2013 Volkswagen Touareg Engine Problems

“While traveling at night on a 4 lane highway at 70 MPH in heavy traffic the vehicle went into limp mode without warning or any symptoms of a power problem. We had to move across four lanes of car and truck traffic while rapidly decelerating. Luck and skill prevailed to avoid a serious and potentially fatal accident. No warning indicators were displayed. Safely in the breakdown lane the vehicle continued an approximately 1300 RPM idle and would move at about 15- 20mph. I stopped the vehicle and the acclerator pedal continued to be unresponsive. …”

“I have just over 50,000 miles on my Touareg tdi and the check engine light came on. Dealership tells me the adblue heater needs to be replaced and it is not covered under the 80k emissions warranty and will cost me $1,200 to repair. How can this not be covered when adblue's sole purpose is to remove no2 for emissions? Now I am faced with an excessive repair for a vehicle that doesn't even meet emissions anyway! Owners of tdi 3.0 liters, such as myself, still have no idea what the fate of our vehicles will be since the vw diesel scandal broke over a year ago. …”

“So there’s a campaign to add a bracket to one of the catalytic converters. That’s great except I never knew about it and the thing they added the bracket to prevent happened to me. The exhaust pipe from the catalytic separated from the flange connecting to the manifold. It’s a 2000 dollar part from the dealer. Luckily I found a mechanic who is welding the flange and fixing what I got. Just another example of a car company knowing there’s an issue but not really attempting to fix it, only in a policy no one reads.”