2007 Toyota Matrix

THERE HAVE BEEN TWO INSTANCES OF THIS PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME, I WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED JUST BACK OF AN INTERSECTION, AFTER COMING OUT OF MY EMPLOYER'S PARKING LOT, PREPARING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON A TWO LANE URBAN THOROUGHFARE, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT THE ENGINE REV AND MY CAR SURGE FORWARD, ALTHOUGH MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. I PRESSED HARD ON THE BRAKE TO NO AVAIL; I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE PROPELLED INTO THE INTERSECTION INTO TRAFFIC. AT THE LAST MOMENT, I MANAGED TO STOP, I'M NOT SURE NOW, IF I APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE OR WHAT, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I RELAYED THIS INCIDENT TO SEVERAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, MY AUNT, AND SOME COWORKERS, I LATER DISMISSED THE INCIDENT AS, OTHER THAN WHAT IT WAS, POSSIBLY DUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS (A LARGE BUILDING WAS BEING BUILT ALONGSIDE THE ROAD AT THE TIME). TODAY, HOWEVER, WHILE COMPLETELY STOPPED WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE IN FRONT OF THE EXIT FROM THE LOWER PARKING LOT THIS TIME, THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED AGAIN: THE ENGINE SUDDLENLY REVVED, AND THE CAR SURGED FORWARD. I INSTINCTIVELY PRESSED ON THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T STOP UNTIL GRABBED THE GEAR SHIFTER AND PUT IT IN NEUTRAL.

2007 TOYOTA MATRIX. CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHILE ENTERING A HIGHWAY. THIS ISSUE ALMOST CAUSED HER TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT. SHE STATES THAT TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE STALLING OUT SHE WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP GETTING MAINTENANCE WORK DONE AND SERVICE OF THE ENGINE DUE TO IT PUTTERING. *KB AFTER 20 MINUTES OF SITTING, THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGED AN ADDITIONAL $1,197.28 AFTER JUST HAVING PAID $ 606.94 FOR MAINTENANCE WORK. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE STALLING PROBLEM OCCURRED BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THEY DEALER DID WHEN THEY FIRST HAD THE VEHICLE, OR THE PROBLEM WAS A PART OF A RECALL. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 6TH IT SUDDENLY STOPPED. I WAITED FOR A WHILE, AND THE CAR STARTED AGAIN; AFTER A MILE OR SO IT STOPPED AGAIN. THE CAR STOPPED A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO INDICATED THAT IT HAD A "RECALL" PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR ON THE 7TH TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. ON THE 8TH THEY CONFIRMED THAT INDEED WAS A "RECALL" PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY WILL NEED TO KEEP THE CAR FOR TWO WEEKS, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS AT HAND TO FIX IT. I HAD TO RENT AND BORROW A CAR IN ORDER TO MOVE AROUND. TOYOTA SHOULD HAVE HAD THE PARTS READILY AVAILABLE AND NOT KEEP THE CONSUMER SUFFER FOR THEIR TOTAL LACK OF PREPARATION. I DID NOT GET ANY CORRESPONDENCE FROM TOYOTA IN REGARDS TO THIS SPECIFIC RECALL. *TR

2007 MATRIX BOUGHT NEW, HAVING STALLING AND PUTTERING ENGINE PROBLEMS WHEN IT HAD ONLY 67,000 MILES ON IT AND REGULAR MAINTENANCE. EARLY APRIL, 2010, CAR STALLED OUT WHEN I WAS ENTERING ON-RAMP TO FREEWAY 15 IN CALIFORNIA. A CAR ALMOST HIT ME IN THE REAR AS A RESULT. MANAGED TO GET CAR OVER TO SHOULDER, WHERE IT DIED. COULDN'T RESTART IT FOR 20 MINUTES. GOT IT TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT. EXPLAINED THE WEIRD STALLING PROBLEM. THEY CHARGED ME $1,197.23 AND ONLY TWO DAYS EARLIER HAD CHARGED ME $606.94 FOR A TOTAL OF $1,804.22. I TOLD THEM I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING THEY HAD DONE; OR PART OF THE RECALL OR A RELATED SAFETY ISSUE OF TOYOTAS, BUT DEALERSHIP WOULDN'T LISTEN. ARGUED WITH ME, POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. I AM NOW WRITING TO TOYOTA TO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT, AS I'VE SEEN ARTICLES (CNN TIME ARTICLE DATED 8/10/10, SAYING THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON 2007 MATRIXES FOR STALLING PROBLEMS. TOYOTA WOULDN'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THIS, AND MADE ME PAY THIS OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNT. *TR

2007 TOYOTA MATRIX XR 30,306 MILES. PURCHASED NEW. TOOK DELIVERY OF VEHICLE 12JUN07. LAST WEEK 20SEP10 - FUEL STRAP BROKEN/FELL OFF. NOT RUSTED JUST GONE. RATTLING UNDERNEATH VEHICLE IS GAS TANK VIBRATING WHILE DRIVING, IN PARK OR IDLING. WAS TOLD BY TOY DEALERSHIP IN WATERTOWN, MA THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SERVICE TECH STATED THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN IN A VEHICLE THAT WAS JUST 3 YRS OLD. *TR

I AM REQUESTING THAT DOT NHTSA INVESTIGATE THE ELECTRONIC ACCELERATION SYSTEM AND/OR THE ECM CAUSING SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF MY 2007 TOYOTA MATRIX. ON 9/18/2010 MY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2007 TOYOTA MATRIX. HE WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF A STORE & WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY STOPPED WHEN, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD HIS FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR & ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN. HE THEN PUSHED HARDER ON THE BRAKE & TURNED THE WHEEL & THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE ENDED UP CRASHING INTO THE GLASS WINDOW OF THE STORE, TO THE RIGHT OF THE PARKING SPOT, COMING TO A STOP WITH THE FRONT END INSIDE THE STORE. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET OF SIDEWALK BETWEEN THE FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE AND THE BUILDING AND ABOUT A 2 INCH RAISE IN SURFACE HEIGHT. MY WIFE LATER INFORMED ME THAT SHE HAD AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION PROBLEM THAT SAME DAY WHILE DRIVING THE SAME VEHICLE. SHE TURNED ONTO A STREET & WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH & APPROACHING A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. SHE THEN TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO COAST. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE WITH HER FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MOVING. IT ACCELERATED TO ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN SHE THEN HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKE & TAP THE ACCELERATOR SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF HER. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA & THEY ARE SENDING AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS COMPANY TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. I WAS CONTACTED BY THE COMPANY ON 9/27/2010 TO FIND OUT WHERE THE VEHICLE IS & SET UP THE INVESTIGATION. THE MATRIX IS CURRENTLY AT THE PROGRESSIVE COLLISION CENTER IN CLEARWATER FL. NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO THE VEHICLE, AWAITING TOYOTA INSPECTION. COULD YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS INCIDENT. *TR

I DRIVE A 2007 TOYOTA MATRIX. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, SOMETHING CAME LOOSE AND A LOUD RATTLE/BANGING WAS PRESENT. I DROVE TO THE NEAREST TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND LEFT IT THERE OVERNIGHT. THE GAS TANK STRAP WAS BROKEN THUS CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO HANG DOWN. THE DEALERSHIP ALLEGES THAT I MUST'VE HIT SOMETHING FOR THIS TO OCCUR. I AM THE SOLE DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE AND I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING WITH THIS CAR. TOYOTA WOULD NOT COVER THIS REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. I PAID TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT THE OLD PART. *TR

THE FUEL TANK PROTECTOR ON MY 2007 TOYOTA MATRIX BECAME LOOSE. THE FUEL TANK SHIELD IS RETAINED BY A SCREW INTO A PLASTIC RETAINER MOUNTED ONTO A TANK STRAP. THE PLASTIC DECAYS AND THE SCREW FALLS OUT. THE FUEL TANK SHIELD FUNCTION IS NOW COMPROMISED IN ITS ABILITY TO PROTECT THE FUEL TANK FROM THE HEAT OF THE EXHAUST PIPE. *TR