2012 Toyota Venza — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 34 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Air bags (restraint system)9 (26.5%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2009–2016.
• Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)7 (20.6%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2023–2024.
• Body & structure5 (14.7%)
• Brakes1 (2.9%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2021–2022.
• Engine1 (2.9%)
• Fuel system1 (2.9%)

Other / uncategorized: 6 classifications (17.6%) 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

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2009 392 records for 2009 392
2. 2010 323 records for 2010 323
3. 2011 300 records for 2011 300
4. 2012 285 records for 2012 285
5. 2013 405 records for 2013 405
6. 2014 317 records for 2014 317
7. 2015 235 records for 2015 235
8. 2016 134 records for 2016 134
9. 2021 2 records for 2021 2
10. 2022 1 records for 2022 1
11. 2023 2 records for 2023 2
12. 2024 2 records for 2024 2

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

• 6mention a crash
• 6mention 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 4
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 253
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 3
• Owner complaints NHTSA 25

Explore the underlying evidence records