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2009 Toyota MATRIX Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	769207
Internal NHTSA #	10313421
Manufacurer	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	MATRIX
Model Year	2009
File date	06/02/10
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	At 12:30 p. M. I was heading north on oh-25 in bowling green, ohio. My car began shaking, but i was not overly concerned as we often have windy days. I turned right onto oh-582 and became slightly more concerned when the shaking in the cabin did not cease. I noticed that the car did not shake below about 45 mph but again attributed the shaking i experienced to my car fighting against winds. I turned left onto i-75 n and accelerated to merge with traffic. After merging safely into the right-hand lane, i continued accelerating until i reached 55-60 mph and merged into the left hand lane. Shortly, i reached 65 mph. When the shaking, which i had supposed to be due to strong winds, did not cease, i attempted to decelerate. I pressed lightly on the brakes to begin a slow deceleration, with the intention of merging into the right hand lane and putting on my hazard lights until i could come to a safe place to pull over. Instead, when i began to put light pressure on the brakes, the car veered unexpectedly to the left. Surprised, but not overly alarmed, i let off the brakes and attempted to correct the trajectory of the vehicle, which i did not judge to be a difficult maneuver. Instead of coming back into the middle of the lane as expected, the car overcorrected and spun perpendicular to the following traffic and the semi beside me in the right hand lane. The car then slid toward the semi, partially under the bed of the truck and as my car slowed, the front right end of the car made contact with the back left wheels of the truck. On impact, the force of impact pushed my car back out through the left-hand lane and into the grassy median where it came to a halt.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	29000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	BOWLING GREEN, OH, OH
VIN pattern	2T1KE40E59CXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	1
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	24/04/25
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	65
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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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2009 Toyota MATRIX Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2009 Toyota MATRIX Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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