| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003278580 | Incident Date: Sep, 14 2003 |
| Consumer's City: | Consumer's State: UN |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: MATRIX | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Unknown or other |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 2T1KR32E73C | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 14 2004 | Complaint Type: CAG |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The engine doesn't have enough compression to hold the car when parked in gear even on low inclines. it will slowly roll away on low inclines and rolls faster the steeper it is. toyota say this is normal and the manuel says to use the e-brake. i do of course use the e-brake if it is steeply parked. but since e-brakes freeze in cold conditions, i have a real safety concern here. i have parked many other standard cars in the same locations the matrix rolls away in and they don't move. at my dealer the maintenance manager agreed it was a problem on the test drive, as did his technician until it was found all toyota matrix did the same thing. now toyota canada is involved and all say there isn't a problem now. toyota need to warn people prior to a test drive when something as basic as parking is different from other standards. |
