NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Toyota Matrix Recalls
The 2005 Toyota Matrix has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 26, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Toyota Matrix. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 213
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Toyota Matrix, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2005 Toyota Matrix
2005 Toyota Matrix complaints by year
NHTSA has received 213 owner complaints about the 2005 Toyota Matrix, the newest on September 12, 2024. Of these, 10 describe a crash (5%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2005 Toyota Matrix, the component group named most often is the air bags (48%), followed by the electrical system (11%) and the power train (11%).
None of the 2005 Toyota Matrix's 2 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2005 Toyota Matrix owners gave the mileage (125 complaints), the median was 73,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags103
- Electrical System23
- Power Train23
- Engine And Engine Cooling17
- Vehicle Speed Control17
- Tires16
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 11 | |
| 2006 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 32 | |
| 2011 | 16 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 50 | |
| 2016 | 27 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Toyota Matrix peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 50. 21% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Toyota Matrix drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Toyota Matrix year in the same window: 4th highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 213 complaints about the 2005 Toyota Matrix are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Matrix by model year
Other 2005 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: September 12, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted