Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | |||
| 02/02/2011 | 110102 | ||
| Front passenger door handle shattered on opening, door was unlocked, this was the second one on this car to shatter, the rear passenger door handle broke in the same way about 1 year ago. doors are unable to opened from the outside, besides not being able to open doors normally, this occurrence could hamper rescue measures if door/handle breaks when rescuers are trying to get victims of an accident out of the vehicle in an accident prior to the proper rescue equipment arriving on scene. mileage current failure - 110,100 previous mileage failure - @90,000 | |||
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - DOORS - LATCH | |||
| 05/06/2009 | 10541 | 2 | 11/08/2002 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 toyota matrix. when the contact entered the vehicle, the front driver's side door handle shattered into pieces. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the handles were being dried out by the sun. the vehicle was repaired at the cost of $111. the failure mileage was 10,541 and current mileage was 10,559. updated 6/8/09 *cn the consumer stated this was the second handle that had cracked on the vehicle. updated 06/11/09.*jb | |||
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES - HOOD - LATCH | |||
| 07/26/2003 | 16100 | 1 | |
| Consumer stated that while driving 55 mph, the hood just popped up and smashed the windshield and almost caused an accident. *ak *scc *jb | |||