2007 Toyota Matrix Engine cooling Problems

“I was driving down a very busy 45mph highway when I suddenly lost the ability to accelerate in my 2007 Toyota Matrix. The rpms dropped to approximately 1000. I had to coast in to a parking lot where my vehicle was then towed to a Toyota dealer and the engine computer was replaced.”

“There have been two instances of this problem. The first time, I was completely stopped just back of an intersection, after coming out of my employer's parking lot, preparing to make a right turn on a two lane urban thoroughfare, when all of a sudden I felt the engine rev and my car surge forward, although my foot was on the brake. I pressed hard on the brake to no avail; I thought I was going to be propelled into the intersection into traffic. …”

“2007 Matrix bought new, having stalling and puttering engine problems when it had only 67,000 miles on it and regular maintenance. Early april, 2010, car stalled out when I was entering on-ramp to freeway 15 in california. A car almost hit me in the rear as a result. Managed to get car over to shoulder, where it died. Couldn't restart it for 20 minutes. Got it to Toyota dealership where I purchased it. Explained the weird stalling problem. They charged me $1,197.23 and only two days earlier had charged me $606.94 for a total of $1,804.22. …”

“I was driving home from work when I noticed the door light was on the display console in my car. I was at a red light and checked to see if my door was open, it wasn't, the door light remained on. I continued driving, but smelled plastic burning. I looked down, saw orange flickers and realized my car was on fire. The fire was burning in the drivers side dash, it was contained behind a small storage compartment. I tried desperately to put the fire out, threw water and left over soda on it, but I think I actually made it worse. I screeched into a gas station, put the fire out, and called 911. …”

“Tl- the contact owns a 2007 Toyota Matrix. The contact stated that while traveling 70 MPH the vehicle stalled with out warning. This was the only time the failure occurred. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and the electronic control module had to be replaced. The failure mileage and current mileages was”