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2009 Toyota Venza

For every car sold, owners filed 2.2 times as many complaints about the 2009 Venza as about the typical Venza year. Among the 4 Venza years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2010 (0.53 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2021 (2.15).

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.18 per 1,000

2.2 times this nameplate’s own median

Counted from 64 complaints filed in the first three years, of 173 ever. 95% lower bound 0.89.

Every Venza model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years
This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.53

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20091.1864
20100.5327
20110.2812
20120.125
20130.6124
20140.4314
20150.359
20212.15133
20220.5928

Issues owners of the 2009 Venza report

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

45% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 40,000 miles, from 141 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

No NHTSA investigation covers this model year.

That is not a clean bill of health, and not a criticism of the agency: investigations open for many reasons and complaint volume is only one of them.

Questions buyers ask about the 2009 Toyota Venza

Is 2009 a good year or a bad year for the Venza?

For every car sold, owners filed 2.2 times as many complaints about the 2009 Venza as about the typical Venza year. Among the 4 Venza years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2010 (0.53 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2021 (2.15). The typical year is the median across its model years.

What problems does the 2009 Venza have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Vehicle Speed Control (36), Service Brakes (27), Electrical System (20).

Is the 2009 Venza reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Venza years: for every car sold, owners filed 2.2 times as many complaints about the 2009 Venza as about the typical Venza year.

Which Venza year has the fewest complaints?

Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2010, at 0.53 per 1,000 sold. Every Venza year, ranked.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the Venza.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is checked by hand against its source table, not against an outside figure.