WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, OUR 2004 TOYOTA MATRIX, APPROX. 98K MILES STARTED TO BUCK AND MAKE A TERRIBLE GRINDING NOISE. WE THEN LOST 4TH AND 5TH GEARS. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND GET TO THE SIDE HOWEVER WE WERE STUCK AT NIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY. THE TRANSMISSION BEARINGS SHREDDED CAUSING THE CLUTCH TO FAIL. REPLACEMENT COST $3500.00. SINCE, WE HAD READ ABOUT HUNDREDS OF OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND WERE SHOCKED THAT TOYOTA HAS NOT ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFERIOR PARTS AND RECALLED THE TRANSMISSION. TOYOTA'S REPUTATION AND THOUGHT OF DEPENDABILITY AND SAFETY HAS FALTERED. IT IS SAD BECAUSE WE HAVE OWNED SEVERAL OTHER TOYOTA'S IN THE PAST BUT WILL NOT CONSIDER PURCHASING ANOTHER. WE FEEL WE WERE PUT KNOWINGLY INTO DANGER DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AS SO MANY OTHERS UNFORTUNATELY SHARED THE SAME EXPERIENCE WITH SAME MODEL/YR TOYOTA. *TR
2010
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA MATRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOLDING AROUND THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FRAME SLOWLY BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE, LEAVING THE JAGGED METAL CLIPS EXPOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKING TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR THE MOLDING TO BE RE ATTACHED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT HE NEEDED TO ADJUST HOW HE ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE DONE WAS TO JUST RE-ATTACH THE MOLDING WHENEVER IT CAME UNDONE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,050.
