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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2011 Toyota Matrix Recalls

The 2011 Toyota Matrix has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 17, 2020.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Toyota Matrix. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
2

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
10

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
1

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
Not rated

On a 2011 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 2011 Toyota Matrix

Air bags: air bag/restraint control module

Campaign
20V024000
Reported
January 17, 2020
Vehicles affected
up to 2,891,976
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2012 Matrix, 3 other models

20V024000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2009–2010 Matrix, 9 other models

16V340000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2011 Toyota Matrix complaints by year

NHTSA has received 10 owner complaints about the 2011 Toyota Matrix, the newest on February 1, 2018. Of these, 1 describe a crash (10%); owners reported 1 injury.

In complaints about the 2011 Toyota Matrix, the component group named most often is the air bags (100%).

2 of the 2011 Toyota Matrix's 2 recalls also concern the air bags.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags10

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2011 Toyota Matrix received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20164
20175
20181

Complaints about the 2011 Toyota Matrix peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 5. 0% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.

The 10 complaints about the 2011 Toyota Matrix are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Toyota Matrix by model year

Other 2011 Toyota models

Newest record on this page: January 17, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted