2011 Toyota Venza

SEATS RUBBED ON CONSOLE. STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. DRIVERS SIDE HEATED SEATS NO LONGER OPERATE. WHEN IN REVERSE AND TURNING STEERING WHEEL LOUD SQUEALING NOISE AND THUMPING UNTIL PLACED IN DRIVE. WENT TO SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS WHO SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR FELL DOWN AND BLOCKED ABILITY TO SEE WHEN DRIVING.

THE POWER-DRIVEN BACK HATCH CAUGHT SOME FINGERS IN IT AS IT CLOSED. THIS HAPPENED TO ME ([XXX]) SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AND I IGNORED IT. IT HAPPENED TO MY GRANDSON ([XXX]) YESTERDAY. IT DIDN'T BREAK ANY BONES BUT DID DO SOME FLESH DAMAGE AND CAUSED SOME SERIOUS PAIN. IS THERE ANY WAY OF TURNING OFF THE POWER-DRIVEN FEATURE? [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE TOYOTA VENZA 2011 HAS PROBLEMS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE CAR IS AT HIGH. THE ABS LIGHT TURN ON MAKING IT HARD TO STEER. THE TRACTION LOST CONTROL LIGHT ALSO TURNS ON. A RED STEERING WHEEL LIGHT TURNS ON. ONCE ALL THESE LIGHTS ARE ON, THEN THE AC DOES NOT WORK AND THE HEAT DOESN'T WORK EITHER. IN THE WINTER WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS AT HIGH, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURS. IN THE SUMMER THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURS ONLY THE SUN HEATS UP THE CAR CAUSING THE SAME WARNING LIGHT COME ON AND THEN I CAN'T GET ANY AIR CONDITIONING AGAIN. I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS. WENT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TO TRY TO FIX IT BUT THEY HAVEN'T FIXED ANYTHING. THEY JUST CHARGED UP TO $700 AND THEY HAVEN'T FIXED ANYTHING. THEY DID A COMPUTER RESETS AND COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIPS HAVE TRIED TO FIX IT BUT NONE OF THEM ARE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. ALSO, WHEN THE AC IS ON DURING THE HEAT UP THE ENGINE FANS THAT COOL OFF THE ENGINE STOP WORKING. OUR CARS ENGINE STOPPED ALL OF THE SUDDEN REALLY RECENTLY WHEN IT WAS REALLY HOT. FROM AN AUCTION.

CAR WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT REVVED ITS ENGINE AND ACCELARATED. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND IT WOULD NOT STOP. THE REVVING NOISE WAS LOUD. I HIT A LARGE TREE THAT WAS LUCKILY AT THE END OF THE PARKING SPOT. THE TREE IS WHAT STOPPED THE CAR. WHEN THE CAR STOPPED, I LOOKED AND SAW WAS IN DRIVE. I WAS ABLE TO PUT IN REVERSE AND BACK UP AND PARK SAFELY. I SHUT THE CAR OFF IMMEDIATELY.

TWO FAILURES OF COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. FIRST TIME, MAYBE A MONTH AGO TRAVELLING 5-10 MPH, APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. SAME TIME AS TRYING TO BRAKE SAW A FLASHING YELLOW LIGHT ON DASHBOARD. SLOWED VEHICLE WITH PARKING BRAKE, STOPPED AND STARTED VEHICLE MOVING AGAIN AND HAD NORMAL BRAKES, TRIED TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM AND NO LUCK. TUESDAY, JUNE 6, DRIVING 45 MPH AND APPROACHING CONSTRUCTION ZONE WITH MAYBE 40-50 CARS BACKED UP HAD NO BRAKES WITH THREE PASSENGERS IN CAR. WHEN I HOLLERED I HAD NO BRAKES, WIFE HEARD A BELL GO OFF AND SAW A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD BUT I SAW NOTHING. I SWERVED RIGHT ONTO THE DIRT SHOULDER, PRESSED DOWN ON PARKING BRAKE WITH LEFT FOOT, PASSED MAYBE 30 CARS AND AT LESS THAN 5 MPH HAD NORMAL BRAKING AGAIN, AND NO LIGHTS OR BELLS RINGING. TOYOTA DEALER FLUSHED BRAKE SYSTEM, FOUND NO DEBRIS, CANNOT DUPLICATE OR SOLVE PROBLEM. WE WILL TRADE VEHICLE IN WITHIN A FEW WEEKS AND TELL THE DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM ? APPRECIATE A REPLY.

WHILE I WAS TRYING TO TURN INTO THE DRIVEWAY OF A RELATIVE APARTMENT, THE STEERING WHEEL GOT REALLY TIGHT AND EVENTUALLY LOCKED UP GIVING VERY LITTLE TO NO TIME TO PULL OVER FOR SAFETY. THE ENGINE THEN SHUTS DOWN. I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW DANGEROUS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 65MPH PLUS ON A FREEWAY. I'VE HAD THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP ON ME BEFORE WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED AND ENGINE OFF, AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT UNLOCKED BY MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH. HOWEVER, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME AND A SCARY ONE WHERE THE STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL MOVING. I WAS LUCKY WE WERE AT A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON A FREEWAY WHERE OTHER CARS ARE ZOOMING BY, HOW DANGEROUS IS IT TO HAVE A VEHICLE TO ALL OF A SUDDEN LOCKS ITSELF UP AND SHUTS DOWN GIVING PRACTICALLY NO TIME TO PULL OVER? I SHOULD MENTION THOUGH THAT THE BATTERY LIGHT DID JUST COME ON ABOUT TWO AND HALF TO THREE HOURS BEFORE THE INCIDENT HAPPEN. EVEN SO, I DON'T THINK IT'S NORMAL OR SAFE FOR SUCH A SHORT WARNING PERIOD.