NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Toyota Matrix Recalls
The 2009 Toyota Matrix has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 23, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 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
- 192
- Crashes reported
- 34
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 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 2009 Toyota Matrix
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V340000
- Reported
- May 23, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,754,517
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011 Matrix, 9 other models
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 2006–2008, 2010 Matrix, 18 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 10V023000
- Reported
- January 27, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,126,915
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Matrix, 3 other models
2009 Toyota Matrix complaints by year
NHTSA has received 192 owner complaints about the 2009 Toyota Matrix, the newest on May 29, 2019. Of these, 34 describe a crash (18%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Toyota Matrix, the component group named most often is the air bags (41%), followed by the vehicle speed control (23%) and the steering (11%).
1 of the 2009 Toyota Matrix's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2009 Toyota Matrix owners gave the mileage (114 complaints), the median was 25,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags78
- Vehicle Speed Control45
- Steering22
- Engine11
- Electrical System9
- Engine And Engine Cooling9
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 62 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 61 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Toyota Matrix peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 62. 45% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Toyota Matrix drew 3.2× the complaints of the median Toyota Matrix year in the same window: 1st highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2009 one of the Toyota Matrix years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 192 complaints about the 2009 Toyota Matrix are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Matrix by model year
Other 2009 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: May 29, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted