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2008 Toyota MATRIX Service Brakes, Electric Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	796141
Internal NHTSA #	10336357
Manufacurer	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	MATRIX
Model Year	2008
File date	28/05/10
Component	SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	On may 28th, while pulling into my driveway as i've done with my 2008 matrix hundreds of times, the brakes failed and my car ran into my house. I could feel the abs firing, but the car failed to slow down. I have a short driveway, about a car and a half in length, and it is downhill. The approach to the driveway has me turning and braking while going over the bump of the curb. To add to that, it was raining the day this happened. Fortunately, my approach was rather slow and no one was injured. My car sustained some minor damage, and my garage sustained more damage from the force of the impact. Under the advisement of my auto insurance agency, i had the car towed to the toyota dealership for inspection. They informed me that they ran a complete diagnostic, and all of the systems were running fine. They reported to me that the brake pads were in good condition, and there were no hot spots. From their perspective, the car seemed fine. I advised them that while the diagnostics reported the car as being fine, the inability for the car to brake coming into my driveway, and the damage sustained, leaves me needing a better answer than that. They told me that when it next rained that i could come in and drive the car with one of their technicians to try and re-create the issue. It has been several weeks, and we have not had the proper weather conditions when they have been open and i have been able to get off work and get over there with our one remaining car. When i spoke to the dealer rep on monday, he re-iterated how their software diagnostic showed the car was operating fine. I asked him how then the 2010 prius had a software update to correct a braking issue. He said that the prius situation was complicated, brought on by the combination of turning, going over a bump and braking at the same time. I told him that was what happened during my accident. There was silence, and a repeat statement that i could come in and test the vehicle with their tech.
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Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	REDMOND, WA
VIN pattern	2T1KR30EX8CXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	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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Vehicle speed	30
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What is Recall?
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.
What is Failure?
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.
What is Defect?
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 Service Brakes, Electric Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 Toyota MATRIX Service Brakes, Electric Problems, Complaints and Defects

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