The contact owns a 2004 Volkswagen Touareg. The contact stated while driving approximately 75 mph, the driver-??s side curtain air bag deployed inadvertently. Due to the inadvertent air bag deployment, the vehicle failed to restart. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a dealer. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.

- Fort Collins, CO, USA

Hit a very massive pothole and it caused the airbag faulty statement to appear on the dashboard. It appears the airbag attempted to discharge upon hitting a pothole and did not discharge and thus the airbag mechanism was considered faulty. A pothole/rumble strip should not cause a airbag fault to appear as this could be dangerous.

- Clayton, DE, USA

Drive it short distance and it won't start again for hours! have taken it to VW to put on brakes and asked them to check it out, found nothing! they have known about this recall since April 2017 shows air bag light on all the time !

- Cascade, CO, USA

Airbag warning light comes on after changing battery. Local mechanics can't turn it off. Dealer wants large amount to "diagnose" the problem. Several other owners have the same issue with the seatbag warning system coming on randomly...very dangerous...and VW knows about the problem. Has been happening for years. The other issue is with the engine...the 2004 Touareg engine blew at less than 50K...dealer said we must have driven the car when it was hot. Just nonsense. Several others have had major problems with the Touaregs.. engine problems and the transmissions/engines surge on slowing down or even speeding up. Tons of problems with the vehicle line and VW America and germany will not do anything about. The engine blew when it was about 100 degrees outside.. we always service our vehicles regularly.

- El Dorado Springs, MO, USA

The contact owns a 2004 Volkswagen Touareg. While driving at 50 mph, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the front driver side seat air bags needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 57,000.

- Philadelphia, PA, USA

Airbag module defective with only 54,496 miles and a $1200 cost to fix. This is a safety issue! dash lighting has went on and off for airbag. A washer pump defective, power train transmission jumps and has been an ongoing problem and known problem by Volkswagen but nobody wants to admit the defect problem.

- Macomb, MI, USA

Both right and left side front airbag wiring harnesses required repair within 600 miles of first incident to correct prior repairs to replace harness connectors with spliced wire under voluntary service pack "recall". both repairs were triggered by airbag fault light on dash. You had done an investigation in 2006 on this. VW would not cover the repairs because I was "out of warranty". it cost me $600 to fix the problem and I have no assurance from the dealer it won't occur again or that I will need new harnesses or airbag modules.

- Westminster, CO, USA

2004 VW toureg fault with airbags. Electrical system has failed which has resulted in all of the airbags to be deactivated. The wiring is routed around the horn which has resulted in one side of the horn to not work. Unsafe and needs to be recalled.

- Santa Rosa, CA, USA

I was traveling approximately 40 miles per hour when I rear ended a vehicle. My airbag deployed, but not as much as I thought it would. The airbag barely hit my upper body and then it seemed 3/4 deflated almost immediately. I don't think the airbag was working properly because I would think from what I've seen that the airbag would have been alot fuller and would have me pinned up against my driver seat, but it did not. I was able to exit my car without a struggle and don't remember even touching the airbag when I exited the vehicle. None of the other airbags deployed, are they supposed to when you get into an accident. I guess I'm lucky that when I hit the vehicle in front of me that the impact was not harder, because I don't believe the airbag would have kept me from hitting the steering wheel with great force or even saving my life. I plan to contact Volkswagen directly about my complaint as well.

- Maricopa, AZ, USA

2004 VW Touareg V-8 many problems but 3 worth reporting: For no apparent reason passenger door could not be opened or unlatched by using any known means including the inside door handle or outside door handle, electric lock actuator clicks as if the door is unlocked but the door can not be opened or unlatched. Vehicle had to be brought to VW dealership and worked on by destroying the door handle to open the door and perhaps cutting a whole in the body pannel at the cost of 2 hours of diagnostics, 8 hours of labor to open door and probably 2 or 3 additional hours of replacing door handle if body of door is not bent, plus parts vehicle has many electrical glitches including but not limited to intermittent malfunction of air bag igniters....once again having the potential to cause serious harm occupants given the right circumstances this is a potential dangerous situation and has made me lose all faih in this manufacturer. Vehicle lunges forward when stopped at trafic lights and beginning to procceed on a green.

- Wyckoff, NJ, USA

I have a 2004 VW Touareg V8, I have a airbag light that come on (airbag fault), now the tran light is coming on when I start the SUV.

- Pinellas Park, FL, USA

The contact owns a 2004 Volkswagen Touareg. While occupying the vehicle, the seat belt warning light illuminated on the instrument control panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealership and the technician stated that the passenger airbag needed to be replaced. The current and failure mileages were 88000. Updated 11/23/09. Updated 11/24/09.

- Grace Falls, VA, USA

The airbag on this vehicle has needed to be replaced four times in five years. We await the fourth replacement. The manufacturer and dealer while recommending the car not be driven until a replacement is available are unwilling to provide a replacement vehicle stating the risk of operating the vehicle now rests with the owner.

- Union, KY, USA

The contact owns a 2004 Volkswagen Touareg. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was constantly illuminated on the instrument control panel. The dealer stated that he would have to replace the air bag module at the cost of $3,000. The vehicle has not been repaired. The contact is in the process of notifying the manufacturer in reference to the customer satisfaction campaign in 2006 for the air bag wiring connector. The failure and current mileages were 37,000.

- San Leandro, CA, USA

- while traveling 40 mph on a state road another vehicle slid into contact's vehicle, impacting the Volkswagen on the driver's side front fender to the back of the vehicle. Vehicle spun around and the passenger's side struck a guard rail. None of the airbags deployed during the crash. A police report and pictures were taken. Updated 02/06/07.

- Chelmsford, MA, USA

Air bag fault warning light is on. I have not had an accident or been involved in any kind of event that would cause this. SRS ill.pco

- Alexandria, VA, USA

2004 Volkswagen Touareg has a burning odor coming from the vents. The consumer attempted to turn on the A/C when the burning odor occurred. The odor was so strong that the consumers daughter had become sick and vomited in the vehicle. Also, the air bags did not work.

- Astoria, NY, USA

While driving vehicle hesitated. Consumer pressed down on the accelerator pedal and vehicle moved intermittently on its own. SRS light appeared on the dashboard and remained on. Consumer drove vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic placed the vehicle on a diagnostic machine. The mechanic determined that the sensor shaft for transmission and engine needed to be replaced. This problem was a design flaw defect. Consumer informed the mechanic this problem was not acceptable and had not been resolved.

- West Palm Beach, FL, USA

While driving SRS air bag light appeared on the dashboard and remained on. Consumer pressed down on the horn an it failed. Consumer drove the vehicle to dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the clock spring needed to be replaced.

- Fort Mohave, AZ, USA

Air bag warning light came on and stayed on. Volkswagen says they need to develop a new harness. They've had the car for 2 weeks now with no end in sight - no timetable. They did provide a rental car worth half what the Touareg costs.

- Glen Allen, VA, USA