Equipment Problems of Volkswagen Touareg

Volkswagen Touareg owners have reported 60 equipment related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 8 most common equipment problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's equipment (49 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's carrier/rack (4 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.


Recently reported Equipment problems of Volkswagen Touareg

The Equipment problem

Unknown- simply picking up my kids and various alerts came on the dashboard including the abs brakes error, parking brake error, and others that I am not sure of. I just bought this SUV on Friday from dch Acura of montclair, NJ/ lithia motors in verona, NJ [xxx].   Read details...

The Carrier/rack problem

Overall life of car have had to replace the majority of the hoses in the engine, the fuel line, the emergency brake release leavor-3 times, the horn on the passenger and drivers side. And with the recall the gas flange - cracking.   Read details...

The Air Conditioner problem

2004 Volkswagen Touareg has a burning odor coming from the vents. The consumer attempted to turn on the a/c when the burning odor occurred. The odor was so strong that the consumers daughter had become sick and vomited in the vehicle. Also, the air bags did not work.   Read details...

The Electrical Equipment problem

2004 vw Touareg with tire failure and key programming. Consumer states he had to replace the tires due to a puncture in one of the sidewall tires. The second key received needed to be programmed and dealer charged him for programming. The consumer stated he gets low gas mileage.   Read details...

The Owners/service Manual problem

2013 Volkswagen Touareg. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle factory trailer hitch issues. The consumer stated the advertising of the vehicle able to tow 7,600 was misleading, when in fact the owner's manual read use only a weight-carrying trailer hitch.   Read details...




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