general problems of the 2010 Volkswagen Touareg

Previous recall in 2017 regarding fuel filter housing cracks and seals has failed. In 2017 it was approved to allow vw to use cellophane sticky tape to cover the fuel filter crack in plastic housing. It has failed. The car has 43,000 miles, the cabin has strong odor smell. The left rear wheel arch has extremely strong gasoline smell. How was vw able to get approval to fix a serious fuel leak with sticky tape?.

I have a 2010 vw touarge v6, recently it started leaking fuel out, after taking the car to vw dealership, they told me the fuel was leaking out from the fuel filter flange. Vw had a recall on (2007-2010 vw touarge) fuel filter flange back in 2017 (see below) https://static. Nhtsa. Gov/odi/rcl/2017/rcrit-17v151-3759. Pdf they acknowledges that there was a flaw in the fuel filter flange that the plastic part could crack and leak out fuel after some years. Back in 2017, I took the car to vw dealership and the recall repair they did on my car was to install a protective film on the flange (since they deemed that the flange was not broken when examined during the recall repair at the time). Now 4 years later, the flange is cracking and leaking fuel out, obviously the recall fix (protective film) did not stop the flange from cracking or fuel from leaking out. I have contacted vw customer care and stated that they failed to fix the fuel leaking hazard as the protective film was ineffective in stopping fuel to leak out from a now broken flange. I hoped they could cover the fix of the broken flange. Vw customer service refused to fix the problem for me under the recall and asked me to be fully responsible for the fix, as they claimed that the "recall was done", despite that I showed they the recall details, and mentioned that the problematic flange was not replaced, and questions the effectiveness of the recall repair done in 2017. I feel I have to question whether the original recall fix was proper (that for un-cracking flange at the time, only a protective film was installed instead of replacing the problematic fuel filter flange, that had big leaking problems) so please help to investigate the case, and let vw know that they should always put customer's safety first. Looks to me, they used a cheap method (a plastic film) to avoid replacing an already inexpensive flange part, and in exchange, customer had to face such safety hazard and big car repair bill. . .

Tl the contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Touareg. Whenever the vehicle was parked or being driven, there was a fuel odor emitted through the air vents and around the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to don beyer Volvo winchester (located at 4015 valley pike, winchester, va 22602, (540) 868-3000) where it was diagnosed that the fuel filter flange connector seal needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The dealer contacted the manufacturer and informed them of the failure, but no further assistance was offered. The approximate failure mileage was 46,757.

There is a very strong fuel smell from inside the car as well as from the outside. After warmng up the car, there is visible fuel leaking from underneath. This happens whether is car is in motion or stationary. It leaks more and smells stronger when the weather is warm. This is a huge fire hazard as well as damaging to your health by breathing the fumes from the leaking fuel. It is progressively getting worse.

The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Touareg. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced a fuel leak. The dealer replaced the fuel flange, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer for further diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was notified. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 17v151000 (fuel system, gasoline). The failure mileage was not available.

Tl - the contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Touareg. The contact smelled a strong odor of fuel inside the vehicle. The dealer stated that the fuel line was fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired and the manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 35,000. Jcc.