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2004 Toyota Matrix Wagon XRS Fwd 4dr Wagon (1.8L 4cyl 6M)
Matrix Headache
 I purchased this car new with the intent of keeping it a long time with Toyota's reputation.  This is the 5th brand new car I have purchased and my first Toyota.  It is also my last Toyota.  I have never had more problems or put more money into maintaining a car than this one.  I just traded this car in with only 83,000 miles on it because I did not want to sink any more repair money into it.  Unusual problem areas:  neck to gas tank was rusting and would not allow gas cap to seal so car will not pass state emission tests - cost of total repair was over a thousand.  Transmission failures after 80k on Matrix (cost over 3k).