One problem related to manual transmission has been reported for the 2004 Volkswagen Touareg. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Volkswagen Touareg based on all problems reported for the 2004 Touareg.
Transmisson fails to engage when starting from a slow roll or stop. Dealer has been unable to reproduce intermittent problem. After many trips to dealer nothing has been done or been replaced. I was told that the car was operating to manufactures specs and there was nothing wrong with the car.