Toyota Venza Engine Problems
65 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 10 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2021. Best year: 2024.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
We own a 2022 Toyota Venza Hybrid and are having problems with it "lunging forward" when applying the brake. This has happened multiply times. The first is when I was pulling very slowly into the garage because the car just fits through ...
At approximately [XXX] on Friday, [XXX], my wife was slowly pulling into a stripped parking place at Museum Hill's lower paved paved lot on [XXX], in Santa Fe, NM that has three levels when the car suddenly bolted up and over the concre...
The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Venza. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH the vehicle suddenly hydroplaned causing the driver to loose control of the steering and the vehicle crashed into a concrete median. The con...
On May 30, 2023 at approx. 11:30am I was leaving the car wash located at 2330 Olympic Hwy. N. Shelton Washington. The automatic bar pushed me through the car wash to the end where it left you. There was a slight grade downwards to the ...
CAR WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT REVVED ITS ENGINE AND ACCELARATED. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND IT WOULD NOT STOP. THE REVVING NOISE WAS LOUD. I HIT A LARGE TREE THAT WAS LUCKILY AT THE END OF THE PARK...
I WAS PULLING UP TO A DRIVE THRU WINDOW AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT WHEN THE VEHICLE JUST SURGED FORWARD I TRIED TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES . I HIT AND DAMAGED TWO CARS IN THE PARKING LOT BEFORE I COULD BRING IT TO A STOP. THIS WAS THE SECOND TI...
PARKED THE CAR, LOCKED IT. ABOUT A MINUTE LATER NOTICED SMOKE, THEN FIRE, VERY INTENSE. THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS DESTROYED (RADIATOR MELTED), FRONT TIRE BURNED, AND THE FIRE DAMAGED DASHBOARD AND INTERIOR AS WELL. A CAR PARK...
THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNING I NOTICED A MILDEW TYPE ODOR COMING THROUGH THE VENT SYSTEM WHEN I CUT ON THE HEAT. I REPORTED DURING SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THE FILTER WOULD BE CHANGED AND SOME TYPE OF ODOR REDUCER PLACED IN THE VENTILATION SYST...
The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Venza. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked and occupied, while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to respond as intended. An independent mechanic was contacted. The vehicle...
I am submitting this complain regarding my 2021 Toyota Venza, which has developed a serious defect involving the fuel system. Although my vehicle is fairly new, I began experiencing problems with the fuel door not opening properly. Ini...
While attempting to cross a busy street, I picked an opening in the coming traffic to cross, released the brake to allow the car to start rolling slowing, but when I pressed the accelerator , I got no response from the car and no acceler...
Acceleration or throttle lag. When stopped at a turn, went to press on gas and no acceleration happened. 3-5 seconds later the car accelerated when I pressed on the gas.