NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Toyota Matrix Recalls
The 2004 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 2004 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
- 138
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 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 2003 Matrix, 2 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005–2006 Matrix, 17 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Matrix, 57 other models
2004 Toyota Matrix complaints by year
NHTSA has received 138 owner complaints about the 2004 Toyota Matrix, the newest on March 18, 2021. Of these, 18 describe a crash (13%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Toyota Matrix, the component group named most often is the power train (27%), followed by the air bags (25%) and the vehicle speed control (11%).
None of the 2004 Toyota Matrix's 3 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2004 Toyota Matrix owners gave the mileage (96 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train37
- Air Bags35
- Vehicle Speed Control15
- Visibility13
- Electrical System9
- Steering8
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 10 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 15 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 23 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 23 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Toyota Matrix peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 23. 20% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Toyota Matrix drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Toyota Matrix year in the same window: 6th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Toyota Matrix years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 138 complaints about the 2004 Toyota Matrix are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Matrix by model year
Other 2004 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: March 18, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted