Toyota Venza owners have reported 9 seat belt related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 1 most common seat belt problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's seat belt (9 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Seat Belt problems |
The crash occurred at 2:50 pm on January 10, 2024 while pulling our 2021 Toyota Venza into a diagonal parking space on a slight upgrade. The vehicle surged over the curb, across the sidewalk and into a brick wall with gas pipelines attached to it. As this was happening, the driver yelled, “I don’t know what’s happening. ” the car then rebounded onto the sidewalk and was turned off quickly because of a gas smell. We exited the vehicle and tried to keep people away from the scene because of the smell. The passenger had great difficulty getting out of the car because the passenger side door was blocked by a tree in the median. The fire department cleared the area, the police interviewed both the driver and the passenger and the gas company arrived to repair the meters and pipes. No citation was issued. During a call on January 12, 2024 to cancel a pre-paid service agreement, we were referred to the Toyota brand engagement center who interviewed us before forwarding information on to the Toyota liability team. Toyota sent a contractual employee to download the information from the vehicle’s computer modules for further analysis by Toyota. On February 20, 2024, Toyota issued a report that stated the vehicle had no defects related to the accident and that the accelerator pedal had been fully depressed prior to impact. The report did not address other information that was provided to individuals investigating the incident, including information about the incident itself, information about a delayed acceleration event several days prior to the incident and notification from the local Toyota dealer the next day that a check engine light had come on around 2:50 the day of the incident followed a minute later by alarms indicating “airbag failure to deploy” and “hybrid system failure. ” the report also did not address the possibility of a problem with the throttle system, specifically the accelerator sensor.
Extremely loud seatbelt warning chimes created a hazardous situation by causing a severe distraction, preventing ability to hear traffic, and having no way to correct the situation. I had a near miss accident while trying to figure out what was wrong, and was forced to make a very dangerous stop on the side of a highway to correct the problem. The seatbelt warning chime was improperly triggered by a fault in Toyotas programming. A child briefly plugged their seatbelt into the 'wrong' receptacle in the rear seat. They quickly realized it was the wrong one and plugged it into the correct receptacle. After visually and verbally checking with my child that they were properly restrained, we left a parking spot at a shopping center and got almost immediately onto a highway. The car improperly deduced there was a child in the middle seat because of the brief failed attempt of buckling into the wrong buckle. And since the buckle was not buckled, it assumed there was an unbuckled child now in the middle rear seat. After some testing, it seems the only way to clear this alarm is to fully stop the vehicle and open one of the rear doors. This is how Toyota decided to 'clear' the status of someone leaving the car. The seatbelt warning system does not begin it's chimes until the vehicle has reached a certain speed, which did not occur until I was on the highway. The extremely loud chime with no obvious reason created a panic situation. The child was unable to help in the rear because they did not understand, and would not have been able to safely reach over and buckle the unoccupied seat anyway. While focused on resolving the intrusive noise, we had a near miss situation. I was unable to hear any of the safety system warnings over the chimes. Ultimately I had to perform a dangerous stop on a 65mph highway to get out, and figure out why the car thought there was someone in the rear seat that wasn't there.
The contact owns a 2013 Toyota Venza. The contact stated when starting the vehicle, the contact noticed that the air bag warning light was illuminated. Additionally, the passenger’s side seat belt warning light remained illuminated with a passenger in the seat. The contact stated that the driver’s side and passenger’s side air bags seat belts warning lights recently started to remain illuminated. The local dealer was contacted about inspecting the vehicle however, the contact declined after being provided a cost to do the diagnostic test. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.
Air bags did not deploy when I was in an accident. I was hiy at a high speed on drivers dide front wheel. I was in moyion whil a truck hit me going at a high speed and was dragged when wheels got stuck.
Problemas con el trendelantero y sitema del platos.
Tl-the contact owns a 2009 Toyota Venza. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 mph, the vehicle independently veered off the roadway. The contact crashed into a tree and the vehicle went airborne. The driver was killed and the front passenger sustained severe injuries. None of the eight air bags in the vehicle deployed. In addition, the front passenger¿s seat belt buckle would not release open. A police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to a salvage facility. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000. Kmj.
I have a 3 years old with 6 months child. He was securely fastened using a car seat but with the Toyota Venza back seat belt. The seat belt with no apparent reason locked and my child try to get loose from the seat belt. The car was stopped with the parking brake pushed all the way in and I tried to loose him off the seat-belt but I could not because the seat belt got around my child belly and was depriving him of air to breathe. With no success and my son desperately crying for help I had to cut the back seat-belt. I called the Toyota dealer where the car was purchased and they told me the warranty does not cover these incidents because there is no recall of this particular issue. In my opinion a seat belt which locks itself and almost kills my child is sufficient as to check and replace the seat belts. Those seat belts have something wrong and could mean a future death if nothing is done. These people are ignorant about these issues and would not fill a report about the incident, they would only ask for the $265 cost to repair the seat-belt.
Toyota Venza's airbag wasn't deployed while an accident occurred with heavy damaged in the front of the vehicle. Also, driver seat belt wasn't function it right. It didn't pull the driver tight enough. Chest hit into the steering wheel with serious injury. Two safety device in this car fail to protect the driver.
Seatbelt of 2010 Toyota Venza got caught around my 3 year old's neck. Seatbelt would not give slack to remove and tightened as it retracted back into door. Had to cut seatbelt in order to remove from child's neck.