NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Volkswagen Touareg Recalls
The 2016 Volkswagen Touareg has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 26, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Volkswagen Touareg. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 45
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2016 Volkswagen Touareg, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2016 Volkswagen Touareg
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
- Campaign
- 16V243000
- Reported
- April 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 366
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 138, tire pressure monitoring
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Volkswagen Touareg
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 16V170000
- Reported
- March 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 46,574
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2015 Touareg
2016 Volkswagen Touareg complaints by year
NHTSA has received 45 owner complaints about the 2016 Volkswagen Touareg, the newest on October 9, 2026. Owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Volkswagen Touareg, the component group named most often is the engine (49%), followed by the forward collision avoidance (18%) and the electrical system (11%).
None of the 2016 Volkswagen Touareg's 2 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2016 Volkswagen Touareg owners gave the mileage (26 complaints), the median was 18,293 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine22
- Unknown Or Other10
- Forward Collision Avoidance8
- Electrical System5
- Service Brakes5
- Structure4
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Volkswagen Touareg peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 11. 40% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Volkswagen Touareg drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Touareg year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 7 ranked years.
The 45 complaints about the 2016 Volkswagen Touareg are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Touareg by model year
Other 2016 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: October 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted