NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Toyota Matrix Recalls
The 2008 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 2008 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
- 38
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 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 2008 Toyota Matrix
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 10V384000
- Reported
- August 26, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,128,659
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007 Matrix, 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V035000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 271,417
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2010 Matrix, 18 other models
2008 Toyota Matrix complaints by year
NHTSA has received 38 owner complaints about the 2008 Toyota Matrix, the newest on March 3, 2020. Of these, 6 describe a crash (16%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Toyota Matrix, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (29%), followed by the electrical system (21%) and the air bags (16%).
None of the 2008 Toyota Matrix's 2 recalls concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2008 Toyota Matrix owners gave the mileage (30 complaints), the median was 32,120 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control11
- Electrical System8
- Air Bags6
- Steering4
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)3
- Power Train3
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Toyota Matrix peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 14. 63% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Toyota Matrix drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Toyota Matrix year in the same window: 7th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Toyota Matrix years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 38 complaints about the 2008 Toyota Matrix are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Matrix by model year
Other 2008 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: March 3, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted