2008 Volkswagen Touareg problems
Owners have filed 73 complaints with NHTSA about the 2008 Volkswagen Touareg. Fuel system is the most reported problem area, at 34% of complaints. After that come electrical system (11%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 73 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 34% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 10
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 91,000 miles 53 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 11 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 11 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 6 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 5 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 53 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 91,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 95,000 miles (17 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 10 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 81% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2008 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Volkswagen Touareg with enough data (11 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I was driving the vehicle and noticed smoke coming out from under the hood I pulled over immediately and the whole engine compartment was on fire I tried to put fire but Fire department showed up and extinguish the fire, fire was due to a fuel leak
The headlights of my 2008 volkswagen touareg have been burning the bulbs and giving me many problems to condition in the night yesterday april 26, 2019 the headlight burned left I saw smoke coming out and opened the hood and I found that there was a small flame of fire and I turn it off and went to my house without lights when I remove the headlight I find that all the cables are without the cover this is not safe for not boby I want to know where I can go to fix this problem
Takata recall. It happened several months ago, when I felt my car is hard to accelerate during driving. So while I am driving on the highway, it cannot go beyond 35 MPH, which is really dangerous. It felt like the fuel cannot be powered on. I took the car to a dealership. They first recommended changing the intake manifold, which was also recommended from dealer's body shop, where they had done some inspection a few days ago.