2004 Volkswagen Touareg

The contact owns a 2004 Volkswagen Touareg. The contact stated while driving approximately 75 mph, the driver’s side curtain air bag deployed inadvertently. Due to the inadvertent air bag deployment, the vehicle failed to restart. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a dealer. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.

HIT A VERY MASSIVE POTHOLE AND IT CAUSED THE AIRBAG FAULTY STATEMENT TO APPEAR ON THE DASHBOARD. IT APPEARS THE AIRBAG ATTEMPTED TO DISCHARGE UPON HITTING A POTHOLE AND DID NOT DISCHARGE AND THUS THE AIRBAG MECHANISM WAS CONSIDERED FAULTY. A POTHOLE/RUMBLE STRIP SHOULD NOT CAUSE A AIRBAG FAULT TO APPEAR AS THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS.

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AFTER CHANGING BATTERY. LOCAL MECHANICS CAN'T TURN IT OFF. DEALER WANTS LARGE AMOUNT TO "DIAGNOSE" THE PROBLEM. SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SEATBAG WARNING SYSTEM COMING ON RANDOMLY...VERY DANGEROUS...AND VW KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS. THE OTHER ISSUE IS WITH THE ENGINE...THE 2004 TOUAREG ENGINE BLEW AT LESS THAN 50K...DEALER SAID WE MUST HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR WHEN IT WAS HOT. JUST NONSENSE. SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE TOUAREGS.. ENGINE PROBLEMS AND THE TRANSMISSIONS/ENGINES SURGE ON SLOWING DOWN OR EVEN SPEEDING UP. TONS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE LINE AND VW AMERICA AND GERMANY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT. THE ENGINE BLEW WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE.. WE ALWAYS SERVICE OUR VEHICLES REGULARLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT AIR BAGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE FRONT AIRBAG WIRING HARNESSES REQUIRED REPAIR WITHIN 600 MILES OF FIRST INCIDENT TO CORRECT PRIOR REPAIRS TO REPLACE HARNESS CONNECTORS WITH SPLICED WIRE UNDER VOLUNTARY SERVICE PACK "RECALL". BOTH REPAIRS WERE TRIGGERED BY AIRBAG FAULT LIGHT ON DASH. YOU HAD DONE AN INVESTIGATION IN 2006 ON THIS. VW WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS BECAUSE I WAS "OUT OF WARRANTY". IT COST ME $600 TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND I HAVE NO ASSURANCE FROM THE DEALER IT WON'T OCCUR AGAIN OR THAT I WILL NEED NEW HARNESSES OR AIRBAG MODULES. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I REAR ENDED A VEHICLE. MY AIRBAG DEPLOYED, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD. THE AIRBAG BARELY HIT MY UPPER BODY AND THEN IT SEEMED 3/4 DEFLATED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. I DON'T THINK THE AIRBAG WAS WORKING PROPERLY BECAUSE I WOULD THINK FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN THAT THE AIRBAG WOULD HAVE BEEN ALOT FULLER AND WOULD HAVE ME PINNED UP AGAINST MY DRIVER SEAT, BUT IT DID NOT. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT MY CAR WITHOUT A STRUGGLE AND DON'T REMEMBER EVEN TOUCHING THE AIRBAG WHEN I EXITED THE VEHICLE. NONE OF THE OTHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO WHEN YOU GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. I GUESS I'M LUCKY THAT WHEN I HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME THAT THE IMPACT WAS NOT HARDER, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THE AIRBAG WOULD HAVE KEPT ME FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL WITH GREAT FORCE OR EVEN SAVING MY LIFE. I PLAN TO CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN DIRECTLY ABOUT MY COMPLAINT AS WELL. *TR

2004 VW TOUAREG V-8 MANY PROBLEMS BUT 3 WORTH REPORTING: FOR NO APPARENT REASON PASSENGER DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED OR UNLATCHED BY USING ANY KNOWN MEANS INCLUDING THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE OR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE, ELECTRIC LOCK ACTUATOR CLICKS AS IF THE DOOR IS UNLOCKED BUT THE DOOR CAN NOT BE OPENED OR UNLATCHED. VEHICLE HAD TO BE BROUGHT TO VW DEALERSHIP AND WORKED ON BY DESTROYING THE DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR AND PERHAPS CUTTING A WHOLE IN THE BODY PANNEL AT THE COST OF 2 HOURS OF DIAGNOSTICS, 8 HOURS OF LABOR TO OPEN DOOR AND PROBABLY 2 OR 3 ADDITIONAL HOURS OF REPLACING DOOR HANDLE IF BODY OF DOOR IS NOT BENT, PLUS PARTS VEHICLE HAS MANY ELECTRICAL GLITCHES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INTERMITTENT MALFUNCTION OF AIR BAG IGNITERS....ONCE AGAIN HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS HARM OCCUPANTS GIVEN THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES THIS IS A POTENTIAL DANGEROUS SITUATION AND HAS MADE ME LOSE ALL FAIH IN THIS MANUFACTURER. VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD WHEN STOPPED AT TRAFIC LIGHTS AND BEGINNING TO PROCCEED ON A GREEN. *TR