Used 2012 Volkswagen Touareg Consumer Reviews
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Best Vehicle We've Ever Owned!
KDizzle, 09/07/2019
2012 Volkswagen Touareg TDI Executive 4dr SUV AWD (3.0L 6cyl Turbodiesel 8A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
My wife and I recently purchased our 2012 Touareg TDI. We've only put about 2K miles on it but it's been amaizing so far. Fuel economy around town averages around 21 mpg and on the highway it's easy to get 28-30 mpg. We did a road trip to CO and averaged 29.8 mpg over 500 miles on our return trip. Styling is understated but very attractive. Extremely comfortable seating for all - plenty of adjustment for both driver and passenger, very easy to get the optimal driving position. Ride is firm but extremely confident - it shares its platform with the Porsche Cayenne afterall and handles incredibly for its size and weight. The interior is extremely well put together, everything is exactly where you want it to be, and exudes a quiet luxury. We bought our Touareg used with 77K miles on it and everything looks, sounds and feels like a new car - everything tight and zero rattles. Ours is an Executive model so it has the excellent Dynaudio audio system that sounds amazing, panoramic sunroof, 20 in wheels, keyless entry and more. Due to the whole Dieselgate thing it comes with VW's 48K, 4 year extended warranty which is nice. It's also capable of towing up to 7700 pounds which is crazy. We're hoping it's going to be reliable going forward but so far it's easily the nicest vehicle we've ever owned.
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Worst vehicle I've ever owned.
Ben, 01/22/2022
updated 07/31/2023
2012 Volkswagen Touareg TDI Sport 4dr SUV AWD w/Navigation (3.0L 6cyl Turbodiesel 8A)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
Maintenance, repairs and spares for this car are a killer. You can't do maintenance yourself because parts are either unobtainable or rediculously over priced. Add to that that VW never met a needlessly complicated solution to a non-existent problem that they didn't like. Long story short, I'm gonna buy a Honda or Toyota next and be done with this piece of garbage. Diesel engine randomly had a catastrophic failure in spite of meticulous maintenance and well below average mileage.
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Great suv
samj, 06/20/2017
updated 06/27/2019
2012 Volkswagen Touareg VR6 Lux 4dr SUV AWD (3.6L 6cyl 8A)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
Bought mine used 18 months ago with 50K miles and put on about 15K miles since. Absolutely no problems outside regular maintenance and changing brakes (covered under dealer certified warranty). These are great SUVs, just wished the gas mileage was better and depreciation wasn't so high. Otherwise, I would highly recommend it over other trucks like BMW, Lexus or Benz which are all over the streets in Northern NJ suburbs. The VW hold its own fine and is much more rare! Updated: 6/18 -- Still no issues except for a tiny door chip on the rear passenger door of less than a quarter inch that has turned into a long crack running cross the entire width of the door! I did google the problem and there are a couple of similar issues reported but dealer will not fix the problem! Other than that, so far so good. Update: 6/19 -- Touch wood all good. Need to replace breaks, they did last a couple of years, so not unexpected. Update: 01/19 -- So far so good. No problems to report besides the door issue which I learned was due to an earlier accident and caused by using excessive fillers. This is the second time that I have bought a dealer certified car with a clean car-fax that had been in an accident. First, a Jaguar from Fort Lauderdale Jag, and this time Paul Miller VW in NJ. So a word of caution; clean car-fax and dealer certified means nothing if the dealer is not honest!
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The beast of southern Utah
WDJ, 03/02/2019
2012 Volkswagen Touareg TDI Sport 4dr SUV AWD w/Navigation (3.0L 6cyl Turbodiesel 8A)
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
This is a fantastic machine. I think VW pulled out all the stops to enter the SUV market (including the emissions scandal!). Still looks and drives great at 95,000 miles. I had a freak repair, though. A water cooling system valve malfunctioned on the PA Turnpike and the engine temp rose above 200. I limped in to a dealer by driving no faster than 55, which held the engine to 200. The dealer had never seen this problem before and I think they told me the entire VW system showed just one other instance. Anyway, nothing major since! I drove it all over my favorite southern Utah parks, on- and off-road, and felt secure and comfortable the entire time. Great passing power on the highway, too, when the turbo kices in.
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Vroom Vroom
Cass Taylor, 03/11/2016
2012 Volkswagen Touareg VR6 Sport 4dr SUV AWD (3.6L 6cyl 8A)
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
I've had my SUV 1 month and I've already added about 1000 miles because it's fun to drive plus I commute 100 miles a day 2 days a week. It took awhile to find one with fairly low miles that was less that $20k. I like sitting high after coming out of a mini. I haven't had the car serviced yet. The ride is smooth and it takes off. I don't like that the setting for the seats change every time I get out of the car or that it doesn't have parking sensors/backup camera on a 2012. My 2008 mini has parking sensors. Considering the original cost of this SUV it should be standard even in the lowest level model. I've checked around to have sensor or the camera installed and VW doesn't offer a replacement at the dealership and I don't want to retrofit something else. I'm glad I bought the SUV so far. Still getting use to the features. The manual isn't helpful since it covers all models. I read the reviews before I settled on this car and they were helpful.
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