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2011 TDI Touareg

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Hello everyone. Glad to join with you from Southern Saskatchewan, Canada.

We love our TDI Touareg when it works but, we are not certain we will ever get it to running properly again. It was 9 months in the shop (May 2022 through January 2023) having its diesel gate rebuild rebuilt under guarantee. Still not running. New issue that is not under warrantee -- Will not start or even turn over. This is our 4th VW in last 20 years and 3rd TDI. All the others worked well.
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Grandpacliff, You have warranty running so it is a bit tricky for you. Weird sensor problems are often related to ground problems which affects sensors. Check main battery ground and also see if you can find the grounds for the dash / body computers which are generally brown wires and they will be connected to the chassis. Any corrosion on the ground points will affect the sensors readings. Find somebody with VCDS and get them to scan it and give you an independent assessment of where the fault code appears to be coming from. I had an immobiliser issue that was traced back to a bad ground after much money spent. Check main battery ground and also see if you can find the grounds for the dash / body computers which are generally brown wires and they will be connected to the chassis.
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