general problems of the 2009 Toyota Venza

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Venza. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 mph the vehicle suddenly hydroplaned causing the driver to loose control of the steering and the vehicle crashed into a concrete median. The contact stated that during the crash the frontend of the vehicle was damaged but no air bags deployed. No injuries were reported. Police were called to the scene but no report was taken. The vehicle was later driven home. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was not contacted. The contact indicated that prior to the crash the maintenance light had remained illuminated. The failure mileage was 72,800.

I was sitting in the drive thru line of a fast food restaurant when the care 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.

After taking vehicle into Toyota dealer for recall 90l, vehcile hesitated after accelerating from a stop. Vehicle engine hesitates, rpm drops to idle speed 1000-1200 rpm. Engine unresponsive for 1 to 2 seconds then resumes normal speed and performance. Occurs intermitently usually after initial startup and subsequent startups throughout the day. On rare occassions the hesitation occurs at drivng speed. Has happened every day at least once since 9-6-11. Toyota dealer can not replicate the problem or find any problem through diagnostic tests. Problem reoccurred 2 minutes after leaving dealer on this date. Problem did not exist prior to recall 90l being performed. It is a safety issue because it has occurred while pulling into traffic or entering an intersection.

I own a 2009 Toyota Venza with a knock in the engine. Twice the dealer has stated there was nothing wrong, thus nothing to fix- I find other complaints regarding "the piston slap" with dealer refusing to repair the vehicle and stated that the noise was normal. I do not find an engine knock normal!.