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2021 Toyota Venza Hybrid Vehicle speed control Problems

Complaints
12about this part
Share
6%of 188 total for the year
Median mileage
15,000miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 12 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2021 Toyota Venza Hybrid, 6% of the 188 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 15,000 miles. 5 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“While driving under normal conditions and driving into my driveway on Thursday, March 19, I experienced a sudden and temporary loss of braking ability. When I applied the brake pedal, the vehicle did not decelerate as expected. This resulted in a collision with a residential fence at low speed. There were no warning lights or prior indications of a braking issue before the incident. The loss of braking appeared to be momentary, but significant enough to prevent me from stopping the vehicle in time. …”

NHTSA complaint #11729686, filed 2026-04

“Intermittently my 2021 Toyota Venza will not accelerate. It feels like it loses power and will not accelerate. It started in March and has progressively gotten worse. It happens from a stop and from rolling acceleration. Toyota dealer Fred Haas Toyota said they cannot duplicate the problem even though I told them to go look online since this seems to be an ongoing problem. I do not feel safe in this vehicle since I cannot depend on it accelerating when I engage the fuel pedal.”

NHTSA complaint #11589614, filed 2024-05

“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. …”

NHTSA complaint #11576503, filed 2024-03

“Forward collision avoidance; automatic emergency braking; adaptive cruise control; I pulled into a straight-ahead handicapped parking slot to park, going about 1-3mph . There was a handicapped sign in front of me on a newly installed steel pole. I pulled in within inches of the pole. When I tried to engage the brakes, the braking system failed to engage the brakes and slow down the car. The car instead accelerated and would have broken through a store front had the pole not stopped it. …”

NHTSA complaint #11509304, filed 2023-02

“It's its been about 4 times for myself and twice for my husband. When pulling out of parking lot onto busy street making a right hand turn, the car failed to accelerate so that I can merge onto the street. I almost got reareded twice because of this not being able to get up to speed. I have taken it to the dealer twice. The first time they told me there was a computer recall so he would do the update and it if it happened after that to bring it in. We'll it's happened many more times. And the dealer can't tell me what it is.”

NHTSA complaint #11563852, filed 2024-01

Vehicle speed control: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2023314%
2022512%
2021126%

Other parts of the 2021 Toyota Venza Hybrid

Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
79 complaints
Other or unknown
42 complaints
Exterior lighting
16 complaints
Electrical system
15 complaints
Fuel system
14 complaints
Brakes
13 complaints
Engine
11 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
9 complaints
Air bags
7 complaints
Body and structure
7 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
5 complaints
Steering
5 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2021 Toyota Venza Hybrid

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Nov 1, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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