2013 Toyota Venza: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 59 complaints about the 2013 Toyota Venza and NHTSA has issued 4 recall campaigns. The most-reported system is air bags, named in 12 of them.

59
Complaints
4
Recalls
13
Crash reports
1
Fire reports
13
Injuries
274.6
Severity index

Severity index 274.6 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 274.6p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2013 Toyota Venza sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 145 2013 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2013 Toyota Venza ranks 4 of 145 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 97% of its model-year peers. See the full 2013 ranking.

What actually fails

Air BagsAir Bags: 12 complaints (20.3%)12 20%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 10 complaints (16.9%)10 17%StructureStructure: 10 complaints (16.9%)10 17%Service BrakesService Brakes: 10 complaints (16.9%)10 17%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 9 complaints (15.3%)9 15%Vehicle Speed ControlVehicle Speed Control: 7 complaints (11.9%)7 12%EngineEngine: 7 complaints (11.9%)7 12%SteeringSteering: 6 complaints (10.2%)6 10%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
AIR BAGS1220.3%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1016.9%
STRUCTURE1016.9%
SERVICE BRAKES1016.9%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER915.3%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL711.9%
ENGINE711.9%
STEERING610.2%

Complaints filed per year

05102013: 72014: 102015: 72016: 32017: 62018: 62019: 22020: 22021: 82022: 12023: 32025: 32026: 1 (partial year)1314101516171819202122232526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20137
201410
20157
20163
20176
20186
20192
20202
20218
20221
20233
20253
2026 (year to date)1
Complaint volume is declining, consistent with a defect that was addressed by recall or that affected early builds.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
13V01400016/01/2013AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVESoutheast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain models interspersed through model years 2009 through 2013 as follows: model year 2009-2012 Tacoma, 4Runner, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Prius, and RAV4; model year 2009-2010 Avalon, FJ Cruiser, and Highlander Hybrid; model ye
13V12300009/04/2013EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELSSoutheast Toyota is recalling certain model year 2008 and 2010-2013 Toyota Tundra, 2010-2012 Rav4, 2012 Toyota Sequoia, 2010-2011 Toyota Corolla, 2010-2011 Toyota Camry and Camry Hybrid, 2010-2013 Toyota Highlander and Highlander Hybrid, 2010-2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser, 2011 Toyota L
13V44200017/10/2013ELECTRICAL SYSTEMToyota is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Avalon, Avalon HV, Venza, Camry, and Camry HV vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the drain hose for the air conditioning condenser may become clogged causing water to accumulate at the bottom of the air conditioning condenser uni
21V25700013/04/2021AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAINToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2009-2015 Venza vehicles. The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) wiring may become damaged with regular use of the driver-side door.
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.