Safety Score
95
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
28
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2012 Volkswagen Touareg.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-20 | STEERING | No | 0 | After driving the car for approximately 30 minutes without any problems and turning it off, it would not turn the ignit… |
| 2025-02-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I was driving to church on the morning of 2/16/25 when I heard a very loud “Boom.” I thought something had hit the car.… |
| 2024-12-13 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | While driving my family around, the car lost engine power and came to a stop on a busy roadway leaving us stranded unti… |
| 2023-02-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Volkswagen Touareg. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, he smelled an oil… |
| 2023-01-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER CLOCKSPRING/SPIRAL CASSETTE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Volkswagen Touareg. The contact stated that the driver’s side seat belt unintendedly unlatched … |
| 2022-08-07 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Volkswagen Touareg. The contact stated that there was an abnormal gasoline odor on the driver’s… |
| 2020-07-08 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE DRIVER SEAT BELT DOES NOT LATCH PROPERLY AND COMES OFF WHILE DRIVING. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE SEAT … |
| 2019-09-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM ITS OWN FLANGE WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE EXHAUST HEADER. ULTIMATELY CA… |
| 2018-04-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THERE HAS BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE/DECREASE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF MY 2012 TOUAREG TDI RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUC… |
| 2018-02-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THIS HAPPENED TO THIS MY 2012 TOUAREG. THE ENGINE RANDOMLY DIED, EVEN ON FREEWAY, WHICH IS TOO DANGEROUS. THE PREVIOUS … |
| 2016-11-14 | WHEELS | No | 0 | TPMS LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY STARTED BLINKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY "DIAGNOSED" IT AS THE BACK LEFT SENSOR. I… |
| 2016-11-03 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS A ERROR CODE FOR THE FUEL PUMP. TOOK 4 HOURS OF WORK AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. |
| 2016-11-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 70,000 MILES AND WAS DUE TO THE AD BLUE TANK HEATER. |
| 2016-10-06 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | FOR MY SITUATION MY VEHICLE SHUT OFF BY ITSELF WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES AL… |
| 2016-09-12 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 24 AIRBAG SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED AND I WAS INVOLVED IN MVA. FRONT END OF VW TOUREG SMASHED I… |
| 2016-09-11 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | AD BLUE HEATING ELEMENT FAILED FOR SECOND TIME ON VEHICLE. FIRST ONE REPLACED AT 58,000 MILES AND SECOND ONE AT 98,500 … |
| 2016-04-06 | STEERING | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL SHAKES DURING HIGH WAY DRIVING. MOSTLY HAPPENS AROUND 80 MPH, HAVE DONE THE ROAD FORCE BALANCING AND 4 W… |
| 2015-04-30 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET, WHEN I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. THE CAR STALLED AT THE LIGHT, AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I… |
| 2015-04-03 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | CAR FOLLOWING ME LIGHT ISSUE. LIGHTS ON LOW BEAM VERY BRIGHT (XENON) WITH NARROW BEAM PATTERN. SEEMED AS IF EVERY TIME … |
| 2014-09-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY 2012 TDI LUX JUST WENT IN FOR A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THE ADBLUE HEATER HAS GONE BAD. I HAD 55,00… |
| 2014-07-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I OWN A 2012 VW TOUAREG AND RECENTLY, I HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKES. WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A LIGHT OR… |
| 2014-04-18 | FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | No | 0 | VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON A THREE LANE EXPRESSWAY. WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL IN SPITE… |
| 2013-04-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2012 TOUAREG TDI THAT HAS A STEERING SHAKING PROBLEM WHICH IT HAS EXHIBITED SINCE I PURCHASED IT. VW HAS TRIED… |
| 2012-09-28 | STEERING | No | 0 | VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT AT ALL SPEEDS AND WHICH NECESSITATES CONSTANT INPUT FROM THE DRIVER TO HOLD THE CAR STRAIGHT… |
| 2012-06-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A KNOCKING SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE UNDER CARR… |
| 2012-05-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE KEY CAN NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. YOU STOP THE VEHICLE , PLACE IT IN PARK AND THE KEY… |
| 2012-03-29 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 99% OF THE TIME. THE SPEED AT WHICH THIS OCCURS IS IN THE RANGE OF 65-80 MP… |
| 2012-02-26 | SEATS | No | 2 | THE POWER SEAT KNOB/SWITCH DESIGN CAUSES THE SEAT BACK TO RECLINE WHEN ENTERING AND EXITING THE VEHICLE. ON NUMEROUS OC… |