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Just came across your post. It was a while back, but I had a Touareg with major, major problems. The dealer was helpful in trying to get things fixed, but a lemon is a lemon. When I made a claim under the applicable lemon law, VW balked.

Following that, the dealer's service manager pulled me into his office and flatly told me to hire a lawyer. I followed his advice, and in a week I had a signed settlement and a large check (including a nice payment for my lawyer). I was so impressed with the way they ultimately handled it, I went and bought another Touareg.

I'd suggest reading up on federal and state lemon laws and seeing if you've reached the threshold for such a designation. Keep a log of everything that's going on and have documentation to back everything up. When the time comes, tell VW you're making a lemon law claim and be prepared for the fight. If you go this route, hopefully you'll have similar success.

Don't settle for a crappy car!
 

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Hi and I’m sorry for delay in responding to your last post. What you described is what I am experiencing. When I let out the clutch in first gear there is a power lag until the engine reaches almost 2000 RPM, and then it surges with great power. I have had several instances where I needed to accelerate quickly as I was turning left in a gap of oncoming traffic and the car had no power and scared me that I barely got out of the way in time. With an engine is peppy is this one is, it shouldn’t be doing that in those lower RPMs. I have reported the problem to Volkswagen and I’m hoping that I will hear from them and have a solution for it. As far as being on a hill, the car has an anti-rollback feature that will not let the car roll backwards until you let the clutch out. It’s a nice feature but takes a little getting used to.
I have the same car as you. I've felt exactly what you're describing. I learned a little more gas before letting out the clutch and don't let the clutch out too fast and you'll get it.
 
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