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Discussion starter · #61 ·
We've updated our reliability stats for the Touareg to include owner experiences through March 31, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2012 Touareg: 45, moderate
2008 Touareg: 36, low, very small sample size
2005 Touareg: 105, high, small sample size
2004 Touareg: 168, high, small sample size

We'll have further updates in August and in November. The more owners participate, the more comprehensive and precise these will be.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volkswagen Touareg reliability ratings and comparisons
 
Discussion starter · #62 ·
We've updated our reliability stats for the Touareg to include owner experiences through June 30, 2013. (Another source is about 14 months behind.)

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2013 Touareg: 17, low, small sample size
2012 Touareg: 22, low
2008 Touareg: 24, low, very small sample size
2005 Touareg: 109, high, very small sample size
2004 Touareg: 148, high, small sample size

We'll have further updates in November and February.

To view competitors' scores and descriptions of reported repairs, and to sign up to help:

Volkswagen Touareg reliability ratings and comparisons
 
Discussion starter · #63 ·
We've updated our reliability stats for the Touareg to include owner experiences through September 30, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2013 Touareg: 21, low, small sample size
2012 Touareg: 27, low
2008 Touareg: 11, low, very small sample size
2005 Touareg: 116, high, very small sample size
2004 Touareg: 131, high, small sample size

We'll have further updates in February and in May. The more owners participate, the more comprehensive and precise these will be.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volkswagen Touareg reliability ratings and comparisons
 
#64 ·
I've had 2 repair trips alone on my May 2012 built Touareg TDI Sport. One was a reprogram /flash for the Ad Blue heater /temp sensor and acceptable range of it, in October 2012, and another was a turbo pressure boost sensor range reprogram, where under certain circumstances, usually after long driving trips, the CEL would come on and when I pulled the code with VCDS, it would throw a code saying "low charge air pressure, out of specified range." Which means my boost was low, either according to the software range or due to the sensor reading being faulty.

I've had zero repair trips for my 2012 passat TDI SE and zero repair trips for my 2013 Touareg TDI Sport.
 
Discussion starter · #67 ·
Those dots can hide more than they reveal. For recent model years there's a surprisingly small difference between red and black. For recent model years in their survey, "average" is a problem rate of 16-17 per 100. You get a full black dot for 45% worse than this, so 23-24 per 100--1/8 of a problem per car worse than the average--will do it.
 
Discussion starter · #68 ·
We've updated our reliability stats for the Touareg to include owner experiences through December 31, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2013 Touareg: 37, moderate, small sample size
2012 Touareg: 33, moderate
2008 Touareg: 37, low, very small sample size
2005 Touareg: 100, high, very small sample size
2004 Touareg: 109, high, very small sample size

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2012 Touareg: 70, 4

We'll have further updates in May and in August. The more owners participate, the more comprehensive and precise these will be.

To see the repairs behind these stats, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volkswagen Touareg reliability ratings and comparisons
 
Discussion starter · #69 ·
Our reliability stats for the Touareg now include owner experiences through March 31, 2014, making them nearly a year ahead of other sources.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2013 Touareg: 23, low
2012 Touareg: 35, moderate
2008 Touareg: 38, low, very small sample size
2005 Touareg: 97, moderate, very small sample size
2004 Touareg: 129, high, very small sample size

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2012 Touareg: 67, < 1

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. Next update in August.

For a deeper dive, including the stats for other cars and repair descriptions, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volkswagen Touareg reliability ratings and comparisons
 
Discussion starter · #70 ·
We've updated our reliability stats for the Touareg to include owner experiences through June 30, 2014 (making them about 14 months ahead of some others).

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2013 Touareg: 35, moderate
2012 Touareg: 41, moderate
2008 Touareg: 79, moderate, very small sample size
2005 Touareg: 42, low, very small sample size
2004 Touareg: 135, high, very small sample size

Next updates in November and in February. The more owners participate, the more comprehensive and precise these will be.

For repair descriptions, the stats of other cars, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Volkswagen Touareg reliability ratings and comparisons
 
Discussion starter · #71 ·
In the latest round we had good participation for the 2012 and 2013, not enough for other years. It looks like we won't have a stat for the 2004 at all. More of our members have been selling first-gen Touaregs than have been buying them.

To help fix this, so we can provide solid stats for all model years:

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Discussion starter · #72 ·
We've updated our reliability stats for the Touareg to include owner experiences through September 30, 2014.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2013 Touareg: 40, moderate
2012 Touareg: 40, moderate
2008 Touareg: 135, high, very small sample size
2005 Touareg: 80, moderate, very small sample size

Additional participants always helpful (especially if you see "small sample size" next to the year, or no stat at all).

To view the repairs behind these numbers, check the stats for other cars, and sign up to help improve this information (next update in February):

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Discussion starter · #74 ·
MJHandy said:
No 2009 love?
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Plenty of love here--I'd like to have stats for all model years--but I can only analyze the responses, not provide the responses themselves.

For anyone reading this but not yet signed up, to help us cover your model year:

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#76 ·
mtalinm said:
interesting...looks like T2 was bad but T3 is average. pretty much what I had heard. which means that the T3, with reasonable reliability and the 10-year powertrain warranty, is a catch.
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A very small sample size does not equate to an accurate representation
 
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#77 ·
indeed, I'm a statistician. 120 data points for the 2009 model is not "very small" especially when you pool that against the other models in the comparison. the later MY are a bit smaller but not ridiculously so. anyway, they can be pooled under the T3 umbrella. the differences are stark enough that even a simple t-test without covariates would probably give reasonable statistical significance.
 
#78 ·
I only see a reference for model year 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012 and 2013.
 
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#79 ·
You can prove anything you want to with numbers.

It reminds me of the advice I was given about choosing a new accountant many years ago.

Ask the guy what 2 and 2 add up to, I was told. If he says "Four" then carry on looking.

If he says "What would you like them to add up to?", hire him.
 
Discussion starter · #80 ·
noobytoogy said:
You can prove anything you want to with numbers.

It reminds me of the advice I was given about choosing a new accountant many years ago.

Ask the guy what 2 and 2 add up to, I was told. If he says "Four" then carry on looking.

If he says "What would you like them to add up to?", hire him.
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^ good one
 
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