I Bought A Cheap Touareg - And It's Crying For Help! 

Owned a 2009 model in the US powered by the 4.2L 310 hp V8. Bought it brand new and sold it back to VW under the Lemon Law 18 months later. In the first year it was at the dealership for repair for 126 days. The engine and transmission were bulletproof but it had continuous electrical issues from minor niggles to the failure of the body control module. I had driven VW Vehicles exclusively up to that point but after that experience I've never purchased another one.

You need to make a T-Shirt with "You massive arch-hole" printed on it 🤣🤣🤣

Yes tax might be a problem but not bad otherwise for the year and mileage I would trade it straight out spend no money somebody out there will want it especially the area you are in take a small profit and be satisfied

sat nav might have not been fitted from factory and added after. I did this in an old ML320. The wiring wasn’t installed for the GPS So added the same GPS as you have under the dash. Worked a treat.

This road tax is criminal how can the government want 30 percent of the vehicles value to put it on the road for a year and think it's acceptable

I really like the Touareg - bags of room, comfortable, and with decent tyres on they are very, very capable off-road. I currently run a Volvo V70, Land Rover Freelander 2 and a Skoda Kodiaq. If I was looking for something to haul loads of gear/passengers with off-road capability I would definitely put a Touareg on the short list.

I do like those Touareg's, but the insurance and tax costs would kill me lol. That one had been looked after service-wise. Macauley is an asset to your company. Did the TVs work? The seagulls laughing 🤣🤣

Having owned one look our for a noise from the front axle they have tapered bearing that wear and start shedding fine bits if it carries on they will ruin the front diff, It's a front axle off and strip down the last bloke I saw repairing one it only took him 13 hours.

What an asset Macauley is.

Injector blow back, rubber grommet has let go. Lift he engine cowling, you should see the oil around the injector. 👍

Really enjoy your videos its just showing the viewer the day to day stuff ypur up to what we used to call fly on the wall programmes in the 90s which had massive success

🤣🤣🤣 The seagulls when you did the math 🤣 hilarious

Sounds like the auxiliary drive belt tensioner..

LOL! ' Massive arch holes'. You really are the funniest car dealer Joe. You should bale on that vehicle, of course, it's up to you. Aaaah! smell those Touareg campfires burning your cash. 😁

Back in 2008 my dad was waiting for a new company car and needed something with a towbar to take our caravan on holiday. His employer hired a car from a local garage, which turned out to be a Touareg with the 5.0 V10 TDI engine. It did about 21mpg whether you were towing or not, and must have looked a bit strange with our small, old, scruffy caravan on the back, but it was an awesome experience for a 9 year old used to run of the mill cars. Thereafter it became known in our family as 'The Monster'. The one thing it wasn't good at dealing with was heavy rain, as the arches were so high that every time you hit a puddle even at relatively low speeds the windscreen would get temporarily flooded!

Love these, hopefully it sells soon Joe can’t see it hanging around long. Enjoy this series of the trade in, test drive, repair/clean then up for sale.

Top man, good to see another real video

Has it got a dot matrix printer installed in the engine bay? That's what the noise sounds like to me.

Had an Altitude V6 myself. Check your central locking locks all the doors, if it has child safety button on drivers door, the door locks are a PITA to source and replace as specific to this model. Also check belts and all pulleys replaced as these can chirp and will fail leaving you at side of road. Fantastic cars though.

The GPS antenna I believe is normally in the drivers door mirror so maybe lost the mirror in its life and replaced with eBay special antenna

Miss this content Joe! 🙌🏼

I think that I saw the Car Wow guy take the Porche version for an assessment and droopy doors were commented on. A characteristic but I think that they said that it can be adjusted out.

I counted a few easy mot failures that clearly were years old, which imo arent that big a deal, however my worry would be what else has been ignored to get it through previous mots. This is a perfect 1k agri 4x4 that someone can run into the ground, strange that the tow bars gone though.

I hope you're doing well too

Are the tyres smaller on the back like different profile to the front?

send it straight to auction or the trade mate a pure money pit ????

torque converter gearbox screwed

Great video Super Joe 💪🏻🦸‍♂️👏🏻

Perhaps a gearbox/haldex service?

It's horrible to watch. The engine needs coming out at 140k, for belts and the second 'lump out' per 70. I loved these. Mine had all the problems with the drainage (VW don't tell you about this)....... park it up, water runs down the left hand side, runs into the passenger footwell. No problem, eh? ALL the ECU's are under there. Cost's at least 2 grand to put right. How do I freely give you this info? Because it happened to me during ownership. Be wary, of these vehicles. They are are a money pit on servicing. Fantastic stereo, gearbox, ummmph......but so, so costly. The rear arches rust too. Budget 800 quid a side plus paint. Peace.

You mean coolant don’t put water in your radiator it freezes expands and wrecks everything

Try servicing the gearbox sounds to me like like a clutch slipping

You won't believe this, but in 2005 I got to drive the V10 TDI version of this, I was delivering it for VW.

Worth smoke testing if ?boost leak

Oh dear. Weigh it in.

It had full service history and just had a service less than a month ago

I suspect the built in Sat Nav antenna is broken and the cheapo thing plugged into the head unit is a cheap fix.

the noise sounds like a belt slipping the road tax could kill it but great video

Put the Radio on loud then you won’t hear the noise😂

The bottom pulley harmonic balancer ?

Our 2013 Touareg.. best car we ever had... absolutely love it... but yeh.. tax is a f.in con

There’s cheaper sheds about like. Biodegradable on the scrap farm. Would you buy this in for stock normally? If no, why take in p/x?

If the door didn’t open from the inside is that not an MOT failure 🤔 if so I’d question the MOT legality

Those ill fitting front doors on both sides would make me suspicious of accident damage. I am not wasting my money on a car vertical check just to find out. An high milage ex farmers car that has child seat dents in the leather is enough to show the sort of life it has led. As a cheap runabout it might be OK, but not a vehicle that i would risk buying.

Didn't it clean up well,but £695 tax,wow that's a killer,great video by the way.

The noise sounds like a belt or a pulley of some kind. Might even be bearing.

Did you sell the tourag it's not on the part ex page

As a buyer the tax is not for me, I like to keep a car for a long time so this isn't a great option for most sadly. Taxed away from otherwise nice cars is a sorry state to be in, when I was younger it was the insurance that stopped you but now that I'm older it doesn't bare thinking with this punitive tax regime.

Exhaust leak?

A good valet makes it look like a different car.

Nice Porsche

Injeter?

never ceases to amaze me why people who own upmarket cars put budget tyres on them. its a real window into who they really are.

Use coolant but very reliable just watch the injectors

that needs scrapping surely ?

If it's chuffing and you can smell diesel in the car...an injector seal is away.

It sounds like the arch hole doesn't work very well.. sell it to Carbase.

its not called the Toe Rag for nothing...lol

The wheels look too small for it

Plug it into diagnostic tester😢

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Send it to auction and let the next person sort it out.

Think you give strong money for the toureg .bit of a bin

I will have it, free to good home lol.

LOL... stop buying shite 😂

That door handles a giggle ain't it! dissapointing selection of guff under the back seat.

Surely anyone with any sense would clean their car before offering it for part exchange.

€1200 in Ireland tax

Sorry but that is a farm vehicle or scrap . That ain't worth your mechanics.time

Massive arch holes hahahaha

Timing chains are awful on these.

Its a dog

£55 on MOT - surely not

Your Touareg is needing scrap yard would not resell that

Absolute money pit.

😂 massive arch hole!

injector seal?