Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / TOUAREG / 2004

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005044137 Incident Date: Oct, 21 2005
Consumer's City: LOS ANGELES Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: TOUAREG Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: WVGCM77L14D Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 25 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 29 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Our 2004 vw touareg v-8 has the following problems despite five trips to the dealer: i) hesitation during acceleration; ii) pulls hard to the right; and iii) shifts roughly at low speeds. past problems include: iv) the latch on the rear door broke, such that it came crashing down on my wife's head; v) the rear seat belt latch wouldn't work; vi) the car shuddered badly when you tried to make a turn at low speeds (e.g., while parking) and vii) the flat tire indicator went on even though the tire was neither flat nor low. we have an arbitration scheduled for 11/9/05 under california's lemon law. *nm