Body Problems of Toyota Matrix

This safety problem pertains to all vehicles sold in the u. S. , not only my make and model. I was horrified to learn that the crash ratings are inaccurate for most women and all short people, because they were developed only for average sized men. It should be no surprise that when collisions occur, more women than men are seriously injured. More women than men are injured when air bags deploy. More women than men are injured by their shoulder belts. I am afraid to purchase a new car, because the crash ratings that I have relied on in the past are unreliable for me as a short woman. I am very disappointed that my own government, to which I pay taxes, has been so misleading to the public on important safety issues. Please develop and implement collision ratings for various height groups. In the meantime, please include notices with crash ratings that explain which height ranges the ratings are most accurate for.

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The paint on the car's hood is chipping and the paint on the car's hood, roof, and back hatch is fading to white and becoming rough to the touch, as if a coating is coming off.

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All door handles broke off.

While driving home my car started burning. I pulled over with smoke pouring out of the engine area and the car just stopped. I opened the hood and there were flames coming up from behind the engine. The fire grew until it engulfed the front of the car. The fire department came and put out the fire. The 2009 Matrix was totally destroyed. I noticed no prior warning signs or symptoms.

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Someone pulled out in front of me and I hit them with the front of my car. I was driving 40 miles an hour on a city street. It crashed in the front end, radiator, fenders and hood. The airbags did not deploy. I had been sent a recall notice and scheduled an appointment at a local Toyota dealer immediately. The crash happened two weeks before the appointment. This is a known problem with the manufacturer. Nhtsa recall no. 19v-627.

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I just found out that the rear suspension cross-member (part # 51206-12190) in my 2004 Toyota Matrix is about to fail due to rust. While doing something else my mechanic happened to notice the issue. He showed me the problem and said it would be dangerous to drive the car. The car has low mileage for being 16 years old (about 8k a year). This car was built in canada and sold in new york state so it should have been designed to take many years of wet/winter road conditions. If my car had 16k miles per year it would only be 8 years old. Should a part that holds the differential up (not let it drop to the road) go bad in even 20 years on the road? I only found out about this problem by chance. Otherwise I could have been driving down the road and possibly had a fatal accident due to the rear parts of the drive train dropping to the road. The car looks fine otherwise. So how many other people who own the same car that is the same age, or newer or a bit older, have no idea that this problem exists? if even one owner of this car has an accident caused by this problem and is hurt or killed that would be very bad! and that person could have been me - because there has been no recall issued intended to check for this potential failure. I have spoken with Toyota about this issue and they told me I am on my own, that they couldn't/wouldn't help me. The two people I talked with never said that they would do anything to be sure other Toyota Matrix owners were informed about this possible rust issue.

Car is rotten in the spare tire area, thought mine was the only one but seen a lot of cars with the same problem. Florida area.

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Vehicle at 35mpg, hit head on by 40-45mpg vehicle. Seat belt on- airbag inflated size of large grapefruit. Caused cardiac contusion, pulmonary embolism, 2 fractured vertebrae, fractured sternum, broken ribs both sides. Have traffic report for 10/14/18- vehicle salvaged through ins. Co. Driver only occupant on this vehicle.

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Plastic door handles break off. This poses danger to rescue personnel who may need to safely and quick remove car occupants.

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My vehicle caught on fire in my driveway approximately 5-10 minutes after I returned home from from my job, which is 12 miles from my home. It was dark, and the only unusual thing I noticed was one of my headlights was out and the other seemed dim. I mentioned it to my husband and he said he'd replace the bulbs. Within minutes I heard sirens, but I wasn't in a room that faced the driveway and the fire department was already on scene when I realized the front end of my car was fully engulfed. The fire took approximately 20 minutes to fully extinguish and the heat damaged an adjacent vehicle. No one was injured and my home was not damaged. The car was stationary, parked and unoccupied when the fire broke out. The fire department determined the cause as mechanical and their report is pending. A police officer responded but did not file a report after ruling out criminal activity. I do not know what specifically caused the fire but the attached photos show the damage, including to the adjacent car.

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In February 2015, within one week, three of the four exterior door handles have broken in half! is this happening to others? how do I get this repaired?.

Metal part that window regulator attaches to came loose from driver window. Toyota claim that they replaced the bolt that passes through the metal part that came detached, and refuse to repair the problem. This failure results in the same issue underlying the recall for the bolt replacement.

I was involved in an accident where a driver t-boned my vehicle on the drivers side,the drivers side door took the worst damage along with the roof molding,fender and quarter panel,state farm declared the car a total. I called Toyota and open a case because the air bag sensor number 3 in the owners manual in the drivers side door did not deploy,I sent Toyota 12 pictures with the damage and the door was the worse,the rep assigned to my case was in complete denial and said that sensor would not have deployed the airbag even if I were killed! he just washed his hands with my case and ran me around about the door sensor and why is it there if it doesn't work is my question. Should I seek legal council or just let Toyota off the hook? don't think its fair to us consumers.

I was idling at a complete stop waiting for the traffic light to turn when I was rear ended at 50 mph into the car in front of me and my airbag did not deploy. I have suffered many injuries to my neck and spine.

The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Matrix. The contact stated that the molding around the driver's side door frame slowly became detached from the vehicle, leaving the jagged metal clips exposed. The vehicle was taking to the dealer twice for the molding to be re attached however, the failure continued to recur. The contact was informed by the dealer that he needed to adjust how he entered the vehicle and that the only thing that could be done was to just re-attach the molding whenever it came undone. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 1 and the current mileage was 12,050.

My four exterior door handles are made up of cheap plastic and they have disintegrated. It is very dangerous to operate this vehicle since getting in and out of this vehicle is not easy. I can only access the vehicle through the driver's door. All the other handles have broken off completely. When you use this vehicle in an urban, traffic congested situation, entering this car becomes very dangerous. If this vehicle was ever involved in a car accident, it would not be possible to just open the car doors to rescue passengers since the door are inoperable.

The side of the car that holds the windshield together is a blind spot. When people are crossing the street you can't see them. I almost hit some about three times because of how the window is made. The sun visor is not long enough to block the sun making it difficult to see they to make better visors that actually blocks the sun.

Your crash testing gave the 2003 Toyota Matrix xr awd five stars for side impact regarding head injury potential for driver. We used your ratings when selecting a used car in August 2005. On April 1, 2006 my 29 year old son hit a tree on driver door. He suffered fractured skull, broken neck and other injuries. He was killed instantly. . Read more...

Takata recall. I've been receiving recall notices for this vehicle for years. I have been attempting to have three issues resolved, only one of which is the takata airbag problem. I have attempted to make an appointment for the repairs at the nearest Toyota dealer to me (about a 2. 5 hour-rt drive from my home) for the past year+, but I am repeatedly told that they are awaiting the part(s) for the takata airbag repair. To make things worse, I constantly receive flyers from Toyota urging me to have the repairs done ASAP. I would like to. But apparently, Toyota is having problems getting the parts to their dealerships. In the meanwhile, I'm driving a potentially dangerous car.

Rear spoiler cracked. Dealer stated that it wasn't covered under the warranty.