My finalist was the Mazda CX-5 in Touring trim, which is a sweet handling vehicle with beautiful lines and a lovely interior (IMO). Slightly better space in the cargo bay, lower lift to the floor, and you can fold the rear seats (each side and the center) with releases from the cargo bay (unlike the Venza). I worked up a spreadsheet comparing costs and the math still significantly favored the Mazda. The CX-5 is reported realistically at about 24 MPG average. The spreadsheet showed the... What were your finalists before you bought your Venza ..read more

It seems that owners and car site reviewers complain more about 2021 Venza wind noise and much less about 2022 Venza wind noise. (My experience is with 2021 Venza highway wind noise after about 50 mph.) So, 2022 owners, does it seem like the 2022 Venza handles wind noise better? Thanks ..read more

We were talking about several subjects and the navigation screen popped up and said directions to cat fur farms. I said cancel! It took us a couple of days to figure out what happened, but we must have said Hey Toyota! Or Toyota real loud. I am positive all of you knew this but me ..read more

New Venza owner, 2024 Limited. Electronics are complicated. Owner's manuals are really hard to decipher. How do I rename a favorite ..read more

Looking at some interior trim items and some say to 2023 and some say to 2024. Is there a difference ..read more

Just ordered 2 Magnetic boxes that in theory are big enough to hold any key. I plan to extra secure it with other means if possible. Master Lock 207D Magnetic Key Holder ..read more

I have seen numerous posts in this forum about people buying extended warranties for their venza from jerryj@midwestsuperstore.com I contacted my local Toyota dealer who I have bought my cars from and serviced my vehicles for over 20 years and sent them the link and price quote I got from Jerry. I sent it to my service advisor who forwarded it on to his finance department who deals with the extended warranties. Their consensus was that the Jerry extended warranty was likely... Extended warranty From jerryj@midwestsuperstore ..read more

In case anyone needs some photo assistance on the process its documented here when i did it on my Highlander and confirmed its the same locations when i looked at my venza as well Carnutguy vids have further info if you need more but the drain locations on his video is from a prior gen hybrid transaxle Details in the link below to my other thread: https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/2022-highlander-hybrid-plat-transaxle-drain-fill-service.1781759/ [ATTACH... Venza Transaxle Dain/Fill Service ..read more

I am trying to install a 12v led symphony lights. I am having a hard time figuring out which color wire to tap into on my door. Im assuming its a door switch wire. Also, I cant figure out which fuse to tap into. I want the lights to turn on when i start the car and turn off when i turn the car off. Does anyone know if the ECU-IGR would be appropriate to tap into? Any alternative fuses I can tap into? This is the only thing I need to figure out. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you ..read more

I am trying to find some information on the limits of using a USB flash drive including the number of files and folders. On older Toyotas, you could have 2 flash drives when using a hub and each drive could have 10000 files each. The 2024 Venza only recognizes 1 flash drive (technically it knows if you plug more than one in but will only index 1 of them) but I can't find in the multimedia manual if there is a limit on the number of files. As,a side note, does anyone know the make/model of... Infotainment USB file limits ..read more