10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 1
Average Mileage:
50,367 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

The NHTSA is the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints can be spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem. See the Back button — blue bar at the very top of the page — to explore more.

Get notified about new defects, investigations, recalls & lawsuits for the 2009 Toyota Venza:

Unsubscribe any time. We don't sell/share your email.

problem #3

Apr 232013

Venza 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 85,000 miles
The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Venza. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 mph, the vehicle independently veered off the roadway. The contact crashed into a tree and the vehicle went airborne. The driver was killed and the front passenger sustained severe injuries. None of the eight air bags in the vehicle deployed. In addition, the front passenger's seat belt buckle would not release open. A police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to a salvage facility. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000....updated 07-10-13 the consumer stated her husband was driving the vehicle, at the time of the accident. Their daughter was injured and her husband was killed, when the vehicle flipped over and crushed him.

- Catlettsburg, KY, USA

Add Complaint
problem #2

May 152011

Venza

  • 60,000 miles
I have a 3 years old with 6 months child. He was securely fastened using a car seat but with the Toyota Venza back seat belt. The seat belt with no apparent reason locked and my child try to get loose from the seat belt. The car was stopped with the parking brake pushed all the way in and I tried to loose him off the seat-belt but I could not because the seat belt got around my child belly and was depriving him of air to breathe. With no success and my son desperately crying for help I had to cut the back seat-belt. I called the Toyota dealer where the car was purchased and they told me the warranty does not cover these incidents because there is no recall of this particular issue. In my opinion a seat belt which locks itself and almost kills my child is sufficient as to check and replace the seat belts. Those seat belts have something wrong and could mean a future death if nothing is done. These people are ignorant about these issues and would not fill a report about the incident, they would only ask for the $265 cost to repair the seat-belt.

- San Juan, PR, USA

Add Complaint
problem #1

Mar 072011

Venza 6-cyl

  • 6,100 miles
Toyota Venza's airbag wasn't deployed while an accident occurred with heavy damaged in the front of the vehicle. Also, driver seat belt wasn't function it right. It didn't pull the driver tight enough. Chest hit into the steering wheel with serious injury. Two safety device in this car fail to protect the driver.

- Houston, TX, USA

Add Complaint