2010 TOYOTA VENZA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA VENZA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN HER VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED UP TO 55 MPH. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE BUT TO NO AVAIL. SHE CONTINUED TO APPLY ABRUPT PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES AS HE MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE FROM CRASHING. THE CONTACT WAS FINALLY ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,700 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,819. UPDATED 12/08/10. *LJ THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONSUMER TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND THE COMPUTER WOULD RESET ITSELF. UPDATED 12/13/10

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA VENZA. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN UTILIZING THE RADIO DURING DAYLIGHT, HE WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE STATIONS DUE TO LIMITED ILLUMINATION. THE DEALER ADVISED HE WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT IF HE WOULD SHUT OFF THE HEADLIGHTS, THE RADIO LIGHTS WOULD INTENSIFY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 700.

WHILE MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY, ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK AND APPLYING BRAKE WOULD NOT SLOW CAR. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SLOW VEHICLE AND MOVE TO SHOULDER. *TR

TOYOTA VENZA. THE REAR HATCH IS AUTO OPEN/CLOSE. USING THE AUTO CLOSING BUTTON ON THE DASH OF THE VEHICLE, I INITIATED THE CLOSE SEQUENCE. THE REAR HATCH STARTED TO CLOSE NORMALLY, THEN IT "SLAMMED SHUT" WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY TO ANYONE UNDER THE HATCH. SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS AT OPENING OR CLOSING THE HATCH RESULTED IN A "STUTTER" EFFECT WHICH REQUIRED ME TO CLOSE THE HATCH MANUALLY. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THEY TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD NOT SLAM THE HATCH SHUT. I HAVE NEVER SLAMMED THE HATCH, I ALWAYS USE THE BUTTON ON THE DASH OR THE KEY FOB TO OPEN/ CLOSE THE HATCH. THE ROD IS NOW BENT THAT HOLDS THE HATCH OPEN. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WHEN I AM UNDER THE HATCH. THIS COULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF A LIMB IF CIRCUMSTANCES WERE CORRECT. *TR

SEATBELT OF 2010 TOYOTA VENZA GOT CAUGHT AROUND MY 3 YEAR OLD'S NECK. SEATBELT WOULD NOT GIVE SLACK TO REMOVE AND TIGHTENED AS IT RETRACTED BACK INTO DOOR. HAD TO CUT SEATBELT IN ORDER TO REMOVE FROM CHILD'S NECK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT LEASED A 2009 TOYOTA VENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL AND ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO IDLE. SHE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN PARK BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO IDLE. SHE HAD TO PRESS THE SMART BUTTON TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE; EVEN AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF, IT TOOK SEVERAL MINUTES TO COMPLETELY TURN OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT PRODUCE A FAILURE CODE. THE DEALER ATTRIBUTED THE FAILURE TO DRIVER ERROR AND THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 9,130.

2 WEEKS AFTER BUYING A 2010 TOYOTA VENZA THE SUNROOF EXPLODED WITH NO REASON. THERE WAS NO SCRATCH MARKS. IT WAS SOMETHING FROM INSIDE OUT. IN MY OPINION IT WAS CAUSED BY THE HEAT. THE CAR WAS PARKED OUTSIDE EXPOSED TO SUN ALL DAY. TOYOTA AT FIRST REFUSED TO PAY THE REPAIR. BUT NOW THEY ARE REPLACING THE SUNROOF BUT STILL WITHOUT CHECKING THE REASON FOR THE INCIDENT. THE NOISE WAS SO STRONG AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. *TR

S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING RE INCIDENT OF SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION FM OWNER OF A 2010 TOYOTA VENZA. *KB AS THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO HIS DRIVEWAY, HE PUSHED THE GARAGE DOOR OPENER BUTTON AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A GREAT SPEED, NEARLY CRASHING INTO THE OPENING OF THE GARAGE DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS REVVING AT 5,000 RPM'S AND HE IMMEDIATELY PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES, JAMMED IT INTO NEUTRAL, THEN REVERSE, THEN PARK. IN PARK, THE ENGINE WAS STILL REVVING AT A VERY HIGH SPEED AND SO THE CONSUMER SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. HE IMMEDIATELY LOOKED DOWN TO SEE IF THE ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK UNDER THE MAT, AND IT WAS NOT. THE GAS PEDAL WAS NO WHERE NEAR ANY FLOOR MAT AND THE VEHICLE WAS BARELY MOVING AT THE TIME. HIS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE, NOT THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE WAS COASTING INTO THE GARAGE. *JB

2010 TOYOTA VENZA SUDDEN ACCELERATED*CW THE CONSUMER MOVED INTO THE LEFT TURNING LANE AT A FOUR-WAY STOP LIGHT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. HE SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE THE TURN; AND AFTER MAKING THE TURN, HE THEN DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO PROCEED AND THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE REVVED. THE CONSUMER THEN APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT WHEN HE DID THEY DID NOT WORK AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER PANICKED AND THEN APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN AND THE ENGINE REVVED AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. THE TRANSMISSION DID ENGAGE, BUT IT FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS SLIPPING. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE, HE HAD TROUBLE BRAKING AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. HE HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA VENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RADIO GOT HOT UP 145 DEGREES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER TWICE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE RADIO BUT THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE WITH THE TEMPERATURE OF THE RADIO. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THE CONTACT STATED THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE RADIO COULD CAUSE A FIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,050.