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. The fire department came out and said I did everything right. I am now having difficulty getting my car into a body shop. The insurance company I am with has yet to tow the vehicle and now I find it is costing me out of pocket expenses, due to my insurance not rolling over to cover a rental. I am extremely frustrated. I did call toyota, who said I could tow my car in, but the car is "no longer under warranty" per the service guy. I would like advice as to what to do. I am waiting for my insurance company to tow the car to a local bodyshop, but am extremely wary of having a car that has been on fire repaired.
2007 Toyota Matrix engine complaints
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2nd time - anti-freeze... Gone! 2 checks performed, 2 different places, no leaks. Last summer, my AC went out (22k miles). Had it checked... Nothing wrong... Woke up this morning to a puddle of sludge (a/f) in my driveway. This is the 1st time it's visible. Praying it's just the change from freezing weather to 50 degrees in a 24 hour span!
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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota matrix. While driving 55 MPH the vehicle stalled without prior warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealership, and the ecu was replaced. The current and failure mileages were 88676.
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