Recalls, complaints, and safety data from NHTSA
The 2016 Volkswagen Touareg has 2 recalls, 44 complaints.
2
Recalls
44
Complaints
N/A
Safety Rating
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 8, 2026
16V243000
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toureg vehicles manufactured July 7, 2015 to March 3, 2016. In the...
16V170000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2011-2016 Touareg vehicles. The brake pedal pivot pin may be missing a...
Overall
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Front Crash
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Side Crash
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Rollover
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Rating for: 2016 Volkswagen Touareg SUV AWD
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2025 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | UNKNOWN- simply picking up my kids and various alerts came on the dashboard including the ABS brakes... |
| Apr 12, 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,BACK OVER PREVENTION | Rear viewing camera does not display when vehicle is placed in reverse. |
| Feb 5, 2025 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Vehicle manufacture (Volkswagon) has quit supplying/manufacturing a safety guidence parts for my aut... |
| Apr 4, 2024 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | My lane assist camera is not functioning and Volkswagen is telling me the part is now obsolete and c... |
| Feb 10, 2023 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | I was driving to lunch one day when my 2016 Volkswagen Touareg TDI stalled in the middle of the road... |
| Jan 23, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | The car will stop (while driving) for no apparent reason. “Phantom Braking”. This is without any k... |
| Aug 1, 2022 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE | The windshield camera that is responsible for the imaging used for many of the system on the 2016 To... |
| Jun 1, 2022 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | My ACC/AEB went out over 2 years ago. At the time this vehicle was out of warranty. The dealer ord... |
| Mar 19, 2022 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | Random engine hesitancy reducing acceleration while driving. Vehicle maintained by the dealer for a... |
| Feb 5, 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | There was a big rain last week locally. I drove through a couple big puddles but nothing that's supe... |
| Nov 24, 2021 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES | Electronic Parking Brake lever light was flashing and dashboard showed parking brake error message. ... |
| Nov 13, 2021 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | car has a design flaw. If car sits in the sun the emergency stop braking system will fail due to hea... |
| Jun 20, 2021 | ENGINE | 2016 Touareg was towed to OStein VW service after engine would not accelerate and ran rough when got... |
| Jun 1, 2021 | AIR BAGS | NTHSA folks, Two months ago, I began getting an "Error Airbag" amber warning in the Touareg's drive... |
| May 26, 2021 | ENGINE | There is an ongoing issue with the drain from the air cleaner box clogging and water collecting in t... |
| Feb 13, 2021 | STRUCTURE | DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHED, OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 17 DEGREES. ALL OF... |
| Dec 20, 2020 | ENGINE | VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY LOSES POWER WHEN ACCELERATING. WOULD DESCRIBE THE FEELING AS RANGING FROM A S... |
| Nov 9, 2020 | ENGINE | ENGINE AIR FILTER COMPARTMENT FILLS WITH WATER UNDER NORMAL, IN-MOTION OPERATING CONDITIONS, LEAVING... |
| Sep 12, 2020 | ENGINE | THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT PARKED ON MY DRIVEWAY FOR 4 DAYS, DURING SO HEAVY RAINSTORMS PASSED OVER MY ARE... |
| Jul 23, 2020 | STRUCTURE | SUNROOF LEAKS AND WATER ACCUMULATES IN THE SPARE TIRE WELL PLUS GROWS MOLD MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE... |