2015 Touareg 262 R line

[Drmsa]

Anil12 said:

That does not sound good for me? What dates did you place your order on?

Order Placed 01/04/2015
Gone to Stage 2 on 11/04/2015
Gone to Stage 3 on 29/05/2015

What about you?

[Gazzab]

I recall from my golf R that the build week isn't the week it's completed but the week it starts. a car is built in just a couple of days and so I woukd expect your car to be built this week or early next. Then it's shippng, prep etc

[markyb]

My car was build week 17 ... Due to dealer according to contact W/c 14may ish... Been in transit since then but hasn't left factory... I have a feeling the Ducked up the only option of tow bar on my order...

[markyb]

Build week 17 is 14th to 20th April makes sense to be at dealers soon after say 2-4weeks which they quoted w/c 14th may ish.. i can't understand why other people are still getting their cars? But mine is ... Still not available?!

[Anil12]

My order was placed 4 weeks ago but is still sitting at stage 1, Processing order, so not looking good for early September!!

[Bobbybus]

I've been following this thread with interest. My Touareg was order at the end of March 2015 and I was told it would be a 12 week until delivery (and may be sooner - huh), which would take it to the end of June. I am now told it will be built in early August. I may as well now delay delivery until September to get the new reg. It's incredibly frustrating but not sure what I can do?!? We have a road trip in 5 weeks and would have been good to have the new car for then. Again the story of a fire has been relayed to me.

[markyb]

The annoying things for me is it looks like my car is built, but cannot be shipped as its slightly incomplete... 99.9% done... according to correspondence.

The also annoying thing is my car goes back to leasing late july, and I wanted to buy a new plate too, so it is registered with new reg, personal to me.

No I am holding it up, as I don't know whether to buy a "15" or "65" plate... REAL WORLD PROBLEMS!

[anonymous-user]

Very strange, as I mentioned before, my car was a factory order, placed after some of your orders and yet I've had mine for about 6 weeks now.

Hang in there, it's worth the wait.

[markyb]

Very strange... maybe they have run out of standard interiors, and white paint! lol

[Dave_K]

Hi all, new here! I have placed an order for one of these too.

Order was placed: 30/03/2015
Unconfirmed build date: W/C 29/06/2015
Unconfirmed delivery: W/C 27/07/2015 or the following week.
When I ordered they were quoting 14-16 weeks delivery so it isn't too far out.

I am pondering pushing it to a definite 1st Sept delivery for the new plate, then I can get rid of the old car without fear of being left car-less and I get the new plate.

[markyb]

Looks like the "door handles" is the part affected following severe fire in supplier factory. Could be related to the fire at the end of April in Oldbury... Automotive specified material. This fire was caused apparently by Arson.

[Drmsa]

Literally just received an update.

Your order status has been updated. Your car has been built and has now left the factory. On average it takes 4 weeks from build for this model to reach your local Volkswagen Retailer.

Excited

[Bobbybus]

Drmsa said:

Literally just received an update.

Your order status has been updated. Your car has been built and has now left the factory. On average it takes 4 weeks from build for this model to reach your local Volkswagen Retailer.

Excited

Now that's just plain mean! Mine was order the day before yours and still 'With the factory'. It seems so random.

Hopefully the orders will get moving now. Genuinely excited for you!

[Drmsa]

Bobby. Ring the dealership/VW customer services. Try and force some answers through them.

[markyb]

You may find it stuck at this status for a while, basically, they haven't stopped production they are still working the production line but they are not finished. I believe my last update is they have started moving again, so I guess they will begin to clear backlog.

[Labbetts]

Don't the German factories shut down in the summer? or is that Italy?

[markyb]

They are made in Slovakia... not Germany!

[anonymous-user]

Nothing useful to add other than I tried a 64g SD Card yesterday, no dice, it will only play up to 32g.

I know the manual states 32g, but I was hoping a 64g would work on the latest software revision.

[HarryW]

Nothng meaningful to add except I saw my first journey at 41mpg average on Sunday. 30 miles each way on a mixture of A road and M-Way (keeping below 70mph) light traffic throughout. splendid....

[Labbetts]

Did any of you guys add the tyre maintenance to your lease agreement? I can imagine these tyres are very £££'s, and it's showing as £6 extra a month.

Not sure what the VW tolerance is when you hand the car back, or what brand of tyre is on the vehicle? (ie: always found Pirrelli softer than Michelin). But the last thing i'd want is to be hit with an £800 bill because the tyres are on the limit of what they'd accept.

My gut feeling is that it would be nearer 16k miles before they'd need looking at, but i've only ever sold privately so not been bothered.

Any experience of dealing with VW Finance would be handy. My agreement is for 6,000 miles PA over 2 years.