2023 VolkswagenTaos SE For Sale

I owned this SE 4Motion Taos since December 2021. The only attribute keeping this vehicle from being great is the sloppy transmission. The transmission shifts inconsistently causing either jerking of vehicle at low speeds or inadequate acceleration when needed to merge into traffic. These are big safety issues requiring an immediate fix. There are two things you can do to minimize those conditions. Use gasoline rated at 89 octane and customize the normal driving mode by setting the driveline to ECO. This will lessen the occurrence of jerking and hesitation. I have had a full day of the vehicle operating like it should on occasion for unknown reasons.

At first I absolutely loved my Taos. I did so much research for my first new car and had saved up so much. Once my car hit 10,000 it started having issues where this EPC light came on and the check engine light. I put the correct gas in the tank as it says 87 or 91. And they came back and said it was ‘bad gas’ and it’s not covered under warranty and vw isn’t coming out and owning the problem. The engine starts stalling, and when it does finally pick up its a huge jolt. I’m getting car sick just driving it to the grocery store. They said that this problem is happening to so many of the Taos models around the US and many Jetta’s as well. They told me I could pay $700 to drain my fuel tank and it ~might~ fix the problem. I haven’t even had my car a year. It’s the 2022 vw Taos SEL AWD. I have almost been hit 3 times now at 4 way stops because my car won’t get up and go and when it finally does it almost makes you hit something because it’s a huge jolt of power.

It's a great entry level small SUV. The vehicle is heavy, don't expect it to accelerate or decelerate quickly, motor is small, brake rotors are small too, it's not a sports car, so don't drive it like one. Comes in 3 trims levels, I bought the SE model with glass sunroof. Driven on 2 lane highways at posted speed limits, 50 to 65 mph, one foot driving and not hardly using the brake pedal at all, if you drive smoothly on and off the throttle, 44 to 46 MPG tankfuls, are possible, consistently, with good driving techniques, far, far above the rated 36 mpg on the Monrony label. That said, drive it hard, or with poor techniques like most drivers in the USA, slam the doors shut, abuse it like some Korean or Japanese sardine can car, and it will reward you with breakdowns, failures, broken door locks with cracked electrical solder joints, very frequent and expensive brake jobs, as well as heartaches and big financial repair bills. Volkswagens, like all German transportation product, don't take abuse well, or late services, or not using the correct fluids during services. There are some people that just should never own German cars, the service requirements are beyond their limited budgets. I believe the head gaskets blown problem with the earlier year models has been remedied and fixed for good by the vendor that supplied VW the head gaskets for this model engine in 2021 and 2023. Hence why I bought a debugged 2024 model. I recommend it if you want a very frugal to operate small SUV and you can keep your foot out of the 'go fun and fast" pedal, instead treating it utilitarian as something to reliably and frugally get you from point A to point B. I honestly feel, as a long, long, long time VW owner, I got way more in this than I bargained for. Especially in the actual MPG's I am getting in the FWD 8 speed automatic version I bought. I am past the age of being concerned with how a car makes me look, just want efficiency, reliability and at 6'5" a German car that I can still fit into. The Taos fits the bill, nicely