CarComplaints.com Notes: The Toyota Matrix is the mechanical twin of the Pontiac Vibe.

Both models were a joint GM-Toyota venture, manufactured together at a NUMMI production facility in Fremont, CA. Only the heating & A/C systems are different.

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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2003 Toyota Matrix brakes problems

brakes problem

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2003 Toyota Matrix Owner Comments

problem #1

Nov 142003

Matrix 4WD

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

I had a flat tire and changed it but when I took off the tire the brake drum came off with the rim. I put on the spare and the next day driving to discount tires in lynnwood on the freeway I had no brakes, the brake fluid had leaked out. I had the car towed to magic Toyota in edmonds and they said it was my fault because I should have known and that it " sometimes happens." I have never heard of it happening and not being a mechanic I had no idea, other mechanics I have talked to say it should not have happened. Toyota refused to cover brake repair under warranty.

- Mountlake Terrace, WA, USA

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