2005 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG Complaints

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. *TR

HEARD THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE AND I PULLED OVER THINKING I HAD A FLAT TIRE. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND LOOKED UNDER CAR DID NOT SEE ANYTHING HANGING AND DID NOT HAVE A FLAT TIRE. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I ACCELERATE AND IT TAKES ME AWHILE TO GET MY VEHICLE GOING. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS MY DRIVESHAFT THAT WAS MAKING THIS NOISE. IT WAS MY BEARING THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACE BUT THEY DO NOT SELL IT SEPARATE, I HAVE TO BUY A BRAND NEW DRIVESHAFT. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN IT DONE BECAUSE WARRANTY HAVE EXPIRED AND I DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO GET IT FIX RIGHT NOW. *TR

WHEN LAYING THE REAR SEAT DOWN IN MY 2005 VW TOUAREG, THE SEAT BELT BECOMES LOCKED IN PLACE, PREVENTING THE MIDDLE SEAT FROM COMING BACK UP. HAVE TAKEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR FIX AND EVEN REPLACED THE SEAT BELT 15 MONTHS AGO AND THE INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED TWICE SINCE THEN, THE ONLY TWO TIMES WE LOWERED THE REAR SEAT. THE DEALER UNBOLTED THE SEAT BELT, SO I COULD DRIVE IT UNTIL WE GOT A RESOLUTION ON THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BELT. I CALLED VW TO LOG A COMPLAINT AND THEY INDICATED THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIXING IS MINE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD BE MORE PRO-ACTIVE ON FIXING RATHER THAN PASSING THE COST ON TO THE CONSUMER. ALSO, LOOKED ON A TOUREG FORUM SITE AND THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS AND OR PROBLEMS AND RE-CALLS SINCE DAY ONE. BUT MY BIGGEST PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE THE STEPPER MOTOR PROBLEM WHICH HAS BEEN TEARING MY TIRES TO THREADS. SINCE DAY ONE WE HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO THE VW DEALER AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TIRES SKIPPING AND CHUGGING ON THE PAVEMENT AS YOU TURN AT SLOW SPEEDS. THIS IS APPARENTLY FROM WHAT I FOUND OUT TO BE CAUSED BY THIS STEPPER MOTOR. BUT I DID NOT FIND THAT OUT THROUGH ANY OF THE SERVICE PEOPLE OR MECHANICS FROM VW DEALERSHIPS. APPARENTLY THERE IS A SIMPLE FIX OF SOME SOFTWARE UPDATE. BUT NO DEALERSHIPS HAVE A WORKING CD FOR THIS SO-CALLED SOFTWARE UPDATE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED IN MY GARAGE AND I DO NOT USE IT OFTEN AS I CANT AFFORD TO KEEP REPLACING MY TIRES. THE SKIPPING OF THE TIRES WHEN U TURN IS CUPPING THEM AND MAKING THE TIRES VERY LOUD WHILE YOU DRIVE. ALL I HAVE BEEN TOLD FROM VW DEALERS FROM NEW JERSEY TO MAINE IS THAT THIS VEHICLE IS SUPPOSE TO DO THAT. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD SINCE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW. IT WASN'T TILL I JOINED A CLUB CALLED CLUB TOUAREG THAT I THEN FOUND ALL THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH MY 2005 VW TOUAREG. I ALSO HAVE THIS VEHICLE ALIGNED EVERY 2-3 EVEN 4 TIMES A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. MY THOUGHT ARE THAT THIS IS A VERY UN SAFE VEHICLE TO DRIVE AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO STAND UP AND HELP US CONSUMERS OUT. HOW CAN A VEHICLE MANUFACTURE BE ABLE TO PRODUCE AND SELL A VEHICLE WITH THIS AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS? DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO DIE? BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. VW SHOULD BE MADE TO HAVE TO RECALL ALL THESE LEMON VEHICLE THAT THE SO POORLY MADE AND THAT OUR GREAT GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOWED THEM TO SELL. BUT GUESS YOUR TO BUSY WITH THE ECONOMY, THE OIL SPILL AND YEAH TOYOTA AND DON'T FORGET THAT LAST ONE. SO DO SOMETHING PEOPLE STAND UP FOR US. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THIS SAME VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG PROBLEM WHO UNLIKE ME DON'T NO WHY THERE TIRES ARE BEING CHEWED OFF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN UNUSUAL RATTLING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE A DEFECT WAS FOUND IN THE DRIVESHAFT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO CONFIRMED THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE FAILURE BUT WOULD PROVIDE NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION VALVES WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING REPAIRS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

I HAVE A 2005 TOUAREG WITH 74,000 MILES. I HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIVE SHAFT AFTER BECAUSE OF A FAULTY BALL BEARING WHICH PRODUCED A HIGH PITCHED NOISE. *TR

I HAVE 2005 VW TOUAREG. THE REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT LOCKED UP AND JAMMED WHEN I FLIPPED THE REAR SEAT DOWN TO LOAD THINGS INTO THE TRUNK. THE ONLY WAY TO REPAIR THIS DEFECT IS BY CUTTING THE ENTIRE SEATBELT IN ORDER TO PUT THE SEAT BACK UP. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD TO REPAIR THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT, HOWEVER IT ISN'T THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR SEAT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE HEADLIGHTS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 6 TO 8 TIMES AND WHEN THE DEALER PERFORMED THE DIAGNOSTICS TEST, NO CODES WERE PRODUCED. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD REPAIR THE DEFECT BETWEEN JULY AND SEPTEMBER 2010 FREE OF CHARGE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 52,000.

THIS 2005 TOUAREG HAS GIVEN ME PROBLEMS SINCE I GOT. FIRST IT WAS ALWAYS THE HEADLIGHTS THAT GAVE ME TROUBLE, THEN THE TIRES WORE OUT WAY BEFORE THE TIME, THE BRAKING SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED ALL THE WAY AROUND AT ABOUT 30,000, NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING OR JUMPING , THE COATING ON THE DOOR AND ON THE HEATING VENTS IS PEELING OFF, I HAD TO HAVE THE LOCK ON THE DOOR FIXED CAUSE THAT NEVER WORKED. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN A SERIOUS PROBLEM SINCE I GOT IT AND I FEEL LIKE IT IS A LEMON. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED 2005 V-6 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG IN APRIL '08. IT HAD 64,000 MILES ON IT. THE DEALER WHO SERVICED IT FOR THE ORIGINAL OWNER SAID IT WAS LOVINGLY MAINTAINED AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THIS CAR. AMONG MANY PROBLEMS I'VE HAD TO TEND TO IN EIGHT MONTHS OF OWNING IT, THE MOST CONCERNING IS ONE I JUST READ AT MYCARSTATS.COM THAT OTHER OWNERS ARE ALSO HAVING; THAT IS, OBVIOUS SHIFTING CONCERNS, I.E., NEARLY STALLING WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP AND AT INTERSECTIONS, NEARLY BEING REAR-ENDED. I WAS CHARGED $90 AND TOLD THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT ONE SPECIFIC PROBLEM. IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY, AND ALWAYS AT LOW SPEEDS, USUALLY AT INTERSECTIONS. IT ACTS LIKE IT DIED BUT THEN CATCHES AND GOES. *TR