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2017 Volkswagen Touareg: raw data

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vehicle2017 / volkswagen / touareg
known issues2 clusters (reviewed 2026-09-02)
complaints24 on file (2018-05-09 → 2024-01-01)
recalls1
investigations0
fars0 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
indexedyes
licenseCC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

Water intrusion into engine air intake filter boxENGINE16 complaints2018-05 → 2021-06touareg-2017-water-intrusion-air-intake
  • 11113263 AFTER A RAINY NIGHT, GOT INTO MY CAR THE NEXT MORNING HEARD A WEIRD NOISE WHILE PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, DROVE DOWN THE STREET AND CAR STARTING BUCKING, WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT BACK AND LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR...NO POWER STEERING, NO BRAKES CAR DIED
  • 11233478 ENGINE AIR INTAKE DESIGN IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING WITH WATER. A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER WILL COLLECT IN THE INTAKE TUBE BEHIND THE FRONT GRILL. THE DRAIN INSTALLED IN THE INTAKE TUBE IS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR HIGH VOLUMES OF WATER IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, SUCH AS IN A
  • 11234225 WITH FAMILY IN VEHICLE THE CAR LOST POWER AND STALLED DURING A RAIN STORM. CAR WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART AND WAS ON SIDE OF ROAD FOR LENGTH OF TIME AFTER ATTEMPTING TO RESTART
Excessive oil consumptionENGINE2 complaints2023-08 → 2024-01touareg-2017-excessive-oil-consumption
  • 11562874 I purchased a 2017 Volkswagen Touareg V6 in October 2023. A problem with the vehicle revealed itself right away. It was consuming too much oil. Oil splatter is present on the hood, the car doors, the back bumper and built up oil residue is present in both tailpipes
  • 11538024 The vehicle has an internal oil drain system that slowly leaks oil past the pistons into the combustion chamber of the engine causing the engine to burn oil

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

countearliest_datelatest_datecrash_flaggedfire_flaggedtop_components
242018-05-092024-01-0100ENGINE:19; UNKNOWN OR OTHER:6; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE:1; SEATS:1; SERVICE BRAKES:1

Recalls all years →

campaign_numberreport_received_datecomponentsummaryconsequenceremedy
21V32100005/05/2021UNKNOWN OR OTHERVolkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2017 Touareg GP, Tiguan, Golf A6, E-Golf GP, CCF, 2016-2017 Passat GP, 2018-2019 Golf R GP, and 2018 Atlas vehicles. These internal-use vehicles were sold without confirmation that they were built to all applicable regulatory requirements and may have been modified prior to sale. As such, these vehicles may fail to comply with the requirements of various Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.Vehicles that do not meet all regulatory requirements may have an increased risk of injury, crash, or fire.Volkswagen will repurchase the vehicles. Owner notification letters were mailed May 20, 2021. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 01F1.

Investigations all years →

none listed

FARS occupant deaths all years →

crash_yearsoccupant_deathsmatch_typevpic_recovered
2010-20240legacy-code0

FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.

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Wrench.Pro (2026). 2017 Volkswagen Touareg vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2017/volkswagen/touareg
@misc{wrenchpro_2017_volkswagen_touareg_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2017 Volkswagen Touareg},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2017/volkswagen/touareg}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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