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Volkswagen Touareg 2012

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.89 per 1,000

0.7 times this nameplate’s own median · from 8 complaints filed in the first three years, of 28 ever. 95% lower bound 0.27.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20081.339
20100.221
20120.898
20131.1711
20141.5812
20161.247

What owners describe

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

38% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 40,000 miles, from 21 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

High-Pressure Fuel Pump Failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10467905 · 10484035 · 10505743 · 10536605 · 10584371 · 10592249

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.