2017 toyota venza. Consumer writes in regards to sudden acceleration issues. *ld the consumer stated the vehicle had it's second episode of sudden acceleration. This specifically occured, when approaching a stop sign and removing foot from the accelerator pedal then placing it on the brake pedal.
Toyota Venza sudden acceleration problems
28 of the 454 owner complaints about the Toyota Venza describe sudden unintended acceleration, most of them for the 2009 model year.
- owner complaints
- 28
- worst model year
- 2009
- typical mileage
- 6,280
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below
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What owners say
Sudden acceleration while moving forward slowly to park in driveway behind my leaf. During acceleration I could not brake and crashed into my leaf which went forward into the beam in my garage and stopped both the cars.
While parking the vehicle in a parking lot, when approaching a parking stall and preparing to stop, the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward causing us to rear end a vehicle ahead, which had already parked, unoccupied and was pulled through their parking stall. The sudden acceleration was such a surprise with little time to react. Fortunately no one was injured and there was minimal damage to the vehicles. The acceleration was rapid and intense and the only way I can describe it is to compare it to if someone had their foot on the brake pedal and the other foot on the accelerator and quickly released the brake pedal. The police responded, but did not file a report. The toyota car dealer will not evaluate or respond to looking at the vehicle, but provide an 800 number to report the incident to toyota. They say they are not allowed to service the vehicle for an acceleration problem. Based upon our incident and other reports filed with the federal safety agency, we don't consider the venza a safe vehicle to drive and probably should be taken off the highways. We will be purchasing a different vehicle, probably from a different manufacturer.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota venza. While beginning to driving the vehicle, it suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact depressed the brake pedal, but the vehicle did not reduce speed. The contact downshifted into neutral and turned off the engine. The contact coasted to a stop light intersection, but the vehicle did not come to a complete stop. The vehicle stalled on its own. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed, but a failure could not be found. The service representative informed the contact that there was a faulty floormat installed. The vehicle was not repaired and the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000. Updated 04/14/16*lj
Accident stopping at stop sign car accelerated thus crashing into another car the venza surged forward and accelerated slightly before finally stopping on opposite side of roadway completely out of control surging forward on its own
I was approaching a stop sign at the corner or church and main streets in chester, vermont at less than 10 MPH the car surged forward and would not stop. I t-boned a car coming down main street and the car continued to surge across the road. This is a surging problem that toyota is fully aware of.
On august 18th, I was driving my husband's 2015 toyota venza. I ordinarily do not drive it as the vehicle has a surging forward problem. When you take your food off the gas pedal, the vehicle surges forward which one can compensate by quickly hitting the brake pedal. My husband has gotten used to the car doing this so it does not bother him. On this particular day, I was driving along a 2-lane road on a somewhat main road with some businesses on either side and I was driving about 35 MPH. We were approaching a popular ice cream plaza when I saw the vehicles up ahead stopping as one of the cars was waiting to cross over to the ice cream shop. I took my foot off of the gas pedal but the car surged forward at a faster speed. I immediately put my foot on the brake pedal but the car continued to accelerate and the brake did nothing so I pushed harder on the brake but the car still did nothing and would not slow down. I finally pushed as hard as I could with no success. Then the wheels locked and the car slid forward and I hit the car in front of me. Toyota took the car after I complained and examined it and said there was nothing wrong. But when we got the car back my husband was doing an errand and approaching an intersection and put his foot on the brake and the car started to slow but then the brake pedal went to the floor. He lifted his foot off the pedal and reapplied and the car slowed and stopped.
I was sitting in the drive thru line of a fast food restaurant when the car took a sudden surge forward. I steered hard to keep from hitting the vehicle in front of me and manage to hit the bumper on right side doing over 1500 dollars in damage and swerved into another parked car doing damage to it also. The venza had damage of more than six thousand dollars. The car has been repaired but I am afraid to drive it so it has been sitting in the carport since the day the repairs were finish. By the way that was the second incident of that kind in that car. There is something wrong with that car. Please investigate before someone is hurt or killed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota venza. The contact stated that while depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The failure occurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 200. Updated 02/24/15*lj updated 9/12/2017
I was pulling up to a drive thru window at a fast food restaurant when the vehicle just surged forward I tried to engage the brakes . I hit and damaged two cars in the parking lot before I could bring it to a stop. This was the second time the car had done this but the other time no other cars was involved .
Related recalls
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- What is wrong
- Toyota is recalling certain model year 2008-2010 highlander, model year 2009-2010 corolla, venza and matrix passenger vehicles. The accelerator pedal can get stuck in the wide open position due to its being trapped by an unsecured or incompatible driver's floor mat. This recall is an expansion of a campaign of 3.8 million other toyota vehicles announced in 2009 for the same issue (see 09v‑388).
- Risk
- A stuck open accelerator pedal may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop the vehicle, which could cause a crash, serious injury or death.
- Remedy
- Toyota will modify or replace the accelerator pedals on the subject vehicles. Floor surface modifications are also being considered and will be included for any model for which it is deemed appropriate. Initially, dealers will be instructed on how to reshape the accelerator pedal for the repair. As replacement parts with the same shape as the modified pedal become available, they will be made available to the dealers for the repair. Customers who have had the pedal reshape remedy completed will have the opportunity to receive a new pedal if they desire, after replacement pedals become available. In addition, toyota will replace any toyota all-weather floor mat in a subject vehicle with a newly designed mat, free of charge. For those customers who have the previous design all-weather floor mat but do not need or want the newly designed all-weather floor mat, toyota will recover the previous design all-weather floor mat and reimburse its price. The safety recall began march 30, 2010. Owners may contact toyota at 1‑800‑331‑4331.
Recall number 10V023000 · Recall details
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Which Toyota Venza years have sudden unintended acceleration problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2009 (13 complaints), 2010 (6 complaints) and 2013 (3 complaints).
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