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2021 Toyota Venza Hybrid problems
Owners have filed 246 complaints about the 2021 Toyota Venza Hybrid with NHTSA. Visibility/wiper accounts for 30.1% of them — far more than any other system, ahead of exterior lighting at 6.5%. A further 17.1% were filed without a specific system named.
Complaints246
Crashes28
Fires0
Injuries23
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Visibility/wiper 30.1% · 74
Unknown or other 17.1% · 42
Exterior lighting 6.5% · 16
Electrical system 6.1% · 15
Fuel/propulsion system 5.7% · 14
Vehicle speed control 4.9% · 12
Engine 4.5% · 11
Service brakes 4.5% · 11
Severity
Of those complaints, 28 describe a crash and 23 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Filings have fallen off, 78 in the last three years against 167 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 11,500 miles.
In owners' own words
6/14/2021 Rock hit front shield bottom right corner no visable crack. 6/24/2021 Parked car for a few days came back and had to use windshield wipers and their now there is an arc crack on the winshield. The arc crack comes all the way 1/3 of the way up the windshield into the drivers view when looking to the right side of the windshield. Contacted Safelight insurance and they will be replacing the windhield. Visibility/wiper
Vehicle 2 weeks old; small pebble (pea size) hit windshield centered on passenger vision (approx 80% from left to right) ; crack starts to form in windshield to left of driver vision (approx 10% from left to right) starting at the bottom in the black trim section - nowhere near pebble impact; over the next week (whi9le waiting on backordered replacement) crack continued to arc and lengthen to 60% windshield width Visibility/wiper
Just purchased the car in first week of January. In the second week of February for about 1141 miles driven, a crack of about 12 inches at the bottom of the windshield (photo attached) appeared for no reason while stopping at work. Upon inspection, a seemingly small pebble, probably an ice salt of about 1mm, may have hit earlier (photo attached) which should not result in such a large crack. Visibility/wiper
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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