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2006 Toyota Matrix electrical system problems

22 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2006 Toyota Matrix13% of all complaints for this model year.

22
Electrical System complaints
13%
share of all complaints
60,754 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My clock started going out. Sometimes it would be on and other times it would go off and now it turns on and off in its own time factor when I am drivng and the car is in motion and when I am stopped at traffic lights.. I asked the toyota dealer if they could fix my clock. I had them do a…

    filed Aug 30, 2017

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota matrix. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 15v286000 (air bags) and 10v384000 (electrical system); however, the parts needed to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time…

    filed Aug 3, 2015

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Electrical System problems in other Matrix years

YearReportsShare
2010 Matrix12%
2009 Matrix95%
2008 Matrix821%
2007 Matrix1213%
2005 Matrix2311%
2004 Matrix97%
2003 Matrix124%
Matrix electrical system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.