Vehicle report
2004 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG
This model year
What the record shows
The 2004 Volkswagen Touareg is a four-wheel-drive SUV, and the 2nd model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 2003 to 2018.
The EPA rated three configurations: engines from 3.2-litre six-cylinder to 5-litre ten-cylinder, 4-wheel or all-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic (S6) and running on diesel and premium gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 14 to 18 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 231 owner complaints, 1 safety recall and 201 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.