2013 Toyota Venza problems
Owners have filed 87 complaints with NHTSA about the 2013 Toyota Venza. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 14% of complaints. Next are brakes (11%) and electrical system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 87 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 22 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 25 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 37,000 miles 57 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 | 17 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 13 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 12 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 57 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 37,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 22 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 25 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 98% 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 2013 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Toyota Venza with enough data (65 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.
Tl* the contact owned a 2013 toyota venza. While driving 60 MPH with the cruise control activated, the brake pedal was depressed, but failed to respond without warning. As a result, the contact crashed into another vehicle a police report was filed. The contact sustained bruises to the right leg and chest area that required medical attention. The vehicle was towed and deemed destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 48,112. Updated 05/16/17 updated 12/04/2017
Park the car got out took the keys out,went to the back of car to open trunk car run back on me hit me and ran into a fence.
My venza has a metric speedometer with MPH numbers painted on the same face as the metric ones the problem I have is that in the day time the MPH numbers are almost impossible to read due to the paint rendering them too dull . This is a major driving distraction due to it taking the drivers focus off the road. Maybe toyota should go to a digital readout that converts the display to show only MPH when needed . Thank you for allowing me time to vent...
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota venza. Upon entering the vehicle, water was discovered on the front passenger side floormat. The contact heard water swishing around underneath the dashboard. In addition, the air bag warning indicator illuminated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000. The VIN was not available.