MODELYEARINDEX

Toyota Venza

537 complaints across 7 scored model years and 13 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Toyota Venza Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2021 vs model median 6.2×
Model median3× median
Lights & Visibility 92
Fuel System 12
Brakes 12
Avoid

2013 · 2021

Best

2012 · 2014

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
1.80× 49 F
2011
0.75× 28 C
2012
0.40× 10 B
2013
2.43× 47 F
2014
0.90× 25 B
2015
1.00× 21 B
2021
6.22× 217 F
2022 P
2.91× 78 F
2023 P
1.60× 29 C
2024 P
1.28× 33 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG39
City / Highway40 / 37
Engine2.5L, 4 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$1,600

Recalls

13 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
10V023000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL 2010 1,126,915
13V442000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2012, 2013 802,769
25V595000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2023, 2024 591,377
22V239000 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC):CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE 2021, 2022 458,110
21V257000 AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN 2010–2015 279,040
10V035000 EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS 2010 271,417
12V091000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH 2010, 2011 186,798
10V036000 EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS 2010 153,418

+ 5 further campaigns

Others in Compact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RDX
20192020
C
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Buick Envision
2017
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Blazer
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2021 Venza
Complaints in window
217
Severity-weighted
298.5
Model median (weighted)
48
vs model median
6.22×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
1
Open investigations
0
Score 22.5 F