2010 Volkswagen Touareg: sudden loss of power

6 of the 25 complaints about the 2010 Volkswagen Touareg describe sudden loss of power.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 24%
typical mileage: 65,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 172 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Sudden loss of power by model year

2017
4
2016
2
2015
3
2014
1
2013
3
2012
2
2010
6
2009
2
2005
1
2004
4

What owners say

Filed May 24, 2019 · Fuel system · 135,000 miles · CA

High pressure fuel pump failed causing our vehicle to stall with no power in the middle of a very busy off ramp from the highway. I had my son, wife and dog in the car. I could not move the 5000lb vehicle off the road, so I removed my family to side of the road while directed traffic. Vw dealer then came for us while I waited for the tow truck. Very dangerous. Now at dealer and vw is claiming many many very expensive issues with it due to this failure that they will not pay for, we were 837 miles from our home. Had to stay 2 nights in a hotel and rent a car to drive home. They still cannot fix our car. It's currently still at the dealer with no clue to what is wrong. There was no check engine light or any other sign of something wrong with the vehicle prior to the stall. It just lost power and died. I could not restart it.

Filed Feb 19, 2015 · Fuel system · 87,775 miles · NH

Traveling 65mph southbound on rt93 in massachussetts when the check engine now and a yellow coil light came on and within seconds I lost power and steering of the vehicle. I rolled without power to snow filled side of the road. Cars were traveling in the breakdown lane since it was rush hour. Called aaa, a flat bed truck brought my vehicle to the nearest vw dealership. The service representative diagnosed the failure as contaminated fuel which lead to the high pressure fuel pump failure.

Filed Oct 8, 2014 · Engine, Fuel system · 65,000 miles · CA

While traveling approximately 55 MPH on a highway the vehicle suddenly lost power/turned off. There were no warning lights, no noises, no vibrations, no signs of anything. Vehicle stalled at freeway speed and it had to be towed to vw dealer where I was informed that the high pressure fuel pump (hpfp) had failed. There was no sign of mis-fueling (no gas in tank when tested), contaminants are unknown. It seems that the hpfp is not designed to perform within the tolerances necessary to operate safely and reliably on 'pump fuel' available to consumers; it is mechanically defective and clear and present danger to highway safety. Request engineering analysis.

Filed Jul 28, 2014 · Engine, Fuel system · 51,000 miles · FL

I purchased this vehicle 3 days prior as a "certified pre-owned" from lakeland vw of florida. I was approaching an intersection and preparing to stop. As I rolled up and went to turn right, the vehicle suddenly lost power. Several attempts to restart were unsuccessful. We had to push the vehicle across a busy street, at which point I called roadside for a tow. The vw dealer told me today that it is my high pressure fuel pump, which seems to be a common failure for this vehicle.

Filed Jan 23, 2014 · Engine, Fuel system · 21,096 miles · NH

On wednesday january 22, 2014 I was driving west on us route 9 in barrington nh at approximately 11am in my volkswagen touareg 2010 tdi. There was nothing unusual about the performance of the car before I felt a strange lag and then a warning light started flashing to stop the car. Before I could pull off the road the car lost power and died. Since the warning to stop the car came up I did not try to restart the car. I sat on the side of the road bewildered for a moment as I'd only purchased this car 3 weeks before and it was only a few miles short of 30,000 miles on the odometer. Being stranded partially in the middle of the road was terrifying as I was in a 50mph zone and people were flying past me upwards of 60mph while my car was barely straddling the white line. Also, it was 8 degrees outside and there was no place for me to wait safely outside of the car due to considerable frozen snow banks flanking the roadway. My options were to pray not to get hit or risk freezing while waiting for a tow truck. Overall this was a terrifying experience to have in a new car who's supposed toughness and reliability was one of its selling points. The dealer (quirk vw in manchester, nh) has told us that the fuel was contaminated leading to a hpfp failure which my husband says this same vehicle has had replaced less than 8,000 miles ago under the previous owner. He also said that I should mention that this is the same hpfp made by bosch as the golf, jetta and a3 which has been investigated under ea11003 for failure.

Filed Nov 12, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 55,000 miles · FL

While traveling approximately 75 MPH on an interstate the vehicle suddenly lost power/turned off. There were no warning lights, no noises, no vibrations, no signs of anything. Vehicle had to be towed to vw dealer where I was informed that the high pressure fuel pump had failed allegedly due to substandard/contaminated diesel fuel. There was no sign of mis-fueling (no gas in tank when tested), contaminants are unknown. It seems that the hpfp is not designed to perform within the tolerances necessary to operate safely and reliably on 'pump fuel' available to consumers.