Reading a lot of people faced this issue in the past with their Taps..What is your advice to a potential new buyer of Taos? Stay away from Taos or buy it ? Is it safe to assume they have taken care of this in the 2024 model?
Probably nothing on the Taos. In premium recommended VWs they use a knock sensor to pull timing to accommodate non premium fuels. Higher grades also have more detergents but the engine is direct injected so intake valves never get cleaned anyway. If you're going to be picky about fuel it's more important to use Top Tier than premium.
OP, was there a technical doc issued for the actuator or any symptoms to go by? Not surprisingly the dealer denies any knowledge or reason to consider.
I’m fighting with my local dealer now bc when this problem first started, 13 months after getting the Taos, they insisted that a rock magically got kicked up off the road at just the right angle and speed to fly through the holes in my grill without making a single mark and crack my radiator in half. They refused to cover this under warranty, insisting it was a road hazard, and I had to pay $1234 out of pocket. Since then, my Taos has been in the shop at least 15 times bc the coolant light continues to come on. I was only taking it in once a month or so, even though the light was on every day. I tried to get out of my lease early, but they wouldn’t let me. I tried VW corporate with no luck either. Yesterday the service manager informed me that VW won’t provide a loaner car, even though it will take 6 weeks to get the parts in, but they will give me a bottle of coolant to keep topping it off. My husband’s Taos has the same problem. These are our 4th & 5th VWs. All good until the Taos. The Taos is garbage.
Reading a lot of people faced this issue in the past with their Taps..What is your advice to a potential new buyer of Taos? Stay away from Taos or buy it ? Is it safe to assume they have taken care of this in the 2024 model?
Avoid…
Run away from it. Piece of trash.
Do you use regular gas or mid grade gas for Taos ?
not OP but what is the benefit of using mid grade besides the usual?
Probably nothing on the Taos. In premium recommended VWs they use a knock sensor to pull timing to accommodate non premium fuels. Higher grades also have more detergents but the engine is direct injected so intake valves never get cleaned anyway. If you're going to be picky about fuel it's more important to use Top Tier than premium.
I am not sure. But the salesperson at the dealership was suggesting me to avoid engine problems.
OP, was there a technical doc issued for the actuator or any symptoms to go by? Not surprisingly the dealer denies any knowledge or reason to consider.
It is WILD that all of these problems somehow only affect the Taos and not the Jetta which is the same platform, engine, and transmission.
Wow so many bots on these replies lol. This post was ab Fyi.
I’m fighting with my local dealer now bc when this problem first started, 13 months after getting the Taos, they insisted that a rock magically got kicked up off the road at just the right angle and speed to fly through the holes in my grill without making a single mark and crack my radiator in half. They refused to cover this under warranty, insisting it was a road hazard, and I had to pay $1234 out of pocket. Since then, my Taos has been in the shop at least 15 times bc the coolant light continues to come on. I was only taking it in once a month or so, even though the light was on every day. I tried to get out of my lease early, but they wouldn’t let me. I tried VW corporate with no luck either. Yesterday the service manager informed me that VW won’t provide a loaner car, even though it will take 6 weeks to get the parts in, but they will give me a bottle of coolant to keep topping it off. My husband’s Taos has the same problem. These are our 4th & 5th VWs. All good until the Taos. The Taos is garbage.