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Volkswagen Touareg

Every Volkswagen Touareg model year on file, 2015 to 2018. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years921 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years42015 to 2018
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,786Summed across model years
By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 44, 48% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0204060201520164420172018
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the Volkswagen Touareg complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
56
Driver assistance
16
Brakes
6
Electrical system
6
Fuel system
4
Structure
4
Steering
2
Suspension
2
Tires
2
Powertrain
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Volkswagen Touareg model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Volkswagen Touareg by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2018Not decoded0NoneNone001
2017SUV240.04710462
2016SUV442.310720599
2015SUV240.05320724
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volkswagen Touareg

  • 21V-321 May 5, 2021
    These internal-use vehicles were sold without confirmation that they were built to all applicable regulatory requirements and may have been…
    Other or unknown · 46 vehicles
  • 18V-329 May 16, 2018
    Modifications made while the vehicles were in an internal evaluation period may cause the affected vehicles to not comply with all of the…
    Other or unknown · 252 vehicles
  • 16V-243 Apr 26, 2016
    In the affected vehicles, the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) may be improperly calibrated and, as a result, the TPMS may fail to warn the…
    Tires · 366 vehicles
  • 16V-170 Mar 24, 2016
    Brake pedal pivot pin may be missing a securing clip, allowing the pivot pin to move and the brake pedal to dislodge
    Brakes · 47k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.