2009 Volkswagen Tiguan
Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Intermittent AC working issues, air conditioning does not cool or the cooling is weak |
| 2024-02-20 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | The car keeps throwing sensors (camshaft, crank sensors, throttle body etc) and the ECM needs to be updated. It keeps t… |
| 2023-01-30 | STEERING | No | 0 | Power steering goes out randomly after cold weather, even while driving. There is no warning before the power steering … |
| 2022-07-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated while driving at 45 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depre… |
| 2022-07-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated that while her son was driving at an undisclosed speed, t… |
| 2022-04-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The engine reached 100k miles in the second week of April 2022. After that, I tried to turn on the vehicle, and the eng… |
| 2021-03-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Problems start with ABS and Steering warning lights with EPIC warning on dash, flickering of lights and radio shut off … |
| 2020-08-17 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE STEERING WHEEL LIGHT COMES ON AND THE STEERING GETS HARD AND IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING WHILE MY WIFE DR… |
| 2020-06-27 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHT ALL OF A SUDDEN CAME WITHOUT BUMPING - THE ENGINE IDLE WERE NOT NORMAL HIGH AND LOW - ELECTRICAL PROBLE… |
| 2020-02-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS APPROACHING MY DRIVEWAY IN MY 09 VW TIGUAN WHEN THE RED POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING LIGHT CAME AND STEERING WH… |
| 2020-02-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE TURBO BLEW CAUSING THE CAR TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THE BLOWN TURBO CAUSED METAL TO GO INTO MY FUEL SYSTEM… |
| 2020-01-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE COOLANT HOSE WHICH HAD TO B… |
| 2019-11-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | VW TIGUAN 09 PURCHASED AS NEW. ONLY 50K MILES ON IT WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ENCOUNTERED. SOON AFTER (LAST WEEK, NO… |
| 2019-10-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | I CRASHED DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE ON 10.31.2019. I MADE A RIGHT TURN FROM A LIGHT. TRAFFIC CAME TO A STOP. I PUSHED THE … |
| 2019-09-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR STOPPED AND WOULD NOT START DUE TO TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FUALT WITH CODE P0016. CAUSED COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AND… |
| 2019-08-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY 2009 VW TIGUAN ENGINE FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK 35 MPH, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, OUT OF NOWHERE MY CAR ENGINE MADE SC… |
| 2019-07-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ON ENGINE START UP, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER DRIVING IT A SHORT WHILE, THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. HA… |
| 2019-07-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | SUNROOF HAD DEFECTED DRAIN TUBES. DUE TO THE DRAIN TUBES BEING DEFECTED, IT CAUSED A MAJOR LEAK IN THE SUNROOF AND ENDE… |
| 2019-05-31 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | DRAIN TUBES IN THE SUNROOF WERE CORRODED AND LEAKING INTO THE CAR. THE WATER LEAK CAUSES MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLU… |
| 2019-05-22 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | PANORAMIC SUNROOF IS LEAKING. CAUSING FLOODING IN THE CAR AND IS AFFECTING SOME ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IN THE CAR. PASSEN… |
| 2019-03-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP POS… |
| 2019-01-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I NOTICED A HUGE OIL PUDDLE WHERE MY CAR WAS PARKED. I DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE VW SERVICE DEPT IN MY AREA...THE CAR HAS L… |
| 2018-12-23 | SEATS | No | 0 | WAS SITTING IN CAR DRIVING, FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WARMING SENSATION UNDER MY BUTT ON SEAT. FIGURED IT WAS NOTHING, KEPT DR… |
| 2018-12-05 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | THE HEAD LIGHTS DO NOT SHINE BRIGHT AT ALL ALMOST NON EXISTTENT VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT |
| 2018-03-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE TIMING CHAIN JUMPED THE SAFETY AND DESTROYED THE ENGINE AND STEERING. THE WIRING UNDER THE FRONT SEATS IS CORRODED… |
| 2018-03-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH THE EPC LIGHT COMING ON IN MY CAR BACK IN 2017. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED "CARBON CLEANING… |
| 2018-02-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND RE… |
| 2018-02-25 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | REAR MAIN SEAL FAILURE CAUSES OIL TO LEAK |
| 2018-02-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE HAS HEAVY HESITATTION ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHIN CITY LIMITS. IT IS AS IFF THE CAR WILL STOP. I TOOK THE CAR… |
| 2018-01-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AT 90K MILES THE REAR MAIN SEAL HAS FAILED. THIS COMES JUST 4K MILES AFTER HAVING THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD REPAIRED AN… |
| 2018-01-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLES TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING. TIMING GAIN TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING SEVERE … |
| 2018-01-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE REAR MAIN SEAL ON MY 09 TIGUAN 2.0 TSI BLEW AT 709K MILES FROM PCV VALVE DEFECT. I HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL CASES O… |
| 2018-01-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN DURING THE TIME OF FAILURE THE VEHICLE WAS AT 96,872 MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING DOWN TH… |
| 2018-01-09 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY JUST AT 80KM/H I FELT MY TIGUAN LIKE DRIFTING MANY TIMES, IT WAS LIKE SLIDING RIGHT … |
| 2017-12-16 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 17 MILES AND CUTTING THE CAR OFF AND THEN GETTING BACK INTO IT AFTER ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES TO… |
| 2017-09-24 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | CAR WAS DRIVEN TO FROM FRIENDS HOUSE TO GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE AND SHUT CAR OFF AND WAS VISITING FAMILY FOR 1 HOUR TO 1 1/… |
| 2017-09-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER BROKE AND CAUSED CATASTROPHIC ENGINE DAMAGE. VW QUOTED ME MORE THAN $8,000 TO FIX AND VW AMERICA… |
| 2017-09-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TIMING BELT TENSIONER FAILURE, CAUSING CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AT JUST OVER 93,000 MILES. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ALL T… |
| 2017-07-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER IN THIS VEHICLE IS KNOWN TO FAIL AND DESTROY ENGINES. THEY HAVE ISSUED TECHNICAL SERVICE BU… |
| 2017-06-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. WOULD NOT START. TOWED TO DEALER AND TOLD THE ENGINE WAS NO … |
| 2017-06-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THE COST TO REPAIR MY ENGINE IS $8,000. … |
| 2017-05-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 2009 TIGUAN 2.0 TSI ALL WHEEL DRIVE IN 2012 I DISCOVERED SOME WETNESS IN THE TIGUAN FLOOR MAT. (LESS THEN 3 YEARS OL… |
| 2017-04-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN. WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT… |
| 2017-03-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 67,000 MILES ON AN 8 YEAR OLD TIGUAN MAJOR FAILURE OF THE REAR MAIN OIL SEAL, FOLLOWED 3 DAYS LATER BY THE FAILURE OF T… |
| 2017-03-28 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE TIMING TENSIONER WENT BAD AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE WHICH NOW NEEDS REPLACED AT AROUND $7K-$8K. THIS WAS A KN… |
| 2017-03-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER IS DEFECTED. THE TIMING CHAIN LOST TENSION WHILE VEHICLE WAS ON ALLOWING THE CHAIN TO JUMP ONE T… |
| 2017-03-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS… |
| 2017-03-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHIEL DRIVING ON A BUSY STATE ROAD, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AROUND 70,900 MILES. I HEARD RATTLING SOUND FROM ENG… |
| 2017-02-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ON MONDAY EVENING 02/13/2017 IN DOWNTOWN DENVER, CO, I STARTED MY CAR AND PULLED INTO TRAFFIC WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO JUM… |
| 2017-02-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS IN DOWNTOWN DENVER, COLORADO ON 2/14/2017. I STARTED THE CAR, PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AND THE CAR STARTED JUMPING, AL… |