I bought my 2012 Touareg TDI in September of 2018 near Seattle. It had 88K miles and I drove it to Alaska where it has been ever since. It now has nearly 159K miles and, other than a heater fan, I have done very little to it other than oil and filter changes every 3000 miles and fuel filter changes every 20,000 miles. My work has regularly taken me to remote gold camps and hunting lodges as far as the road system goes - and beyond. This car handles beautifully on the road, but also off road. Ask a Jeep owner or other “Off Road,” vehicle owner if theirs does this!
Now…for the last year I have had the P2015 code keeping the MIL on. This isn’t a runability issue so I have put off dealing with it until recently. I don’t want to make this post too long so let me end with saying that I have installed the flapper motor limiting brackets from Diesel Geek. I canceled the code, but the light has come back on, so evidently I am not done with this issue. If anyone is interested, I can update as this thing carries out.