2011 Toyota Venza — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 300 evidence records for the 2011 Toyota Venza, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 89 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Electrical system15 (16.9%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2009–2016.
- Brakes9 (10.1%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2021–2022.
- Seats8 (9.0%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2009–2013.
- Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)7 (7.9%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2023–2024.
- Air bags (restraint system)5 (5.6%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2009–2016.
- Stability & traction control5 (5.6%)
Other / uncategorized: 8 classifications (9.0%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (906 records, model years 2009–2015) are most frequently classified under: speed control & accelerator, brakes and electrical system.
- Manufacturer communications (2,325 records, model years 2009–2016) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Mileage reported when the issue occurred
- 45reports included a mileage
- 54,048average of those mileages
This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 2009 392 records for 2009
- 2010 323 records for 2010
- 2011 300 records for 2011
- 2012 285 records for 2012
- 2013 405 records for 2013
- 2014 317 records for 2014
- 2015 235 records for 2015
- 2016 134 records for 2016
- 2021 2 records for 2021
- 2022 1 records for 2022
- 2023 2 records for 2023
- 2024 2 records for 2024
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 5mention a crash
- 2mention a fire
- 7mention an injury
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Safety recalls NHTSA 6
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 231
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 4
- Owner complaints NHTSA 59
Where to go next
- Toyota Venza coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Toyota Venza Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.