I had the exact same problem, I changed the transfer case sourced from a salvaged 2007 with low mileage. It fixed the problem. I love my touareg like a toxic relationship. I took me about eight hours total to change it out in the driveway. I dropped the exhaust, front and rear driveshaft, removed the crossmember and then the transfer case. Most of the labor I did on my own and a little help from my brother to press on the brake and align the transfer case during install. A local shop wanted $3000 for labor and part. I paid $250 for the transfer case and 8 hours of my time. No coding required.

I’m now a retired Audi/VW tech(47 years) and in 2004 I did all the Audi A8’s and my buddy beside me did all the Touareg’s ,he was on 24/7 suicide watch

Can you take apart the transfer case jus to see the damage in there in the next video?

I have an v8 05. I like it a lot and it’s fun to drive but it’s definitely a money pit. I’m looking at maybe putting a turbo on it if I can find one. If it’s not going to be reliable or get good gas mileage, I might as well have fun with it 😀. The goal is to get over 500hp

Yes! Do a water leak video! I got one somewhere on my v dub beetle. Invisible but I gotta put coolant in every couple of weeks.

The Touareg is a big hit in the TFL channel. I’d like to see more videos.

We bought first year, and had for 14 years with minimal maintenance (except the first year where it had lots of failures under warranty) Ours was VR6 and it was plenty fast enough for its purpose.

Thought REAL hard about buying one (with center and rear lockers) but ended up buying a '06 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland instead. These seem like the perfect on/off roader, except for the repair bills!

Thx boddy for the video, just for a record, Touareg is a Berber population of Sahara north Africa !

Still here for the ride coming all the way from South Korea.

Hi Paul, Thanks a lot for you very informative videos. I would like to request if you would put up a video on the Toureg timing chain and cylinder head replacement. Thanks

Definitely interested in the water leak video and it would be cool if y'all would split the transfer case and show what failed.

i have a 06 v6 3.2 full air suspension touareg , i did the the prop shaft bearing last year , its all good now , in the snow one time i had some clicking like that but not as loud , i thought i engaged the dif lock wrong then it went away , i was only at 5 to 10 mph when it did it , ive never heard it since, after that later after winter i did all new dif oil and transfer case at about 150 k , i did front wheel bearings same time also ,left and right was totally done really worn , its been great since , next is the transmission fluid and filter , i dont mind the 3.2 v6 its pretty quick when she wants to be , always starts and i love the sound when its in a good mood , great vlog , my transfer case fluid was pretty dirty. glad i got it out of there !!!!

A ton of value here, keep pushing guys!!

Having raced RC cars, I immediately recognized that sound! (But with RC cars, it is waaayyy cheaper to fix!)

Love the Touareg Vid's as with the others, The water leak chk would be great and also the transfer box strip.

YES! Water leak video please!!! I just pulled the entire carpet out of my T1 hoping to find the source of a leak. Cleaned the sunroof drain out and the firewall from loads of debris, and even used a seam sealer. Thought it would fix the issue but after heavy rain last night the passenger foot-well is still leaking water from somewhere. So yes, a video would be very helpful.

Interresting video, thanks! I also would like to see the damage inside the transfer case to see what is causing that rattling noise.

The chain in the transfer case is at fault, it has stretched and or teeth missing on the gears

Hi there, thank you for the posts on the Toureg. I think you should mount a video cam under the car and take it for a drive to see if you can't trace the source of the noise.

Literally I was replaying the video over and over at the beginning when you was diagnosed the sound and i guess it correctly... I said it sound like the transfer case

In Australia not many old ones on the road they must all be in the wreckers !!

Love these videos! The builds and repairs are more interesting than mods.

Yes please for a water leak video. I have a mk5 GTI that has a part ready to go into it to hopefully stop the damp in the boot/trunk. (shout out to the trunk air flap replacement crew)

paul went from the most clean cut VW/Audi channel to a complete memelord. love it.

I have a good feeling about the new t c. Looking forward to your next vid to see it run.

I’m so glad the dealer wouldn’t budge on the deal I tried to make on a used Touareg 2. Instead I bought a brand new Touareg 3 in 2015, and this generation is so much better in interior quality and reliability.

I definitely would love to see a diy diagnosis on a water leak!

Were all suckers for a new touareg video, they're unicorns of the car world!

Hurry up and finish fixing this Touareg so I can come down from Raleigh and buy it! Been looking for one for a while and would be nice to buy one from someone I trust!

Yes to the water leak video

This series has been enjoyable so thanks doing it. I've been looking for a Touareg project and there is an 04 V8 near me with 180K on the clock with supposedly bad valve body solenoids but runs smooth. No history on the timing components though. The price is $1500...decisions decisions

Would be nice to see the damage causing the noise in the transfert case (maybe not a complete disassembly but just a short clip) A water leak diagnosis video would be helpful, cuz you just never know...

Now nice video. I am enjoying watching this story unfold I would say this truck is in ok condition for 200.000 miles.

Love the Touareg videos! I have a Colorado Red 2005 V8 with air suspension. Please make more videos for the Touareg. Thanks!

Was apart of the center support flock lol. Swore it was that. Had to replace the drive train on my Touareg. Good as new!

Water leak diagnosis is very interesting.

Love these diagnose videos!

Moneypit Touraeg should be the new series title....lol enjoying following this series..keep up the good work be well.

Yes on the leak diagnosis please

I'm changing fuel filter on my car. And my most expensive part was bosh windshield wipers. :D

Yes! On the water leak vid.

I had a shadow blue 06 v8 with air and twin lockers. Ran well but sold it for cheap as ppl ran away with the high kms. Bought a base 2010 tdi with the sport appearance package and its been flawless so far. It takes 35% less gas and it just seems cheaper to own than the older v8. Cool cars but I would not own one if i did nt need to tow with it. We considered keeping both and getting rid of our 05 passat tdi. I'm glad i kept the Passat.

Watching... need to replace the chain / possibly gears in mine, same noise but just under hard acceleration only.

The moment you accelerated, I knew it had to be something broken in the transfer case lol

Yes to the water leak video!

Yes we want to see a water leak video

Thank you for the update! I bought 06 3.2L recently and the shop recommended me to change/ replace spark plugs, transmission fluid, break flush. any of these video would help alot.

Yes on the water leak video.. Enjoy your videos!

Nice pops and bangs tune ;)

Would love the leak diagnosis video!

Water leaks video please, also as somebody mention, would be great to see transfer case damage inside.

Would love to see any DIY you do!

Would love to see a water leak diagnosis DIY, I've had a minor one in my A3 8p for a while that I've been waiting for a push to take care of😂

Love these Touareg videos!!!

Def interested in water leak video

Excellent video.

Well you are the Deutsche Auto Parts and this car is a PROJECT :)))) So it will take some time until you fix things on it but I hear after a while you iron the kinks out and it runs good for a few 100,000 miles.

Would like to see a headliner repair video. Since you are going to fix your water leak, you might as well repair the headliner.

Yes to the water leak video!!! :)

Wow that sounded pretty knarly , I'd have to imagine there's quite a bit of choochage goin on inside that transfer case. Probably kind of like a vr6 timing chain set ... Yea they suck for that, but it's amazing they still run with a bunch of busted guides🤣

Did you physically look at the drivers side timing chain tensioner? Thanks for the video?

It broke because they’re crap! Done the wheel bearings yet

Cv joint man! Check those . Transfer case! Wow! Dang!

I Would like to see a DIY on finding water leaks especially into the front right foot well

i own a 2005 v8 Touareg that I got with 136k miles with a bad driveshaft. replaced it and it now has 150k miles and the only other thing I've replaced on it was the transfer case motor. and a cpl oil changes. It has been a very reliable vehicle, I also own a 2008 Touareg with the vr6. The 2008 has 178k miles....and that one I had to replace the sunroof due to a broken tab that caused the glass to pop up from the front side of the glass. so far I am very happy with both... The 2005 v8 I got for $1,200.00 in 2019, and the 2008 I paid $7k in 2017

Great stuff guys. Please, put more. I love my TRegs (2) and I'm keeping them alive as much as possible.

My transfer case was working fine in high gear wanted to test the low range functionality; now stuck in low reduction... New Reduction motor did not fix. Service bulletins spells out motor and control module replacement. Can you manually move the step up motor; shaft outside case to move into High gear? Mine has a spring like feel and will return to same position. Any help would be appreciated.

seems like one headache after another - german cars can be very troublesome in my experience +1 for checking out the internals :)

Finally got in an accident with mine... loved it but was so over it

I'm interested in your water leak troubleshooting

Definitely interested in a water leak vid!

Do a water leak video please. Thank you for your hard work.

It would be nice to see what failed in the transfer case.

that sound is very distinctive of chain in transfer case. eard it many times n off road.

I’m on my 3rd Touareg now. 2004 V8 , 2009 TDI V6, 2013 TDI V6. Love all of them. All with Air Suspension. (Non negotiable to me)Miss V8 the most, but not the fuel consumption! Never any mechanical issues though. Only problem I have... what do you replace a Touareg with other than another? Sadly the newer versions have gone “soft” Desperately looking for V8 Tdi, Air + low range. But they are basically Rocking Horse $hit.

Haha as soon as you launched it I figured it was the transfer case chain skipping. Are the internals not serviceable on that unit? Or is it just more cost effective to drop another one in?

Water leak video would be great. A little off topic but I’m about to do the valve cover gasket/spark plug well/ cam bearing gasket on my 1.8t AWM, is clear RTV silicone all I will need? Or will I have to use a different silicone for the back part by the half moon rubber part?

I use to buy stuff for my b5 a4 from Wolf Auto Parts on ebay.

Can you elaborate a little more about the low speed, tight turning noises from the transfer case please. My same model Touareg does this when manoeuvring in tight car parks! What is the solution for this?

Yes the more the better. I just moved to EU and would like to buy one. I want v10 diesel

I love the first gens so much but good lord they are kind of a nightmare. Still a beautiful SUV with a proper drivetrain and off-road hardware.

Water leak video would be great. Just worked on a Touareg yesterday with a water leak.

I used to have that model of Touareg on the drive shaft went on it mega mega mega expensive to fix ruin the gearbox as well

10/10 for Phil

@10:30 what are you referring to? i have this problem. key off, it relaxes.

Sounds like a 2 step launch 🚀 control

Water leak video please. Also more Touareg videos please.

I would be interested in the water leak DIY

How do we identify if a Mk7 GTI has MPI fuel injection on them? Are they only on specific markets? Do MPI version not suffer from common EA888 issues?

A Toerag broke? Never!

Let's see that water leak video!

It's the driveshaft .

Make the water leak video please, my uncle's passat has a leak he can't figure out so i'd like to sems it to him.

Sounds like the clutch slipping in the automatic transmission 💸 DCT 🙈transmission valves out of adjustment 💲

Sounds like the multi tooth drive chain thing skipping over teeth due to slackness in the Transfer case. Keen to see the issue when you locate and get it apart. ☝️

We Have 2005 VW TOUAREG And We Put A New Batter In And It Still Don't Want To Star Some Times So Not Sure What Is Going On With It Please Let Us Know Whats Going On With It Thank You

This certainly confirms why I would never touch a VW

I’d watch the water leak diagnostic video

Hi yes please on the water leak test