Open safety recalls, the components owners report failing most often, crash-test results and running costs for the 2002 Toyota Matrix, assembled from NHTSA and EPA records.
Everything on this page applies to the model as a whole. Run its VIN to decode that exact car, its engine, trim, assembly plant and factory equipment, alongside these records.
Open a VIN recordRecalls and complaints are filed against a specific model year, so figures differ from one year to the next even within a single generation. See every Toyota Matrix year.
No EPA fuel-economy match for this model. Naming may differ, or it predates EPA records.
NHTSA has no NCAP crash-test rating for this model year, which is common for older, low-volume and heavy-duty vehicles.
The parts named most often across 2 owner complaints filed with NHTSA for this make, model and year.
1 fire
Complaints are self-reported and skew toward problems people find alarming, so read this as where to look rather than as a defect rate.
WAITING FOR LIGHT TO TURN GREEN, ANOTHER DRIVER ALERT ME THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I IMMEDIATELY OPEN THE HOOD AND THERE WAS FIRE BETWEEN ENGINE AND FIREWALL. THE VEHICLE WAS A LEASED 2002 TOYOTA MATRIX XRS. MY INSURANCE COMPANY DECLARED IT A TOTAL LOSS. I TRIED TO CONTACT TOYOTA AND DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR ANSWERS IN REGARDS TO ISSUE BUT I WAS GIVEN THE SAME ANSWER, FIRES WERE NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY, WHICH IS I UNDERSTAND BUT THEY NEVER MAKE AN EFFORT TO MAKE INVESTIGATION TO WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *TR
CONSUMER STATES TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THE 25,000 MILES SERVICE, AND ASKED THE DEALER TO CHECK THE CLUTCH BECAUSE IT WAS SLIPPING. DEALER DID NOT CHECK THE CLUTCH. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE GARAGE WITH THE CLUTCH SLIPPING. LATER, HE HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK THE SECOND TIME. THIS TIME HE ASKED DEALER SPECIFICALLY THAT THE CLUTCH BE CHECKED. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT THAT THE CLUTCH WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK
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