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2008 Toyota MATRIX Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1255201
Internal NHTSA #	10821292
Manufacurer	Toyota Motor Corporation
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	MATRIX
Model Year	2008
File date	05/03/12
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota matrix. The contact stated that there was an internal electrical short that progressed intermittently for three years. In addition, the instrument cluster flickered, various internal and external lights randomly illuminated, and the power steering failed, which caused the steering wheel to be extremely tight. The contact also indicated that the vehicle stalled multiple times without warning. The first dealer diagnosed that the battery would not hold a charge. The dealer replaced the battery and the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the first dealer who then flushed the engine assembly, replaced the drive belt, and inspected the ecu for an internal failure. The first dealer replaced the ecu and restructured the main control plug on the body control module, but the vehicle continued to randomly stall without warning. The vehicle was towed to a second dealer where it was diagnosed that the junction control failed and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 55,318.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	55318
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	HOTLINE VOQ
City and State	LITHONIA, GA
VIN pattern	2T1KR32E38CXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2008 Toyota MATRIX Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 Toyota MATRIX Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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