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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2012 Toyota Matrix Recalls

The 2012 Toyota Matrix has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on January 17, 2020.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Toyota Matrix. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
5

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
0

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
Not rated

On a 2012 Toyota Matrix, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2012 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 2011 Matrix, 3 other models

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

2012 Toyota Matrix complaints by year

NHTSA has received 5 owner complaints about the 2012 Toyota Matrix, the newest on September 9, 2017.

In complaints about the 2012 Toyota Matrix, the component group named most often is the air bags (80%), followed by the engine (20%).

The 2012 Toyota Matrix's only recall also concerns the air bags.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags4
  • Engine1

Of the 2012 Toyota Matrix complaints, 0% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.

The 5 complaints about the 2012 Toyota Matrix are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Toyota Matrix by model year

Other 2012 Toyota models

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