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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
4T3BK11A99U••••••2009 Toyota VENZA
That is about average for the 2009 Toyota VENZA — 4 complaints per build across 42 builds.
4on this build
147on the model
42builds in total
1involved a crash
1injuries
Most reportedPower Train 1Vehicle Speed Control 1Wheels 1Service Brakes 1
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashJul 2016
Concerns about the air bags not deploying on his 2009 toyota venza when his wife was hit in the right front of the car on 7/16/15. *smd the consumer stated his wife was thrown against the left front door, causing injury to her back which required surgery
WheelsJul 2016
While trying to brake, my car accelerated and I almost hit the cars infront of me. I was getting off the highway to the rotary and there was cars stopped in front of me and I tried to brake and the car accelerated instead
Vehicle Speed ControlMay 2010
I was gently accelerating onto nj rt. 22 east at 7:40 am on may 19, 2010. Very suddenly, the vehicle accelerated at full throttle, even after I removed my foot from the accelerator pedal. I applied full pressure on the brake, but it kept accelerating. I then applied the…
Power TrainFeb 2010
I was in the process of merging onto the ohio turnpike and depressed the gas pedal to accelerate and pass a slow-moving semi in front of me. The car accelerated and once past the semi I released pressure on the gas pedal only to have the car continue to accelerate. Despite…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 4T3BK11A99U002841 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.