2 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2021 Toyota Venza. Owners have filed 188 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Toyota dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2021 Toyota Venza. Check your Venza by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 188 complaints with NHTSA about the 2021 Toyota Venza, reporting 15 crashes, 12 injuries. Toyota has issued at least 157 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
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Owners have filed 188 complaints with NHTSA about the 2021 Toyota Venza. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“While driving under normal conditions and driving into my driveway on Thursday, March 19, I experienced a sudden and temporary loss of braking ability. When I applied the brake pedal, the vehicle did not decelerate as expected. This resulted in a collision with a residential fence at low speed.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11729686
“I was involved in a no fault accident when an SUV slammed into the back of my Toyota Venza at full speed and pushed me into the left guardrail of the bridge we were driving on. Neither the front airbags or the driver (left) side airbags deployed.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11667971
“The crash occurred at 2:50 PM on January 10, 2024 while pulling our 2021 Toyota Venza into a diagonal parking space on a slight upgrade. The vehicle surged over the curb, across the sidewalk and into a brick wall with gas pipelines attached to it.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11576503
“I was parking my car in a parking lot very slowly (1 mile/hr, or less). My foot was on the break paddle, and I just turned into a parking spot. Suddenly, I heard huge acceleration noise and the car surged forward so rapidly, so powerfully on its own, and totally lost control.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11560798
“On May 30, 2023 at approx. 11:30am I was leaving the car wash located at [removed] N. Shelton Washington. The automatic bar pushed me through the car wash to the end where it left you. There was a slight grade downwards to the highway (Olympic Hwy.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11538730
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2021 Toyota Venza is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Toyota dealer.