One problem related to alternator/generator/regulator has been reported for the 2012 Volkswagen Routan. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Volkswagen Routan based on all problems reported for the 2012 Routan.
My family and I were traveling on our vacation to montreal last Thursday (7/30). During our trip we stopped by lake george for a quick lunch where our car broke down. Now at first, I was hoping we could still get it fixed quickly and drive it up for our week long trip in canada but instead we had to rent a vehicle from the local enterprise and use that vehicle for the entire trip. It turned out car wasn't getting to park properly. Vw told us it's not covered under warranty. Also I was told alternator needed to be replaced. Too many issues and $1700+ later still not fixed.