2004 Toyota Matrix Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“My car started making a weird noise. When the clutch was pushed in, the noise would stop. 3 weeks later I had to go to work so I got on the highway and the noise was getting louder and louder. My front wheels locked up and my transmission shot me out of gear. A car almost hit me which would of cost my life. I will never buy a Toyota again. It costs $2000 to fix. Hopefully you guys do something before someone gets seriously injured.”

“I have a 2004 Toyota Matrix with mileage of 52,811 and a standard transmission. I had to replace the clutch. The warranty covers 60,000 miles or five years, so I was under the mileage but six months over the years. I understand that people are having problems with clutch/transmission with the 2003-2006 matrixes. It seems very early to me for the clutch to have failed and it cost $1,295 to fix.”

“I own a 2004 Toyota Matrix. It has less than 100,000 miles and have been well taken care of. On august 20, 2010, driving 30-35 miles per hour, the front axel broke! I did not run over a pot-hole, there was no accident---nothing to remotely cause the front axel to break. It is very upsetting having to pay for a repair that is a defect in the car and now being told that they can't even find the part to repair the car.”

“My 2004 Toyota Matrix transmission failed. Not the clutch, bearings or pressure plate...the transmission. Had to have it replaced to the tune of $3800. Apparently I am not the only one with the problem...just do a google search for 2004 Toyota Matrix manual transmission failure and look at the 30+ pages of comments on edmunds site. Toyota needs to acknowledge this as a defect and refund our money. We need your help, please.”

“I own a 2004 Toyota Matrix 2wd base model with 5-speed manual transmission. I had 75,000 miles on it and very few issues until one day on the highway, the transmission seized up completely. The only recourse was to replace the entire transmission assembly.”