Model years Volkswagen Touareg
2005 Volkswagen Touareg
Complaints about this year name defect far more often than the model's other years — 12% of them, about 30× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 75 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 27 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- seat belt — 11% of complaints, 27× usual
- because — 19% of complaints, 4× usual
- rear seat — 9% of complaints, 23× usual
What owners wrote
TRIED TO BUCKLE UP ONE OF THE REAR SEAT BELTS AND BUCKLE PLASTIC HOUSING BROKE. THE DEALER FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A SEAT BELT MECHANISM SHOULD NEVER FAIL. INSTEAD, THE DEALER SAID I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE IT REPLACED. I CONTACTED VOLKSWAGEN OF AM…
THE TOP OF THE FUEL FILTER HOUSING CRACKED AND WAS LEAKING FUEL. THIS HOUSING IS UNDERNEATH THE REAR SEAT BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE CRACKS WEREN'T RELATED TO USAGE OF THE VEHICLE OR AN ACCIDENT. IT APPEARS TO BE GENERAL DETERIORATION OF THE PLASTIC. THIS I…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V583000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 04V592000 SEAT BELTS
How this was worked out
Every year of the Volkswagen Touareg was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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