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Ten years and 70k miles Review
mike s, 09/20/2019
2009 Toyota Matrix S 4dr Hatchback AWD (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
19 of 24 people found this review helpful
Adopted a Matrix S-AWD, Auto from my daughter who was a second owner for 50 k miles. Car was at the dealers many times for about $8k worth of repairs over the 8 years she had it. This car is a dealers service managers dream. Constant major repairs with very high replacement parts costs. Adding labor at $125 an hour you can see the massive bills this car runs up. She had enough and leased a Hyundai Tucson and I bought this from her,(dealer wouldn't give her much for it). That said my review starts. I do own a 2009 Hyundai Sonata which has 55k miles on it and I will not compare the Matrix to it, since the Matrix falls short in many ways. My overall opinion of the Matrix, with my credentials of a retired aerospace manufacturing manager is that Toyota either terminated off its entire reliability /materials engineering staff or ignored their evaluations. I have never seen a car corrode as bad as this one. Bolts, clamps brackets, oil lines and seals all failing with rust. The use of steel bolts into plastic corroding and causing breakage when trying to remove is common throughout the car. A recent and common leak of automatic transmission fluid is from the trans oil cooler lines. Toyota welded two lines together and where they are joined to a bracket a rust pocket forms causing complete failure of the lines and loss of trans fluid. To get repaired the part is $91 from the dealer and 3 hours of work. Do the math and you are looking at a $500 dealer bill, not counting hose and rusted clamp replacements. My cost doing the work myself and replacing the welded assembly with a 4 ft. x 3/8 bent up and cut coated brake line was $6. So you can see where I am going with this, Great car if you are innovative and can do the repairs yourself, of course with the tools and experience of a good backyard mechanic. If you are looking for a low cost car to maintain and rely on a dealer , this is not a car for you. For that matter a Toyota or Lexus I put in the same categories. Toyota has lost a lot in my book because of very immature and poor engineering as well as the lack of reliability/materials engineering disciplines.
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Noisy engine and excessive oil consumption.
Rand Lanterman, 01/07/2019
2009 Toyota Matrix S 4dr Hatchback (2.4L 4cyl 5A)
10 of 12 people found this review helpful
The engine makes terrible noise but dealer says normal. (NOT NORMAL) it consumes excessive oil. My wife needs to check oil after every 2 fuel fill ups. Why even change filter we’re constantly adding new oil. Dealer is of no help. Toyota has always been a quality car manufacturer but fell way short on the Matrix.
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Gisele Coyy, 09/26/2019
2009 Toyota Matrix S 4dr Hatchback (2.4L 4cyl 5A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
I have only been buying Toyota since 1985. I have had nothing but good luck with many of these cars/hatchback/sedan/SUV. almost no repairs large enough to make me consider buying a new car. I have only purchased new cars over the years. It's been 10 years with this Matrix.
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chuck k, 12/18/2018
2009 Toyota Matrix 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl 5M)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
A great commuter car. Basic, simple, reliable. Only work I've had done is caliper, disk, pad, and rear hub replacement due to salt and rust damage. I wish the brakes were stronger and that the car had more low end torque. I have a manual transmission. There is a slight delay when pressing the accelerator from idle . I think the seats are comfortable, but the clutch and brake pedals are too close together, which is a problem when wearing boots. A good reliable car for the money.
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Better than the movie
Anthony, 03/12/2008
2009 Toyota Matrix 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl 4A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
The Matrix has a very cool look. The ride feels very smooth as a boat ride. The main reason why I bought the Matrix was to comfort my legs and so far it has done a very good job. Toyota really did a good job augmenting the standard options like the side airbags, trip meters, maintenance indicator, tire pressure indicator. I like that the driver seat can be adjusted vertically. I like that things are very accessible under the hood. I also appreciate the all wheel disc brakes making it easy for me to replace the brake pads when the time comes. I calculated 22 mpg on mostly mostly city streets and 30 mpg on mostly highway driving.
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