Dave W
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- chesterfield
Are you sure?
It was the 2.5 with timing gears that had regular trouble.
Touareg?
- Thread starter Sprig
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It was the 2.5 with timing gears that had regular trouble.
pgk
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- south warwickshire
Avoid dsg box.
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- Montgomeryshire
We looked seriously at getting a Toureg or Q7 (essentially the same vehicle) last Spring but, looking at lots of forums etc, was put off by the potential of huge bills at high mileage. Ended up getting a Q5, but it won’t be towing like the bigger one would.
The same applies with all those types of vehicles, which is why you get a lot of car for the money.
If you’re feeling lucky, go for it. If you’re on a £5k budget, be prepared to scrap it if you do get one of those bills and start again perhaps. It might never happen.
The same applies with all those types of vehicles, which is why you get a lot of car for the money.
If you’re feeling lucky, go for it. If you’re on a £5k budget, be prepared to scrap it if you do get one of those bills and start again perhaps. It might never happen.
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- Montgomeryshire
Pretty sure they are, as well as in Audi and many others. They are good gearboxes, but expensive when they do go wrong.
Aisin Warner auto in our 2016 Touareg. ZF auto mated to same V6 engine in Amarok though. Don’t know about the Audis.
Dave W
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- chesterfield
I’ve a ex VW master tech works for me. DSG never fitted in Touareg in uk
Timbo
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- Gods County
Quite sure.
We’ve got one 3L v6 new in 2011
It’s done around the 120 thousand miles mark. my wife has taken it ,through a lot of mud in its life around the fields and she has not managed to get it stuck yet , (we keep it on winter tyres all year round,) which has been amazing. This year was the first big maintenance expense, which we had done because I didn’t think the ride, as not as good as it used to be ,just lost its Mojo, so we had pair of new shock absorber on the rear end, and made ride back like a new car. which cost us 700 quid with labour and genuine VW parts .
We still have a big soft spot for this vehicle and it will not be leaving us for a very long time. It just keeps going on and on.
We did buy a new freelander 2 auto on a 57 plate, but ,she only kept it for 18 months, as she did not like it one little bit. so in between she purchased herself, a nice little sports car, but then she wanted vw Touareg.
It’s done around the 120 thousand miles mark. my wife has taken it ,through a lot of mud in its life around the fields and she has not managed to get it stuck yet , (we keep it on winter tyres all year round,) which has been amazing. This year was the first big maintenance expense, which we had done because I didn’t think the ride, as not as good as it used to be ,just lost its Mojo, so we had pair of new shock absorber on the rear end, and made ride back like a new car. which cost us 700 quid with labour and genuine VW parts .
We still have a big soft spot for this vehicle and it will not be leaving us for a very long time. It just keeps going on and on.
We did buy a new freelander 2 auto on a 57 plate, but ,she only kept it for 18 months, as she did not like it one little bit. so in between she purchased herself, a nice little sports car, but then she wanted vw Touareg.
eh ? who the heck would do that , ? some people must have more money than sense .
expensive when they break though - surely a Disco 3 would be better at the budget ?
Netherfield
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- West Yorkshire
If you can find a V10 it will come with a barrow full of rocking horse sh!t with it.
Yes it would pull a house down I had a demo in one, brake discs like dustbin lids.
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
Surely not….
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- Montgomeryshire
What would you do with a £5k car that needed £5k+ of work on the autobox when it went bang? That is a distinct possibility at high miles, and why they are devalued so much in the first place.
It's beyond fixing with a bent nail and some string.
d williams
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Had one proper engine until twin turbo let go 7k fix job
Expensive on rear tyres also
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- fakenham-norfolk
I have had a number of Touaregs.The 2.5 5 cylinder diesel is bomb proof and excellent Auto / or manual box makes no difference.
They can develop strange expensive problems however.On one occasion all brakes locked themselves on automatically on a single track country lane.The computer did not like the previous muddy field so took control. Low loader recovery arrived and we winched vehicle onboard and off to the garage. £600 pounds later that week vehicle was back on the road with a reprogrammed c & new brake sensors.
Some models are £ 675 per annum RFT. Others £365.
They can develop strange expensive problems however.On one occasion all brakes locked themselves on automatically on a single track country lane.The computer did not like the previous muddy field so took control. Low loader recovery arrived and we winched vehicle onboard and off to the garage. £600 pounds later that week vehicle was back on the road with a reprogrammed c & new brake sensors.
Some models are £ 675 per annum RFT. Others £365.
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pgk
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- south warwickshire
Indeed i thought it was freelander sized vehicle being replaced
Aspiring Peasants
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- North Pennines
Depends a bit on how much running costs you want going forward. If you want cheap and cheerful a Ford Kuga will tow 2.1 tonnes and there’s plenty of choice
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- The North
I like to add turbos, pro shafts and oil breather diaframs and injectors great engine when there working but over 100k they have loads expensive faults in your budget personals I would avoid. They seem ok to 100k though just not built to last and very irritating/expensive to work on with exception of turbo very easy to swap.
James
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- Comber, Down
Brother in law has the porsche version does plenty of towing and he's not afraid take it into any wet veg field.