Volkswagen Touareg Body Problems
158 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 11 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2004. Best year: 2007.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
TAKATA I WAS DRIVING PERFECTLY FINE AND I CAME UPON A TURNING TO MAKE THE LEFT AND OUT OF NO WHERE MY CAR START SLIDING OUT OF CONTROL I TRIED TO CONTROL IT BECAUSE THERE WAS A DITCH CLOSE BY WHERE I WAS IT WAS SLIDING TO THE RIGHT TRIED...
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER INTO A PARKING SPACE, CRASHING INTO A WOODEN STRUCTURE. *TW
Vehicle has 72000 miles on it, Driver seat heater burned a hole on the leather, burning my pants, underwear and skin while I was driving. I had to pull over because smoke started to come out of the seat. VW of Fort Myers checked it out a...
DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHED, OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 17 DEGREES. ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEARD A LOUD SOUND, LIKE A GUNSHOT AND IMMEDIATELY GLASS FELL ON OUR HEADS. THE SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED FOR NO APPARENT REASON ...
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH ON A SMOOTH TWO LANE WIDE HIGHWAY THE FRONT SUNROOF PANEL (PANORAMIC) SHATTERED. THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, NO OVERPASSES AND NO TREES ABOVE. IT WAS AROUND 65-70 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. ...
WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 70MPH THE FRONT HALF OF OUR 'PANORAMIC' SUNROOF 'EXPLODED' FROM THE INSIDE OUT AS IF FROM CABIN PRESSURE. THE REMAINING GLASS WAS BLOWN UPWARDS. THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES NEARBY NOR WAS ...
THE POWER SEAT KNOB/SWITCH DESIGN CAUSES THE SEAT BACK TO RECLINE WHEN ENTERING AND EXITING THE VEHICLE. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS I HAVE FALLEN/SLID BACK INTO THE SEAT WHEN EXITING BECAUSE THE SEAT BACK WOULD RECLINE. ON SUCH OCCASIONS IT'S...
JULY 6, 2006 I OPENED THE HATCHBACK TRUNK TO PUT A BAG IN. I WAS STANDING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR CLOSE ENOUGH TO LEAN INTO TRUNK. THE TRUNK DOOR OPEN AS USUAL, I LEANED IN TO PLACE MY BAG AND THE TRUNK DOOR DROPPED ON MY HEAD LEAV...
DOOR HANDELS STICK IN THE OPEN POSITION SO DOORS DO NOT CLOSE. TAKEN TO DEALER, DEALER DID NOT FIX ISSUE. MY DAUGHTER'S HAND THEN WAS HURT AFTER DOOR SLAMMED INTO HER AS IT WAS DID NOT LATCH DUE TO STICKING DOOR HANDELS. CALLED VOLKSWAGE...
PASSENGER SITTING BEHIND DRIVER IN 2004 VOLKSWAGEN TOUREG WAS INJURED WHEN DRIVER LEFT THE CAR. ELECTRIC SEAT RETRACTED BACK AND DOWN ONTO THE PASSENGER' S FEET THAT WERE UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT. SEAT ACTION OCCURS AUTOMATICALLY TO MAKE I...
Vehicle manufacture (Volkswagon) has quit supplying/manufacturing a safety guidence parts for my auto. 7P6-907-217-BX-Z1Y Collision Avoidance Camera NOT AVAILABLE i would like my anti Self collision guidance repaired, but no parts for ...
car has a design flaw. If car sits in the sun the emergency stop braking system will fail due to heat. The camera/computer board is mounted in the ceiling behind the rearview mirror. when the sun is out the system will fail do to heat. T...