First of all, hello and nice to meet everybody. I've been reading through your forums the past couple of weeks, doing quite a bit of research before purchasing. Today we purchased a 2009 Touareg with V6 TDI. We love how it feels and performs and we hope it's a great vehicle for us.
However, our first experience was that we realized it needed wiper blades shortly after we left the lot. None of them at the normal auto parts stores would work correctly, so we'll hit the local VW dealer in the morning.
Here's the kicker...
After fueling up, I drove it to pick up our Honda from my work parking lot to take the vehicles home (the wife drove the Treg home). Halfway home, my wife tells me that the check engine light turned on. So, because I think it's probably the fuel cap, I tried cycling the key, and a few things like that, to no avail. I don't want to take the seat out yet to disconnect the battery. But from my searches on here, it seems that we might just need to drive it a few times. I've got my fingers crossed that we can put a scan tool on it tomorrow and be okay.
It also has the TPMS light on, but I think it just needs cycled down to real low pressure and back up. It's reading accurate (and adequate) pressure.
I'll report back with our findings, tomorrow. I hope I didn't buy one somebody got rid of because they didn't want to do the upcoming maintenance.
However, our first experience was that we realized it needed wiper blades shortly after we left the lot. None of them at the normal auto parts stores would work correctly, so we'll hit the local VW dealer in the morning.
Here's the kicker...
After fueling up, I drove it to pick up our Honda from my work parking lot to take the vehicles home (the wife drove the Treg home). Halfway home, my wife tells me that the check engine light turned on. So, because I think it's probably the fuel cap, I tried cycling the key, and a few things like that, to no avail. I don't want to take the seat out yet to disconnect the battery. But from my searches on here, it seems that we might just need to drive it a few times. I've got my fingers crossed that we can put a scan tool on it tomorrow and be okay.
It also has the TPMS light on, but I think it just needs cycled down to real low pressure and back up. It's reading accurate (and adequate) pressure.
I'll report back with our findings, tomorrow. I hope I didn't buy one somebody got rid of because they didn't want to do the upcoming maintenance.