumption on which is a problem that Toyota dealers are fully aware of and are not willing to do anything to fix the problem. Is unacceptable that a car with only 35,000 miles on it consumed all the oil out before it reaches 4,500 miles for service requirement. Government needs to do something about this fraudulent dealers whom are taking advantage of people like me and stating that according to Toyotas protocol there is not problem with the car if its consuming all the oil out after the 2 test Toyota performs. And they do not want customers to go with a private mechanic to perform the test because they take all of their liability off if someone else beside Toyota mechanics touch the car. It's obvious they are hiding something again. Please help.

31 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 11/07/2014

Takata recall. This has not been dealt with in a timely manner.

32 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/30/2009

In July 2009 I purchased a new 2010 Toyota Matrix from sunrise Toyota in oakdale , new york. When shopping for my vehicle I was looking for one that had a drivers side knee airbag since I had recently had knee surgery and a chronic knee problem. When looking at the 2010 Toyota Matrix the window sticker (monroney) indicated that the car came equipped with a drivers side knee air bag as standard safety equipment. The sales person also reiterated that the car had this safety equipment. I purchased the vehicle. In January of 2010, nearly 6 months after I purchased the Toyota Matrix, I received a letter from Toyota telling me that my car did not have a drivers side knee airbag and that the monroney window sticker was wrong. As of the date of this compliant, despite my complaining to the dealership and Toyota, I have not received any additional information from either the dealer or Toyota as to how they intend to resolve this issue since I was deceptively sold a vehicle under the pretense that it had a safety option that it in fact did not. My story was recently publicized in the media with an article in newsday reporting on this serious error that places the public at risk.



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