Touareg air suspension failure (may affect Cayenne).
Discussion
Unfortunately the wifes Touareg dropped to the floor the other day on the front due to the aluminium pipe that connects to the top of the strut having corroded through.
In my opinion it seems a daft design as the pipe is not protected within the wheel well but is open to being bashed by road debris, water, salt etc thrown up from the tyre, unlike Range Rovers where the air pipe that feeds the strut being fed through the top of the turret in the engine bay.
As a result I am looking at an initial bill of £1500 per side via VW as the nearside is now on it's way as well apparently. Can't say I'm happy as the car cost a small fortune and is only just over the 5 year rule for VW goodwill (although still in discussion) and has covered a mere 67k miles. The other annoyance is that the wife had only just come off the motorway with the two kids onboard and had it happened minutes before who knows what would have happened.
I have contacted VOSA via their recall database and would appreciate other owners who have experienced the same fault doing the same as I believe a major part of the suspension failing should be a) on the MOT inspection list for that car, b) added to the recall database.
The link for them is http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/repository/vehicle%20s...
VOSA have said that most people complain to other owners via the web forums and do not complete their forms enabling them to investigate it properly and as such it would help owners in the future.
Fingers crossed one day it will be a recall item and others will have the benefit of this action.
In the meantime has anyone else experienced this problem?
In my opinion it seems a daft design as the pipe is not protected within the wheel well but is open to being bashed by road debris, water, salt etc thrown up from the tyre, unlike Range Rovers where the air pipe that feeds the strut being fed through the top of the turret in the engine bay.
As a result I am looking at an initial bill of £1500 per side via VW as the nearside is now on it's way as well apparently. Can't say I'm happy as the car cost a small fortune and is only just over the 5 year rule for VW goodwill (although still in discussion) and has covered a mere 67k miles. The other annoyance is that the wife had only just come off the motorway with the two kids onboard and had it happened minutes before who knows what would have happened.
I have contacted VOSA via their recall database and would appreciate other owners who have experienced the same fault doing the same as I believe a major part of the suspension failing should be a) on the MOT inspection list for that car, b) added to the recall database.
The link for them is http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/repository/vehicle%20s...
VOSA have said that most people complain to other owners via the web forums and do not complete their forms enabling them to investigate it properly and as such it would help owners in the future.
Fingers crossed one day it will be a recall item and others will have the benefit of this action.
In the meantime has anyone else experienced this problem?
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