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2014 Toyota Venza problems

Owners have filed 38 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Toyota Venza. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 16% of complaints. Next are cruise control (11%) and brakes (8%).

At a glance

Complaints
38 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Air bags 16% of complaints
Crashes and fires
7 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0
Typical mileage
6,000 miles 27 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%.

  • Air bags 16%
  • Cruise control 11%
  • Brakes 8%
  • Drivetrain & axles 8%
  • Steering 8%
  • Suspension 8%
  • Fuel system 5%
  • Body & structure 5%
  • Tires 5%
  • Wipers, windshield & visibility 5%

When problems show up

Complaints by mileage, 2014 Toyota Venza Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 6,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 17 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 6,000 miles
Based on 27 complaints that include mileage. 89% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles17
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 27 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 6,000 miles.

Safety-related details: 7 complaints mention a crash; 3 injuries reported.

Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2014 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Toyota Venza with enough data (29 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.

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 owns a 2014 toyota venza. The contact stated that the vehicle shifted gears from park to reverse independently and without warning. The contact rushed to the car to depress the service brake pedal however, the driver's side wheel ran over the contact's left foot. The contact was taken to a nearby hospital where it was determined that the contact sustained soft tissue injuries. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician stated that was the result of too much pressure on the service brakes.

Reported at 200 miles, May 2014 CrashInjury

At 55 MPH the vehicle, with the best efforts of the driver, would not stop and the brakes would not engage. The vehicle was unable to stop and the crash resulted from this failure.

Reported at 5,900 miles, January 2015 CrashInjury

El diler no quiere reparar los problemas y me envia donde el manofacturero de la goma y el manofacturero va realisar una inpecion por que de entrada ellos me dicen que el problema noson las gomas ya que segun mi a legato ellos entiende que son amortiguadores del fabricante y defectode alineamiento y ajustete al tren delantero yal tracero pero el fabricante dela gomas va a certificar los proble para que el diler responda por sus obligaciones quele coresponden y no diga que el problemason las gomas pra salir del…

Reported at 5,199 miles, July 2014

Tengo problemas en la traccin delantera y en el tren trasero, cuando guo el vehculo en las rectas, curvas y en todo momento la guagua se siente arrastrando las gomas. En la parte delantera esta escalonando las gomas y ademas tiene problemas de estabilidad en la carretera. El tcnico privado recomienda el cambio de las botellas frontales, ajustes de los platos de los 4 neumticos y alineamiento.

Reported at 5,199 miles, July 2014

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