Volkswagen Taos: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy

Year-by-year data table

Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.

Photographs and every generation of the Taos, through the years →

Taos sub-models & family

Variants & trims on record

Body, powertrain and trim variants of the Taos on the federal record. Variants folded into this nameplate are counted in this page's data; the rest have too thin a record for a page of their own yet.

What goes wrong on the Volkswagen Taos

Across every Taos model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.

• Engine140 complaints across all Taos years · typical job: Cooling-system or timing-drive repair$1,040–$2,220
• Service Brakes63 complaints across all Taos years · typical job: Pads, rotors and caliper service, both axles$580–$1,140
• Electrical System58 complaints across all Taos years · typical job: Alternator, battery-drain or body-module diagnosis and replacement$540–$1,310
• Fuel/Propulsion System51 complaints across all Taos years · typical job: Fuel pump or injector replacement$680–$1,620
• Power Train49 complaints across all Taos years · typical job: Transmission service or clutch-pack repair$1,290–$4,040
• Unknown Or Other45 complaints across all Taos years · typical job: Diagnosis and mixed repair$360–$940

Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.

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