What Owners Report NHTSA ODI · 2,175,102 complaints · MY1998–2026

2003 Toyota Corolla Matrix

Typical pattern

2.6% of complaints about the 2003 Toyota Corolla Matrix came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2003 vehicle — around the middle of the 228 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 12.4 yr in service. The most-reported system is air bags (27 complaints), typically at 12.4 yr or about 115,123 miles.

Complaints
39
Median age at failure
12.4 yr
Median mileage
118,000 n=21
Crash / fire / tow
7.7% of reports
Safety recalls
5

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System
0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y
Air bags
27 reports · 115,123 mi
12.4 yr
7.4%

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

18V025000 2018-01-09
Air bags:frontal:passenger side:inflator module

On January 9, 2018, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) notified NHTSA that they are recalling 14,585 model year 2010-2012 Yaris vehicles ever registered in the states of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington,

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

15V285000 2015-05-13
Air bags

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) notified the agency on May 13, 2015 that they are recalling certain model year 2004 Sequoia vehicles manufactured August 18, 2003, to August 19, 2004, and 2003-2004 Tundra vehicles manufactured March 18, 2003, to August 25, 2004. On June 16, 2015, Toyota expanded the recall to include an additional 1,270,468 vehicles, including model year 2002-2003 and 2005-2007 Sequoia, 2005-2006 Tundra, 2003-2007 Corolla, 2003-2007 Corolla Matrix, 2003-2007 Pontiac Vibe and 2002-2007 Lexus SC vehicles. This is to address a safety defect in the passenger side

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

15V286000 2015-05-13
Air bags

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) notified the agency on May 13, 2015, that they are recalling 2005-2007 Lexus SC, Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix, Sequoia, and Pontiac Vibe, and 2005-2006 Toyota Tundra vehicles that were originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, along the Gulf Coast, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Saipan and American Samoa. On June 16, 2015 Toyota expanded the recall to cover an additional 769,055 vehicles, including certain model year 2002-2004 Lexus SC, Toyota Sequoia, 2003-2004 Toyota Corolla Matrix, Toyota Corolla, Pontiac Vibe,

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

15V043000 2015-01-28
Air bags:frontal

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Toyota Corolla vehicles manufactured December 28, 2001, to May 2, 2004, 2003-2004 Toyota Corolla Matrix vehicles manufactured January 6, 2002, to April 29, 2004, 2003-2004 Avalon vehicles manufactured June 5, 2002, to December 20, 2004, and 2003-2004 Pontiac Vibe vehicles manufactured January 18, 2002, to April 27, 2004. Due to electrical noise, a component in the air bag control module may fail, causing the front air bags, side air bags, and/or seatbelt pretensioners to deploy inadvertently while the

Inadvertent deployment of the air bags or the seat belt pretensioners increases the risk of an injury or crash.

13V029000 2013-01-30
Air bags

Toyota is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles and 2003-2004 Pontiac Vibe vehicles. The supplemental restraint system (SRS) circuits are susceptible to internal shorting. The electrical short may create an abnormal current flow and increased heat which can damage the circuits. This could result in an inadvertent deployment of the front airbags and/or seat belt pretensioners.

Inadvertent deployment of the airbags or the seat belt pretensioners may increase the risk of injury and the possibility of a vehicle crash.

In owners’ own words

Air bags 87,000 mi 10.8 yr in service
I HAVE MY TOYOTA MATRIX ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS. HAD 4 OR 5 TIMES RECALL ON THE DIFFERENT PARTS. I DON'T FEEL SAFE ANY MORE WITH THIS CAR. HOW SHOULD I TRUST FOR ANOTHER PARTS ARE OK. I HAVE A KID WITH ME WHEN I'M DRIVING. THEY SHOULD GET THE CAR BACK AND PAY FOR IT. I WORKED SO HARD TO PAY FOR THIS CAR. SHAME ON TOYOTA. *TR
Air bags mileage not reported 10.3 yr in service
HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR SINCE NOV 2014 AND NO SIGN OF GETTING FIXED. TOYOTA WILL REFUSE TO PROVIDE LOANER CAR AFTER FEB 23, 2015 BUT REFUSED TO GIVE ME A LETTER SAYING MY CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. TODAY I RECEIVED A LETTER SAYING TO KEEP PASSENGERS IN THE BACK SEAT - THAT THIS THEIR SOLUTION. THEY STILL TRY TO DENY THAT HUMIDITY IS NOT A PROVEN CAUSE SINCE INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED OUT OF HUMID AREAS. I LISTENED TO THE HEARINGS AND THE TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE SAID THEY DON NOT KNOW THE CAUSE BUT STILL THEY ARE FORCING ME TO BEGIN DRIVING THE CAR AGAIN AT THE END OF FEB 2015. *TR
Air bags mileage not reported 12.4 yr in service
THE RECALL LETTER SAYS I'M NOT JUST NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE PEOPLE SIT UP FRONT UNTIL THE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THAT IS NOT REALISTIC. I NEED SOMETHING DONE SOONER PLEASE. *TR

Other Corolla Matrix model years

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