"How reliable is the 2021 Toyota Venza?"

"Based on 226 NHTSA complaints, the 2021 Toyota Venza has a median complaint mileage of 15000 miles. The most common issue is Visibility/Wiper."

"What are common problems with the 2021 Toyota Venza?"

"The most frequently reported component in NHTSA complaints for the 2021 Toyota Venza is Visibility/Wiper, accounting for a significant portion of the 226 total complaints filed."

2021 Toyota Venza: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 226 complaints

226

Total Complaints

15,000mi

Median Mileage

Visibility/Wiper

Top Issue

Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

5,500 25th Percentile

15,000 Median Mileage

45,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

Visibility/Wiper

Unknown Or Other

Electrical System

Exterior Lighting

Fuel/Propulsion System

Service Brakes

Engine

Vehicle Speed Control

Power Train

Body

Severity Assessment

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"The venzas headlights, while on low beam only, have 2 shadows or blobs in the drivers view. It is very distracting especially while turning or cornering. It appears as if things are running out in front of the car. The issue is discussed by Venza owners on the Toyota nation blog. https://www.toyotan..."

"Very small rock hit front windshield, which cracked soon after purchase. I might be willing to rack this up to bad luck, but there are several others that have posted online about the exact same scenario, see ToyotaNation forum https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/windshield-repair.1695878/ as well ..."

"Small rock hit windshield causing it to immediately crack 12â long and in an arc. In 55 years driving never had this occurrence. Checked website and apparently there are quite a few incidents of the same size of crack and arc happening in 2021 Venza. Wondered if there is a manufacturers defect wit..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

CA: 40 TX: 23 WA: 19 PA: 13 MD: 11 MI: 10 NY: 9 IL: 9 MA: 6 OR: 6

Who Files Complaints?

1.3%

Original Owners

98.7%

Second+ Owners

Toyota Venza — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

Year	Complaints	Median Mileage	Top Issue	Crashes
2009	227	40,000	Vehicle Speed Control	24
2010	109	37,500	Electrical System	12
2011	89	38,877	Electrical System	9
2012	34	39,118	Air Bags	10
2013	85	36,895	Air Bags	22
2014	37	5,593	Air Bags	7
2015	34	6,280	Unknown Or Other	11
2022	73	-	Visibility/Wiper	15
2023	25	625	Automatic Emergency Braking	15
2024	30	-	Unknown Or Other	6

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28