2005 V W TOUREG STALLED MANY TIMES, WHILE MAKING A TURN AT INTERSECTIONS AT LOWER SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM TRYING TO ACCELERATE IT STALLS OR HESITATES. I CAME VERY CLOSE TO GETTING KILLED AT LEAST 5 TIMES, I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER TO CHECK THIS PROBLEM, BUT ALWAYS CAME OUT EMPTY. THEY SAY THEY HAVE FOUND NO PROBLEM. I THINK IT IS VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED PROMPTLY BEFORE PEOPLE LOOSE THEIR LIVES. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHERS WHO ARE DRIVING THIS KIND OF VEHICLE; AT LEAST HALF OF THEM HAD THE SAME KIND OF PROBLEM, AND WERE GETTING NO HELP FROM THEIR DEALERS. *TR
2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
INSIDE DOOR HANDLES "STICK" OPEN, AND WHEN YOU CLOSE THE CAR DOOR THEY POP BACK OPEN SINCE THEY CAN'T CATCH THE LOCK. I HAVE HAD THE DOOR LOCK HANDLES MALFUNCTION ON TWO DIFFERENT CARS OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL. ON ONE OCCASION WHILE CLOSING THE DOOR MORE GENTLY, IT WASN'T NOTICED THAT THE DOOR DIDN'T ACTUALLY CATCH. WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE AWAY, THEN STOP... THE DOOR FLEW OPEN NARROWLY MISSING A PEDESTRIAN. THE DOOR FLEW OPEN SO QUICKLY I ACTUALLY CHECKED THE CAR FOR FRAME DAMAGE SINCE I WAS SURE THE DOOR WOULD BE BENT. IT WAS ACTUALLY OK. WHEN REPORTED TO MY DEALER THE DOOR LOCK WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT NOT CITED AS A KNOWN HAZARD OR RECALL. *JB
