general problems of the 2009 Toyota Venza

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Venza. The contact stated that while driving 25 mph, the floor mats curled up and stuck beneath the brake pedal. The floor mats had not been removed. The failure mileage was approximately 6,000.

2009 Toyota Venza -vsc/trac . This problem has occured twice. Once in a parking lot and the other at a stop light. In the parking lot, I put the car in drive and the vsc light came on. Car was stuck - it would not move forward. Brake was lightly applied, not heavily applied. To fix problem, put car in park and started all over again. Problem resolved. 5 days later, I pulled out of a parking light and started to lightly apply the brakes for an upcoming red light. After I was stopped for about 30 seconds, the vsc/trac light came on again and the car was stuck (would not move forward). I tried tapping breaks to release, but ultimately had to put the car in park, turn off the car and start over again. In both instances, I did not have my foot heavily on the brake. In the first instance, I was on a less than 1% decline and the 2nd instance was on a flat road - and the roads were dry. I tried to reproduce the problem at home, but found the only way I could get the vsc light to come on was by heavily applying the brake. In both instances described, I had not applied the brake heavily at all.

Vehicle accelerated without my foot on accelerator. We have owned the car for a year, and it only happened once. I pushed the accelerator all the way down, then when I released my foot, it continued to accelerate. I put the car in neutral, and hit the accelerator pedal several times, which "loosened" the pedal, and the car ran normally from that point forward.

Problems encountered with vsc. 1. Vsc warning light activated when vehicle is at a complete stop, driver seatbelt is fastened and driver reaches to backseat. This can be consistently reproduced. Vehicle taken to thompson Toyota dealership service on 3/19/10 and explanation received was this is a "designed feature" and is a result of pressing the brake petal "too hard" causing vsc to engage. 2. Vsc warning light is activated when vehicle is started and driver moves shifter from park to reverse. Even though shifter is in reverse, reverse gear will not engage and when accelerator is depressed, engine revs as though the shifter is still in park. To correct, driver must place shifter back in park, temporarily remove foot from brake and then reapply brake and shift back to reverse. Vehicle taken to thompson Toyota dealership service on 3/19/10 and could not be reproduced. Explanation received that this too was a "designed feature" and is a result of pressing the brake petal "too hard" causing vsc to engage and preventing transmission to shift in reverse.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Venza. While driving 35 mph, she depressed the brakes, the vehicle accelerated and crash into the vehicle ahead of her. No one was injured and the police were not notified. The vehicle was driven home with front end damage and the incident will be investigated by the insurance company. The Toyota manufacturer was called and stated that they would contact her within the next few days. The failure mileage was 4,850. Updated 4/22/10 updated 07/07/10.

Merging onto freeway and getting up to speed, the accelerator pushed to the floor and continued to take over the car and rev up to 7500rpms. I was unable to disengage the throttle as it took me at full speed into traffic. I shifted the car to neutral and the engine continued to rev at 7500 rpm's. I luckily was able to guide the car to the shoulder in the peak traffic commute by turning the emergency flashers on and move over 2 lanes . I then turned off the ignition and waited to calm down for 3 minutes before attempting to restart the car. The car immediately revved to 7500 rpm's so I turned off the ignition again. I tugged and pulled on the throttle until it returned to the up position. Being afraid to drive it I called Toyota to come get me and they told me to just drive safely home and bring the car in the next day. I took the car to the Toyota dealer the next morning and they kept it all day. The told me that they could find nothing wrong with the car and that I would have to continue to drive it until it happened again and try to get it into them at that time. The car is a 2009 Toyota Venza. The incident occurred on February 18 2009. I am afraid to drive the car waiting for it to happen again. Invoice 36193 for repairs. Centennial Toyota las vegas nevada. Do we have to crash first to get a fix??.

I was driving at 35-40 mph, pulling up to an intersection. I gradually hit brakes to reduce speed, and the car surged forward twice. Both feet slamming on the brake pedal were required to stop the vehicle. It has happened only once, but caused great alarm and poses a potential serious safety problem. This was under light braking initially, with no pressure on the accelerator when the car surged forward. It is unknown whether the accelerator or computer was at issue. Floor mats were not involved.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Venza. The contact stated that while traveling at approximate speeds of 35mph and attempting a turn, the vehicle abnormally accelerated without warning. The contact confirmed his foot was not depressing the accelerator pedal when the failure occurred. The vehicle proceeded to crash into a concrete curb. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where an investigator was brought in to further assess the failure. The investigator attributed the failure to an extra all weather floor mat. One week after the crash, the contact received a recall letter (NHTSA campaign id number 10v023000) relating to the failure. The vehicle was being repaired by the dealer. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileages were approximately 7,000.

I have been informed by "toyotaownersonline" that my 2009 Venza is included in "(safety recall 90l). " they will 'notify me by first class mail as soon as my dealer is ready to perform the remedy on my vehicle. " since this recall began in January and it now April 25, I am wondering how long this will take to fix??? I have not been notified yet. Thank you.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Venza. While driving 5 mph the contact stepped on the accelerator and the vehicle accelerated to a higher speed without warning. The contact eventually regained control of the vehicle by applying the brake pedal. The failure occurred twice in a school zone. The contact is concerned of the safety risk since the failure nearly caused a tragedy in a school zone. The manufacturer has not been notified. The VIN was not available. The current and failure mileages were 300.

I was coasting the engine revved up , I applied the brakes with both feet and hit stop vehicle it sound like a person applying pressure to gas pedal but both my feet were on the brake pedal. . . I have 2009 Toyota Venza that was totaled luckily the person in front was not injured and only had fender bender as the truck he hit .

I own a 2009 Toyota Venza and on sept 24 , 2009 my car accelerated through a chinese restaurant in my town 2 people in the restaurant were slightly injured and I was not injured and the passenger was not injured but it could have been worse.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Venza. The contact stated that when she attempted to accelerate, the vehicle would drag for a few seconds and then bolt forward. The contact noticed the problem since purchasing the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where the contact was informed that there was an electronic impulse in the new accelerator pedal for the vehicle that caused a slight delay when accelerating. The failure mileage was 12. The current mileage was approximately 5,100.

The "lurch" or "brake release" that prius owners describe happens - inconsistently - in my 2009 Venza when slowing down to a stop light or sign. It's been happening since we bought it. Toyota just blows it off as if my wife and I are lying about it. There were some alignment issues with it also and Toyota has worked on and/or "inspected' it several times.

I have experienced the engine surge problem with my 2009 Toyota Venza. In my case, it happens intermittently, and has not yet caused an accident. In all of these incidents, I was accelerating to pass another car or to merge into traffic when the engine surged, causing the car to move much faster than I had intended. In the first case of passing, the surge nearly caused me to lose control of the car because torque pulled the steering wheel beyond where I intended to turn. When I took the car into the Toyota dealer, the customer handler told me the car was designed to do this, and eventually he worked his way around to, "once the car's computer gets used to the way you drive, it won't happen any more. " more recently, the dealer has said the Venza is not covered by the recall, so I can't even get the shimwhich doesn't seem likely to solve an engine surge problem, but would at least help to disprove the sticking pedal story.