2004 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG Complaints

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.

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES HIS 2004 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG WAS HAVING A THROTTLE DELAY PROBLEM. THIS IS ESPECIALLY BAD WHEN PULLING OUT FROM AN INTERSECTION. THIS LASTED FOR ABOUT 2-4 SECONDS AND IT IS INTERMITTENT. AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS A DELAY THE RPMS GO UP T 3,000 TO 4,000. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS PROBLEM 4 TIMES. A REGIONAL TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE CAME AND EXAMINED THE VEHICLE. HE TRIED TO FLASH THE VEHICLE AND UPGRADED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. THIS STILL HAS NOT WORKED. THE VEHICLE HAS CONSISTENTLY BECAME WORSE. THE OWNER HAS AN APPOINTMENT WITH VOLKSWAGEN NEXT WEEK TO ASSESS THE PROBLEM AGAIN. ALSO, THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY THE MANUFACTURER, WHO WANTED MORE DIAGNOSTIC WORK DONE. SPEED WAS NOT A FACTOR. IT IS COMING FROM A STOP TO PULLING OUT THAT THE THROTTLE IS HAVING THE DELAY. THE CONSUMER IS PROVIDING ALL THE INFORMATION THAT HE HAS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. *AK THE DRIVER WINDOW WAS INOPERATIVE AND THE HEATER BLOWER FAN WAS NOISY. *SC *JB

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM FAILURE (TPMS) NO EVENTS LED TO FAILURE, SYSTEM JUST DISAPPEARED FROM CAR...TELLS ME I HAVE A FLAT TIRE WHEN I DON'T....TIRES LOSING PRESSURE NOW AND ALIGNMENT IS OFF FOR A SECOND TIME AFTER BEING SERVICED, TIRES WEARING INCORRECTLY AND AT A FAST RATE...THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM HERE THAT NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED WITH VW BEFORE ANOTHER FORD/TIRE SITUATION/DEATH HAPPENS TO ALL OF US NOW VW TOUAREG OWNERS. (2004 VW TOUAREG V6 OWNER: BRAND NEW!)*JB

2004 TOUAREG V6 ENGINE HAS BEEN A TORMENT, WITH 40 DIFFERENT PROBLEMS! BUT TWO OF THE PROBLEMS COULD BE CONSIDERED SAFETY CONCERNS! ERADICATE BRAKING WITH LURCHING AND ACCELERATION HESITATION BOTH OF WHICH SET UP AN UNPREDICTABLE DRIVING STYLE! BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE MAGNIFIED WHEN ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN. THE DRIVER CAN NOT DEPEND ON A ASSURED PERFORMANCE AT CRITICAL TIMES . A DRIVER MUST HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT HIS OR HER VEHICLE WILL PERFORM WITH ASSURANCE AT ALL TIMES !*JB

DT: CONTACT STATE THE TIRES WORE OUT AFTER ONLY 14,000 MILES. THE SERVICE DEALER REALIGNED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE TIRES. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT UNTIL THE TIRES WORE OUT AND MADE NOISE, AND AT LOW SPEEDS THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AT THE SERVICE DEALER BEFORE THE PROBLEM WITH THE ALIGNMENT BECAME EVIDENT. ALSO, THEY REPLACED A DEFECTIVE STEPPER MOTOR. CONSUMER ASKED THE DEALER IF THIS WOULD BE A RECURRING PROBLEM, AND THEY COULD NOT GIVE HIM A STRAIGHT ANSWER. IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS FIXED ACCORDING TO VOLKSWAGEN STANDARDS. *AK

THE RADIO IN THE 2004 VW TOURAEGG IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO ITS DESIGN WHICH REQUIRES THE DRIVER TO TAKE THEIR EYES OFF THE ROAD TO CHANGE THE STATIONS ON THE RADIO IN A WAY THAT IS UNTYPICAL OF ANY RADIO BEING DESIGNED TODAY. YOU MUST PUSH BETWEEN 4 TO 6 BUTTONS TO GO BETWEEN AM AND FM STATIONS AND FIND THE STATION YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO. IT REQUIRES THE DRIVER TO TAKE THEIR EYES OFF THE ROAD AND BE DISTRACTED FOR WAY TOO LONG. WHEN DOING CITY DRIVING YOU CAN DO IT AT RED LIGHTS BUT ON THE HIGHWAY IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND TEST IT IN A TOURAEG - IT CAN'T BE UNDERSTOOD UNLESS YOU GET IN THE CAR. CUP HOLDERS ARE SO SHALLOW THAT CUPS AND BOTTLES GO FLYING OUT AND LAND UNDER THE FEET OF THE DRIVER NEAR THE GAS PEDAL OR GOING FLYING INTO THE PASSENGER FOOT AREA. ALSO VERY DANGEROUS. THE CATEGORIES DON'T REALLY IDENTIFY THIS COMPLAINT BUT I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND CHECK THE CAR. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS AND THIS WAS A "SLEEPER" ISSUE NOT EVIDENT AT PURCHASE BUT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS RIDICULOUS FEATURE I'VE EVER SEEN IN A GOOD CAR. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME TO SIMPLY LISTEN TO ONE RADIO STATION. MY CHILDREN BOUGHT ME AN IPOD TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND THE RADIO IS PROGRAMED SO THAT YOU CAN'T USE AN IPOD EASILY EITHER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ALLOW YOU ACCESS TO UNUSED STATIONS.

2004 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG HAS A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE VENTS. *MR 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. *SC *JB

DT: VW TOUAREG 2004. THE CONTACT STATES THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR IS ON; THIS MEANS THE AIR BAGS ARE DISABLED. THE AIR BAGS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED ONCE, BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN IN TO A SERVICE DEALER TODAY. ALSO, AT 9,000 MILES ALL FOUR TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS UNUSUAL WEAR FROM THE VEHICLE, AND TO CONTACT THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. *AK *SC

MY VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG HAS A "HESITATION" WHEN ACCELERATING AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN IN VW CIRCLES AS "DEATH LAG". MANY TIMES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELLERATE THE VEHICLE WILL JUST SIT THERE FOR 3-10 SECONDS EVEN IF THE ACCELLERATOR PEDAL IS DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY. THIS HAS NEARLY CAUSED NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS WITH SOME AVOIDED ONLY BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC SWERVING AND SKIDDING TO A STOP WHILE MY VEHICLE SITS STILL IN TRAFFIC.

AIR BAG FAULT WARNING LIGHT IS ON. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT OR BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY KIND OF EVENT THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS. SRS ILL.PCO