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Toyota was also forced to pay a total of $66.2 million in fines to the Department of Transportation for failing to handle recalls properly and $25.5 million to Toyota shareholders whose stock lost value due to recalls. Nearly 400 wrongful-death and personal injury cases were also privately settled by Toyota as a result of unintended acceleration.
The Matrix was first introduced in the 2003 model year and based on the Toyota Corolla platform. [6] Relatively unchanged in 2004, a facelift for 2005 brought minor revisions to the exterior – mainly revised styling to the front fascia due to complaints of rubbing the ground on the previous incarnation and replacing the red lenses on the taillamps with clear ones.
On February 6, 2010, Toyota said that it had fixed the braking problem on Prius models built since late January 2010 via a software update for the ABS to improve brake response. [2] On the same day, a Japanese newspaper reported that Toyota had contacted dealers in Japan about their intent to recall all affected vehicles.
The Associated Press Updated October 5, 2018 at 6:01 AM TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. says it has issued a recall for 2.43 million hybrid vehicles in Japan and elsewhere for potential problems ...
Last week, Toyota warned owners of about 50,000 vehicles — including certain Corolla and RAV4 models dating back to 2003 — that parts of airbags could explode, causing serious injury or death.
U.S. officials announced a $1.6 billion deal with Toyota's Hino Motors unit to settle charges it deceived regulators about the amount of emissions spewed by its diesel engines.
In January 2024, Toyota and General Motors issued a recall of 61,000 of their older Corolla, Matrix, RAV4 and Pontiac Vibe model vehicles sold in the United States that carry the Takata airbag. [44] This recall affected 50,000 Toyota and 11,000 General Motors vehicles. [45] [44]
Even in your cherry-picked list, the Matrix is essentially tied for lightest wagon with the Focus (you also missed the Suzuki Aerio, at 2630 lbs.); the Kia Soul didn't even come out until 2010, so scratch that one off entirely vs. Gen 1 Matrix (a.k.a. Gen 9 Corolla), or else you'd be able to include the disco'd-in-2002 Suzuki Esteem at 24xx lbs ...