2010 Toyota Venza
This year drew an ordinary 79 complaints for a Toyota Venza — the model's median is 42. What they were about is the unusual part: 19% of them mention independent mechanic, against 6.4% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 79 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 42 |
| Involving a crash | 10 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 9 |
| EPA combined | 22.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- independent mechanic — 19% of this year's complaints, against 6.4% across the model's other years (3×). Owners wrote it as: independent mechanic, light illuminated, intended, illuminated contact.
- where diagnosed — 10.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the model's other years (4.3×). Owners wrote it as: where diagnosed, ground, cooler, previous.
- our 2010 — 10.1% of this year's complaints, against 3.2% across the model's other years (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: our 2010, computer, metal, indicating.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
while driving at 60 MPH, the air bag warning light illuminated. The contact stated that on a separate occasion, the horn failed to operate as intended. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed and determined that the failures we…
OUR 2010 VENZA HAS 80K MILES ON IT (POWERTRAIN WARRANTY IS 60K). AFTER HEARING A "WHIRRING" NOISE FROM THE REAR OF OUR VEHICLE, WE HAD IT INSPECTED. THERE IS A LEAK OF FLUID FROM THE LEFT AXLE SEAL WHERE IT MEETS THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE DIFFERENTIAL WAS OPE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V257000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V743000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V396000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 12V091000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 13V014000 AIR BAGS
- 13V123000 EQUIPMENT
- 10V023000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Fixed free of charge.
- 10V036000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 9. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota Venza was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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