Two problems related to air bag light on have been reported for the 2005 Volkswagen Touareg. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Volkswagen Touareg based on all problems reported for the 2005 Touareg.
The contact owns a 2005 Volkswagen Touareg. The air bag indicator illuminates and the vehicle was taken to the dealer four times to have the sensor module reset. In addition, the sun roof leaks whenever it rains. The dealer stated that the vehicle was designed in that manner and repaired the failure approximately two or three times. All of the remaining vehicles on the lot are experiencing the same failure with the sunroof. The issue continues to occur and the contact was advised to bring the vehicle back for repair. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 30,000 and current mileage was 42,500.
Air bag light continues to come on. Started when first purchased. 64 miles 2-24-05 and said that 2 wires were repaired invoice 913036. Invoice 962683 on 8-14-07 light was on again with a description of driver/pass side airbags and replace pass side wiring 1660 wv03 (recall) mileage 37233. 5-24-2010 inv 663865 air bag light on again, went to foreign auto shop in wenatchee to have checked out. Driver side air bag has igniter problem with intermittent signal loss. 7-6-2010 mileage 60364 air bag light on again invoice 663865. Invoice states that they did not hear from vw on help for air bag light, no further work at this time although they did reset the light and not put it on the invoice. When queried on what had happened or why it was reset they would give no indication or whether the air bags would work or not. This is becoming worrisome as I have heard that when the light comes on the airbag system doesn't function. I know that if this was a seat belt the problem would have been fixed long ago but since it is a airbag it isn't their problem. Are not the airbags in a car designed to work with the seat belts in preventing injuries and are they not also a integral part of the safety design of the vehicle. If so since we have had problems since we bought the car is it so hard to it fixed as it has been documented that we had the problem since we purchased this car.