Infiniti M35 vs Toyota Matrix

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Infiniti M35	Toyota Matrix
Complaints on file	570	1,422
Model years covered	2006–2010	2002–2012
Worst model year	2006	2009
Best model year	2010	2011
Crashes reported	26	170
Fires reported	3	14
Injuries reported	17	86
Deaths reported	0	2
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	8.1%	19.1%

Infiniti M35 by year

272 174 80 20 24

06 07 08 09 10

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 119 20.9%

Steering 108 18.9%

Seats 90 15.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 35 6.1%

Engine & Cooling 33 5.8%

Electrical System 32 5.6%

Other & Unspecified 29 5.1%

Suspension 25 4.4%

Toyota Matrix by year

2 314 175 260 212 109 56 224 55 10 5

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 409 28.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 181 12.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 145 10.2%

Engine & Cooling 136 9.6%

Electrical System 99 7.0%

Brakes 73 5.1%

Tires 70 4.9%

Steering 55 3.9%