NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Toyota Matrix Recalls
The 2003 Toyota Matrix has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 10, 2008.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Toyota Matrix. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 268
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2003 Toyota Matrix, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2003 Toyota Matrix
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 08V162000
- Reported
- April 10, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 662,178
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Matrix, 2 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2006 Matrix, 17 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Matrix, 57 other models
2003 Toyota Matrix complaints by year
NHTSA has received 268 owner complaints about the 2003 Toyota Matrix, the newest on December 7, 2018. Of these, 19 describe a crash (7%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 22 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2003 Toyota Matrix, the component group named most often is the power train (31%), followed by the air bags (21%) and the engine and engine cooling (9%).
None of the 2003 Toyota Matrix's 3 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2003 Toyota Matrix owners gave the mileage (170 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train83
- Air Bags57
- Engine And Engine Cooling25
- Vehicle Speed Control21
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic13
- Electrical System12
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 30 | |
| 2004 | 28 | |
| 2005 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 21 | |
| 2009 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 33 | |
| 2011 | 15 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 34 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2003 Toyota Matrix peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 34. 36% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Toyota Matrix drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Toyota Matrix year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the Toyota Matrix years to avoid by our method.
The 268 complaints about the 2003 Toyota Matrix are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Matrix by model year
Other 2003 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: December 7, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted