2009 Toyota Venza Engine Problems

When you start your Venza, you hear a loud rattling noise from the engine area, but no warning lights come on. The dealer diagnosed a faulty timing camshaft as the cause. Replacing the timing camshaft should resolve the noise.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA VENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, AN UNKNOWN SOUND EMITTED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE MOUNT AND WATER PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS REPLACED BUT THE WATER PUMP WAS NOT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

ENGINE NOISY WHILE AT IDLE.BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NORMAL. AS TIME WENT ON NOISE CONTINUED TO GET WORSE BY GETTING LOUDER. EACH TIME I MENTIONED IT TO THE DEALER WHILE HAVING IT SERVICED, I WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL. NOW THE NOISE IS MUCH LOUDER AND A CLATTER AND VERY ANNOYING AND EMBARRASSING. TOOK IT TO ANOTHER GARAGE AND THEY PRELIMINARILY THOUGHT IT WAS A WATER PUMP. CALLED DEALER AND REPORTED THE FINDINGS. ASK WHAT THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS AND I TOLD THEM IT WAS 65000. THEY SAID THAT IF IT WAS THE WATERPUMP , IT IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARANTEE AND WOULD BE CLOSE TO 2000 DOLLARS TO REPLACE. *JS

AFTER TAKING VEHICLE INTO TOYOTA DEALER FOR RECALL 90L, VEHICLE HESITATED AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. VEHICLE ENGINE HESITATES, RPM DROPS TO IDLE SPEED 1000-1200 RPM. ENGINE UNRESPONSIVE FOR 1 TO 2 SECONDS THEN RESUMES NORMAL SPEED AND PERFORMANCE. OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY USUALLY AFTER INITIAL STARTUP AND SUBSEQUENT STARTUPS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ON RARE OCCASIONS THE HESITATION OCCURS AT DRIVING SPEED. HAS HAPPENED EVERY DAY AT LEAST ONCE SINCE 9-6-11. TOYOTA DEALER CAN NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR FIND ANY PROBLEM THROUGH DIAGNOSTIC TESTS. PROBLEM RECURRED 2 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING DEALER ON THIS DATE. PROBLEM DID NOT EXIST PRIOR TO RECALL 90L BEING PERFORMED. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT HAS OCCURRED WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC OR ENTERING AN INTERSECTION. *TR

I OWN A 2009 TOYOTA VENZA , ENGINE KNOCK WHEN FIRST START, NORTH BAKERSFIELD TOYOTA STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WAS WRONG, (MANUFACTURE HAS DETERMINED THIS TO BE NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC FOR THIS ENGINE.) DEALER REFUSING TO REPAIR !!! A TAS CASE # WAS OPENED REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. DATE 1-11-2011,15,000 MILES. *TR

I OWN A 2009 TOYOTA VENZA V6 FWD THAT HAS AN ENGINE KNOCK EVERYDAY WHEN IT IS FIRST STARTED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT CAPITOL TOYOTA EXPLAINED THE NOISE WAS NORMAL. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE TOYOTA WOULD MAKE AN ENGINE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A DIESEL BEFORE IT WARMS UP. I CONTACTED TOYOTA WHO BACKED UP THE DEALERS CLAIM WHICH I AGAIN FIND UNACCEPTABLE. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN TO FIX THE ISSUE BUT BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND TOYOTA CORPORATE STATE THE NOISE HAS TO BE EXCESSIVE ENOUGH AND THAT ALL V6 TOYOTA ENGINES DO SO. $34,000 FOR A CAR THAT SOUNDS LIKE A TRACTOR. I'M SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE. *TR

I OWN A 2009 TOYOTA VENZA WITH A KNOCK IN THE ENGINE. TWICE THE DEALER HAS STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG, THUS NOTHING TO FIX- I FIND OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING "THE PISTON SLAP" WITH DEALER REFUSING TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE NOISE WAS NORMAL. I DO NOT FIND AN ENGINE KNOCK NORMAL! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA VENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A KNOCK IN THE ENGINE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE PISTON SLAP. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE NOISE WAS NORMAL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO TOOK A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000.