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2004 Volkswagen Touareg air bags problems

27 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2004 Volkswagen Touareg, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
27 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
56,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2004 Volkswagen Touareg Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 56,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 56,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 56% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles3
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 16 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 56,000 miles, and 56% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* - while traveling 40 MPH on a state road another vehicle slid into contact's vehicle, impacting the volkswagen on the driver's side front fender to the back of the vehicle. Vehicle spun around and the passenger's side struck a guard rail. None of the airbags deployed during the crash. A police report and pictures were taken. Updated 02/06/07.

Reported at 64,000 miles, December 2006 CrashInjury

I have a 2004 VW touareg....it is a well know problem thought all VW service shops as it was sent out in a tsr? I have owned my VW for 2 yrs 8 months, and have already acquired 78000 miles, I drive everywhere...leaving me out of warranty due to mileage.....I have experienced the airbag issue that you have already reported to VW...the driver seat back and forth motion runs over the airbag wire harness causing it to split the wires causing a complete airbag fault...it cost me 425.00 to have this fixed....12.00 parts…

Reported at 55,000 miles, August 2006

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