Touareg is a Lemon

I bought one and so did a friend of mine and a business associate. All three of us have had enormous amount of problems. The consensus is that the Touareg is a problem car. Mine has been in the shop for 14 consecutive days getting a new transmission. (24,400 miles). My friend had his in the shop with two pages of items to be fixed. (3500 miles) My business associate is trading his in after 8500 miles. If you are making the income to afford the Touareg, trust me, you can't afford the time it takes trying to get the vehicle to operate properly. I'm so disgusted that the dealer will not take it back (I have to hire an attorney to file a lemon law claim in which I have 2 of the 3 necessary situations--you only need 1)

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If you are thinking of buying one of these, I know they look hot but they are not.

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William Harley

My dad's boss was having the same problems with his Touareg too... in the shop all the time with electrical problems no one could fix - he sold it to the dealer and bought another one, hoping he'd get a good one this time.... Must be nice to be the president of a large international company, and having that much cash to throw around.

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Rob Guenther

Most new models will have their break-in problems. Given how much of a completely new design the Toureg/Cayenne is it doesn't come as much of a surprise. Especially since the use-patterns for such a vehicle are likely to be very different from anything eiiher VW or Porsche has been making up until now. That said, I've always though it was an overpriced gas guzzler. Now it's clear that's a overpriced, gas guzzling lemon too.

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wkearney99

Leased my "T" (V6) in October 2003. It now has 13,000+ miles. It will deliver 23 MPG on the highway and 17 around town. Only problem I have had has been with the tire pressure system (false readings).

Rave reviews every where I go, would do it all over again.

Other car is a 2003 Jetta GLX with the sport suspension (20,000 miles). No problems at all with that one (except the original tires, will never buy Goodyear again). Dealer service is great and I expect there will be VW's (or Audi's) in my garage for the foreseeable future.

It seems people are quick to complain but slow to praise, I am happy in Richardson Texas.

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Reply to
Pete LaFlamme

That is allways true.... You don't see many people posting in usenet how great their car is doing and that they do not have any problems at all...

Remco

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Remco Meeder

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none2u

A VW dealer informed they have a lot of Toureg's in under warranty , but not Phaetons which a similarly priced here.

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Avanti

Here in the USA Phaetons start at $66,000 and a base Touareg is $38,000.

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Lost In Space/Woodchuck

My wife has a 2005 Touareg V6. She used to have a MB ML 320. The Touareg is a far superior vehicle: quieter, superior handling and far better mileage. It has had no problems. I have a 2003 Jetta TDI wagon; I love it, but I am hoping that VW brings the Touareg with the Audi V6 diesel into the US for the 2007 model year. I would buy it in an instant. Funny, we went from being an all Volvo family, to being all Jeeps and now to mostly all VW's. We still kept the Tahoe for moving the big stuff and the Saab convertible for summer driving, but the VW's are really superb vehicles. The Jetta drives as well as the BMW 735 I just sold; it just does not have the panache, but then again I have given up trying to impress anyone: I just like 48 mpg.

Tom

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Tom R.

WIth that kind of money you no longer need to impress anyone :)

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Eduardo K.

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