MODELYEARINDEX

Volkswagen Touareg

150 complaints across 8 scored model years and 5 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Volkswagen Touareg Full report
C
Grade 2010–2017
2010 vs model median 1.3×
Model median3× median
Fuel System 7
Engine 4
Electrical 1
Weakest

2010 · 2013

Best

2011 · 2015

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
1.33× 15 C
2011
0.53× 11 B
2012
0.67× 13 B
2013
1.04× 23 C
2014
0.96× 23 B
2015
0.56× 12 B
2016
1.15× 29 C
2017
1.18× 24 C

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG19
City / Highway17 / 23
Engine3.6L, 6 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,250

Recalls

5 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V170000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES 2011–2016 46,574
17V151000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 2010 20,908
16V243000 TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS 2016 366
18V329000 UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2011–2015 252
21V321000 UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2017 46

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2010 Touareg
Complaints in window
15
Severity-weighted
39
Model median (weighted)
29
vs model median
1.33×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
1
Open investigations
0
Score 64.2 C