Prematurely the vehicle will get out of alignment. This would cause the steering wheel to pull to the left. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
2003 Toyota Matrix: pulls to one side
6 of the 268 complaints about the 2003 Toyota Matrix describe pulls to one side.
- owner complaints
- 6
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Pulls to one side by model year
- 20096
- 20081
- 20036
What owners say
After purchase, complained of "steering wander." not only did the dealer carmax toyota not fix the problem, but returned the car with the power steering malfunctioning. After several more trips to the dealer, they finally replaced the steering rack admitting problems with some units. Upon being informed that this made no difference, and without further retesting, carmax and toyota refuse to perform any more attempts at fixing either problem. So now I'm filing under maryland's lemon law because I'm stuck with a wandering car without full power steering. In addition, I had carmax change the oil at 300 miles. Subsequently, I changed the oil at 400 miles and was surprised to see that it was black as coal indicating piston blowby. I just changed the oil at 3000 miles and the oil is a black as coal, as if the engine had closer to 90,ooo miles on it.
Went to dealer twice;complained about brakes pulling right; told they couldn't reproduce problem and the brakes were just "adjusting"; today, failure in steering and brake pull almost caused wreck.
After purchase, complained of having steering wander. And not only did the dealer not fix the problem, but returned the car with the power steering malfunctioning. After several more trips to the dealer, they finally replaced the steering rack admitting problems with some units. Upon being informed that this made no difference, and without further retesting, carmax and toyota refuse to perform any more attempts at fixing either problem. Ts
Returned the new 2003 vehicle to carmax toyota complaining of steering wander. Not only did they not fix the problem, but the vehicle was returned to me with the power steering malfunctioning and now requiring twice the effort. Power assist is minimal from stop to about 50 MPH. Steering assist is increases as speed increases, exactly opposite of how it is supposed to work. Three more visits to carmax and they refuse to acknowledge the problem. Their actions are consistent with those where the maker and dealer know they have a recall problem looming and are trying to hide it. Dt
While driving down highway vehicle started pulling to the right, owner then pulled over, and tire was completely flat. When taken to dealership, they could not find what the problem was, tire was sent to the manufacturer, who offered to pay partial amount. *ak
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2003 Toyota Matrix pulling
Is pulls to one side a common problem on the 2003 Toyota Matrix?
6 of 268 owner complaints about the 2003 Toyota Matrix (2%) mention pulls to one side. The model year with the most reports is 2003.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2003 Toyota Matrix?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2003 Toyota Matrix
Transmission failure 20Check engine light 16Grinding brakes 12Stalling 11Sudden acceleration 11Airbag light 9Slipping 9No deployment 8Jerking 7Engine failure 6Knocking 6
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