NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Toyota Matrix Recalls
The 2010 Toyota Matrix has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 23, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Toyota Matrix. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 45
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Toyota Matrix, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2010 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 2009, 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 2006–2009 Matrix, 18 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V036000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,418
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Matrix, 17 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 2009 Matrix, 3 other models
2010 Toyota Matrix complaints by year
NHTSA has received 45 owner complaints about the 2010 Toyota Matrix, the newest on June 11, 2019. Of these, 5 describe a crash (11%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2010 Toyota Matrix, the component group named most often is the air bags (60%), followed by the vehicle speed control (9%) and the steering (7%).
1 of the 2010 Toyota Matrix's 4 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2010 Toyota Matrix owners gave the mileage (19 complaints), the median was 42,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags27
- Vehicle Speed Control4
- Steering3
- Engine2
- Service Brakes2
- Service Brakes, Electric2
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 20 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Toyota Matrix peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 20. 22% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Toyota Matrix drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Toyota Matrix year in the same window: 8th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2010 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 45 complaints about the 2010 Toyota Matrix are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Matrix by model year
Other 2010 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: June 11, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted