Used car guide
2004 Volkswagen Touareg: petrol or diesel?
Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions go wrong in different ways, so each has its own figures from the MOTs these cars had during 2023–2025. Pick the one you’re looking at: the fuel is on the logbook and in the car’s MOT history.
Petrol
62% pass first time (all 2004 cars: 57%)
Nothing stands out above the usual rate
428 MOTsSee the petrol guide ›
Diesel
66% pass first time (all 2004 cars: 57%)
Stands out: engine oil leaks 1.8×, sub-frame 2.7×, sub-frame bushes 17.6×
1,469 MOTsSee the diesel guide ›
Hybrid versions had too few MOTs for figures of their own, or weren’t sold.
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Other years
Every year of the Volkswagen Touareg compared
| Year | MOT tests | Most flagged |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2025 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2024 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2023 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2022 | 1,063 | Tyres 24% |
| 2021 | 4,046 | Tyres 23% |
| 2020 | 5,900 | Tyres 22% |
| 2019 | 8,734 | Tyres 22% |
| 2018 | 4,665 | Tyres 22% |
| 2017 | 9,744 | Tyres 23% |
| 2016 | 11,497 | Tyres 23% |
| 2015 | 12,353 | Tyres 24% |
| 2014 | 9,164 | Tyres 25% |
| 2013 | 6,937 | Tyres 26% |
| 2012 | 5,554 | Tyres 26% |
| 2011 | 5,067 | Tyres 26% |
| 2010 | 2,179 | Suspension 34% |
| 2009 | 3,295 | Suspension 37% |
| 2008 | 4,287 | Suspension 40% |
| 2007 | 5,908 | Suspension 39% |
| 2006 | 5,013 | Suspension 45% |
| 2005 | 3,464 | Suspension 48% |
| 2003 | 535 | Suspension 45% |