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Toyota Venza vs Mazda CX-7

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure Toyota Venza Mazda CX-7
Complaints on file 623 1,546
Model years covered 2009–2015 2007–2013
Worst model year 2009 2007
Best model year 2012 2009
Crashes reported 95 40
Fires reported 15 64
Injuries reported 66 32
Deaths reported 2 0
Most complained-about part Acceleration & Cruise Control Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm 28.6% 8.8%

Toyota Venza by year

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Mazda CX-7 by year

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 459 29.7%
Airbags 272 17.6%
Suspension 235 15.2%
Lights 97 6.3%
Steering 62 4.0%