2012 Toyota Venza problems
Owners have filed 34 complaints with NHTSA about the 2012 Toyota Venza. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 26% of complaints. Next are wipers, windshield & visibility (21%) and body & structure (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 34 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 39,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 9 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 26 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 39,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 8 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 96% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2012 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Toyota Venza with enough data (13 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My car was hit from the rear at a high rate of speed, pushing car into concrete barrier, did a 360 and bounced back to other concrete barrier. Passenger air bag did not open. Drivers air bag opened but did not inflate. No other air bags opened.
The contact owned a 2012 TOYOTA VENZA. The contact stated while her husband was driving at 15 MPH, the vehicle traveling in front of them came to an abrupt stop. In an effort to avoid the vehicle, the contact's husband jumped a curb and hit a light post. The front driver and passenger airbags deployed upon impact; however, the side curtain airbags failed to deploy. The authorities arrived at the scene and a police report was filed. Both the contact and her husband were transported to the hospital by ambulance.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 toyota venza. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the contact's vehicle crashed into a second vehicle. The driver's side air bag burst open and black smoke and fragments flew out. The fragments severely injured both of the driver's legs. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent examiner who concluded that the air bag failure was caused by water damage. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000. ...updated 03/13/17
Air bags did not deploy when I was in an accident. I was hiy at a high speed on drivers dide front wheel. I was in moyion whil a truck hit me going at a high speed and was dragged when wheels got stuck
This is not a complaint; just a question. I hope that you can point me in the right direction. I purchased this 2012 toyota venza from a dealer who claimed excellent safety ratings. But I see that the 2012 venza passenger frontal crash rating is only 2 star. I returned to the dealer who told me that my car was made after the safety was improved (it is listed as 4 star for the 2013 model), but could not support his claim that my car was 4 star rather than 2 star.