So true......

yeah i know wtf couldve been way worse

He spent working on that car about one month He should be able to figure out that much quicker. I don't think that was that problem anyway. When you start touching electrical connectors, You may get the connection and everything will look good, but the problem will come back eventually.

Good VW mechanic would have figured it out in half a day.

bring me cash no offence but none of us techs want beers , donuts coffee etc. cash money bro.

I owned a 2012 Touareg and it was the best car I have ever owned. I’ve rented 4 Runners and they may be reliable but they are not even in the same capability range as a Touareg. They ride like crap and don’t tow as much. Their frame and structure are not in the same game. The AWD System in the VW is way better than the Toyota which is really a truck. I also own an X5 and I’ll take the Touareg everyday over any other AWD SUV.

Michael Dobson the Touareg is a good family city vehicle, the 4runner is for everywhere else

have you actually owned a toyota? And chased your tail with check engine lights and emission issues. I still have o2 and evap nightmares from my last 03 tacoma. screw that truck and its rusted out frame rail.

@@naten555 p0401 nightmares

I had a gremlin like this happen to a new Accord in '99. New Honda wouldn't start when the interior of the car was hot. Took it to 4 dealers to find the problem, finally got it to act up for them and it took a week for them to figure it out under warranty.

This is a great point Jake. The brutal cold will and does take a toll on any vehicle, let alone the effects of corrosive anti-freezing measures on the road. I drive a 2014 Touareg TDI approaching 146,000 miles. The vehicle isn't cheap and repairs are what they are. Considering the DNA of this car is in the Audi Q7, Porsche Cayenne, Bentley Bentaga and Lamborghini Urus; it is fantastic. Drive a 4Runner. Drive a Touareg. Drive whatever you want regardless of Scotty Kilmer.

it's a VW there's nothing that "shouldn't happen" the quality of VW has shit the bed.

Diesel?

@@ln5747 no. 2.0 with dsg

I think this is the problem - US mechanics are pretty poor at diesels, at least European diesels because they aren't common like in Europe. In Europe these are very reliable.

Totally with you! People have rose coloured glasses for things like the M5 wagon. No idea why. You buy an M5 or M3 of that era and you know for certain you potentially have thousands of dollars in repairs coming (vanos, rod bearings, a subframe that could literally fall out of the rear of the car). Buy a VW like this Toureg and you know you are getting a well built car that is extremely well featured. With features come complicated electronics, and failures CAN occur, but you are just as (if not more) likely to not have a problem at all. That being said, most modern and well appointed cars have their issues. If you don’t want a well appointed and refined car, sure, buy a 4 runner. But it’s going to drive like a plumbers ute because that’s exactly how they are built.

@@swisscourthustle The pro-VW, anti-Toyota bias seems strong! :)

@@TassieLorenzo not at all. The Toyota is just not a comparable car in any way. It would be far more capable off road, but as a family car, the only way it wins is cargo space probably.

What was the issue with the Jetta?

Well VW enthusiasts will say that properly maintaining your car is key and that includes resoldering your ECM as a maintenance item. ;) "Stout and robust car when maintained."

Mid 80's to early 90's Chryslers and mid 80's to mid 90's Hondas were both so cheap to fix, easy to work on... these cars last FOREVER which is why you still see so many old Chryslers and Hondas on the road. I love the Chrysler 2.2 / 2.5 and the Honda B18 so much... great engines!

The high end Euro cars are built for the first owner, not the second or third. Most people who buy them own them for 3-5 years and trade up. It's why second hand prestige cars are 1/3 brand new price. There is a lot on the market, people with money will buy brand new, only posers and people with aspirations of granduer will buy a second hand prestige. So unfortunately we have to deal with the post warranty super expensive repairs. Fact is, our X5 BMW is one of the best cars I've ever driven and one of the only cars (aside from my truck) that I can drive for 5 hours straight and still be able to walk after. The features and creature comforts are insanely awesome. For my wife, I'm glad it checks the oil and the tyre pressures and has all the parking sensors and the electric tailgate since my kids are too short to pull it down. The auto adjusting headlights are great when we're towing the camper and race car and it's just a great cruiser.

@@1one3_Racing You'd have to be a total nerd to think that dudes who buy 2nd hand BMWs aren't getting laid like crazy, which is the whole point of having a car for status.

@@djcybercorgi maybe I got the wrong colour?

What issues have you had so far

@@cyclonus01 Nothing catastrophic so far, mainly some electronics glitches with the head unit, plus the very common steering wheel shake at speed. The wheel shake was mostly fixed simply by installing the wheels in a very specific pattern and torquing them twice. We’ve got 110k miles on it and it looks pristine inside and out, and frankly has a better interior and some features compared to our Audi Q5 3.0T, that’s two years newer. I guess there was a reason it was priced at $64k new - you get what you pay for.

@@JMacGyver1 Yep, a very stout car as you say and as VW enthusiasts say. :) It seems curious that PT's had problems.

@@JMacGyver1 I have that same steering wheel shake. I;v eheard about the pattern of installing tires and alignment in certain wheel positions, but can't find any info on that. Can you point me to where i can find this out? Thanks!

@@evanzukiwsky5182 Hey Evan, it’s a TSB from VW that I found on one of the forums. Basically the thing you need to do is to pull each wheel off and re-seat them making sure to have the brake disc bolt on the hub at the 6 o’clock position (it’s a bolt that is inset on the hub that you see when you pull off the wheel), which will put one of the lug holes at the 12 o’clock position, and it allows one of the hub flanges to hold the wheel in place while you screw in the lugs. Put the wheel back on and start by hand tightening the top 12 o’clock bolt, then move to the number 2 bolt, which will be at approximately the 7 o’clock position. Tighten both to hand tight so the wheel is secured to the hub evenly. Then follow with the other lug bolts, going to the 3 o’clock position, the 10 o’clock position then finishing at the 5 o’clock position. Then go back starting at the 12 o’clock lug and following the same pattern as what you did hand tightening, tighten each lug to 30Nm / 22 ft lbs. Once completed, drop the wheel down and finish torquing each lug to 133 ft lbs., using the same pattern again, 12 o’clock, 7 o’clock, 3 o’clock, 10 o’clock and 5 o’clock. The other thing to do before putting each wheel back on, is to make sure both surfaces (wheel and hub) are clean and free from dirt or corrosion that could make getting a perfect seating impossible. Use a clean rag that has some WD40 sprayed on it to wipe off both surfaces. It should solve 95% of the wheel shake, assuming that the wheels / tires aren’t out of balance or damaged in some way.

Any update mate? I'm currently looking at a Touareg.

How's it going now?

Iv'e owned 2, plus an Audi, and loved all of them. Drove 1 to over 300,000kms, now on one that's approaching 200,000. Haven't experienced any major issues.

@@timblizzard4226 that’s good. Maybe it’s just the USDM VW Audi AG cars.

An 06 to 07 land cruiser would be the polar opposite to this VW in terms of reliability, I would love to see you own and build one on the channel .

@@ahmed91750 Those Landcruisers are awesome beasts! I love them. They will run forever, but repairs are very expensive. Not a cheap car to keep on the road. Lousy gas mileage. Parts very expensive. But I'd buy one in a second if I could.

@@vonbraun8051 my dad owns an 06 with the 4.5L straight 6 engine, he put over 300k kilometres on it and I can’t remember the last time it had an issue, they are such badass trucks.

Toyota is garbage compared to the Touareg

In Europe they're considered excellent. Do mega miles. German diesels are probably better than Jap/Asian diesels on the most part, but people can't seem to see that with the hate on German vehicles.

@@ln5747 if it wasn't for the emissions and EGR these engines would be bullet proof.

@@MyHomeGarage yes pretty much.

Hahaha it never even crossed my mind!

Light external pressures will cause failure, so no hugs lol. The only way to own a reliable german car is to leave it in the garage and NEVER drive it.

Yeah, if he's going to throw parts at something there's more reward in getting an older Toyota or 90's Pathfinder. He might even be able to import a diesel Patrol. German engineering is fantastic, until the warranty runs out.

This is why you don't buy a 250k+ VW

@@KiranPatel-fk1pg No, that is why you don't buy vw fullstop

@@darianistead2239 well, in Europe they are the best selling car brand by far.

@@kristians2704 Because they're local🤦‍♂️

That generation of 3.0 TDI were really junky. This generation with the plastic intake were a bit more reliable.

Yep, you are right. IF one can find one they are not cheap. A lot of comments here about how they are cheap but the VW TDI holds it price amazing these days. Cheap ones are usually the ones that weren't serviced enough or driven too hard and diesel guys know to stay away from them. That might have been what they bought here.

Sounds like US has no clue how to maintain diesels. In Europe these TDIs are workhorses with little problems and go for hundreds of thousands miles with routine servicing on the most part.

I've driven a VW Passat to 300,000 kms before, and loved it. Never went though a dealership.

A Cayenne is better for all that, mostly the same but plusher and keeps the off road tech for this generation.

Don't forget you do have an extended diesel-gate warranty. I think it's 4 years and 120k miles after the fix date (which would be located sticker under the hood) which ever is greater. That warranty covers all things related to the diesel system (fuel pump, sensors, injectors, etc.). In the US, at least.

How many kilometres has yours?

@@tarasions777 roughly 217261km I live in the United States it's 135k miles

What's a 2018 volkswagen caddy?

​@@douglasb.1203a van

We’ve been stuck in lock down for the last 6 months in Ontario. I’m sure they’ll get some track time in now that things our slowly getting back to normal.

If its new, does that mean all of the same fun starts again? I dont trust these things lol

@@yoshisaurusrex3767 Hopefully it means I get a few years without issues.. but you just never know.

That's ridiculous. These TDIs are very robust in Europe with rarely any bills even close to that. Is the diesel quality as good in the US? I've also heard diesel mechanics aren't so great in US because gas/petrol is vastly more popular, whereas in Europe it's diesel and so every mechanic is very experienced with maintaining diesel.

A downgrade in every respect

@@bryan_turner I agree, I doubt 4Runner would drive & tow as well as the Touareg did... but for peace of mind, I personally think the 4Runner could've been safer bet.

Man are you spot on. German cars are collasal piles of donkey 💩