Safety Score
84
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-26 | 15V311000 |
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS | 2,957 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Epc light is on |
| 2025-05-07 | STEERING | No | 0 | We are experiencing a recurring safety issue with our 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan. Upon startup, the power steering warning … |
| 2024-08-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Car was recently repaired from a deer related accident. Within a week of getting car back I heard an unwinding like so… |
| 2024-05-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Our 2015 Tiguan has consistently had issues with the clock spring. We are now needing a third clock spring only 6 month… |
| 2024-02-19 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Car stalled while driving on the highway. No warning codes and mechanics cannot find a reason. This has happened twice … |
| 2023-11-29 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Premature timing chain failure (at 70,000 miles). Regularly maintenanced. Confirmed by mechanic. Check engine light not… |
| 2023-08-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The manufactured rear camera and lock. Have been having water leaking in do to improper placing of lock and camera. It … |
| 2023-06-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Repeated failure of EPS system causing highway breakdowns - detail in attachment |
| 2023-04-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Airbag light comes on indicating that the airbags are not functioning properly per the instrument panel. A recall item … |
| 2023-02-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Eagle valley motors sold me an unsafe car I kept telling them that the brakes were bad the transmission fluid was dark … |
| 2022-07-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | My 2015 VW Tiguan has a broken clock spring. The clock spring functions to control the airbag deployment, horn and dash… |
| 2022-06-16 | STEERING | No | 0 | While driving steering became very stiff and I could not turn the car. The red steering icon lit up on the dashboard a… |
| 2022-06-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The airbag clock spring on my 2015 Tiguan broke in June. The car has a warranty extension for this failure, but no par… |
| 2022-05-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Airbag light comes on. There has been no accident to cause this |
| 2022-05-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated that the horn became inoperable. The air bag warning ligh… |
| 2022-04-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The clock spring went out on my car. This is a known defect at VW. My horn and airbags do not work now. Both are essent… |
| 2022-04-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | While driving in a congested area of Jacksonville, FL a small child pulled bike from behind another vehicle, I attempte… |
| 2022-02-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Airbag error light has been on since February 2022, clockspring malfunctioned and is covered under warranty. There are … |
| 2022-02-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER CLOCKSPRING/SPIRAL CASSETTE | No | 0 | Broken clock spring affecting all collision safety systems such as airbag deployment and collision avoidance like horn … |
| 2022-01-19 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER CLOCKSPRING/SPIRAL CASSETTE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated that the horn was inoperable. The air bag warning light… |
| 2022-01-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | This morning I realized that my spring clock isn’t working. My air bag light is on saying error air bag. I have no cont… |
| 2022-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I have a 2015 VW Tiguan, VIN: [XXX]. The Steering Wheel Clock Spring has gone bad causing multiple failure lights to … |
| 2021-12-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The clock spring broke very suddenly over two months ago. The airbag light came on and the steering wheel started to ma… |
| 2021-11-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | When I press the unlock button on the remote fob, all the doors unlock except the drivers door. I then have to open th… |
| 2021-07-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | daughter bought this car awhile ago...already she s having problem with the air bag(1300.00)to fix and make payments on… |
| 2021-06-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | My vehicle is experiencing multiple issues and I’m certain it has been hacked. All began happening around the same time… |
| 2021-02-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | POWER STEERING FAILURE. LESS THAN 80K MILES. WENT TO THE GAS STATION. CAME OUT AND THE POWER STEERING WENT ON VEHICLE… |
| 2021-01-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | After the battery on the car died, the steering wheel clock spring failed. After replacing the clock spring, it was una… |
| 2021-01-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I WAS TURNING AND A CRACK SOUND CAME FROM THE STEERING WHEEL, TURNING THE CAR CAUSED THE CLOCK SPRING TO BREAK. AIRBAG … |
| 2020-10-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG ERROR. TOOK IT TO JIFFU LUBE AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. |
| 2019-12-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG ERROR LIGHT ON, CLICKING SOUND WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL, HORN STOPPED WORKING, BUTTONS ON RIGHT SIDE OF STEER… |
| 2019-11-02 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 3 | MY CAR ACCIDENTALLY REAR-ENDED ANOTHER CAR, AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. MY MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR CAR IS SUBJECT T… |
| 2019-10-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY CAR WAS PARKED IN A PUBLIC AREA AND CAUGHT FIRE AFTER I GOT OUT OF IT ON A CITY STREET |
| 2019-09-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY AIR BAG ERROR LIGHT CAME ON AT ABOUT 138,000 MILES WHILE MY CAR WAS IN MOTION, IN THE MIDDLE OF MAKING A LEFT TURN F… |
| 2019-08-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | PASSENGER SEATBELT LOCKS UP UNNECESSARILY. THE SEATBELT LOCKS UP ON THE PASSENGER WITHOUT BEING ENGAGED BY ANY OTHER SO… |
| 2019-08-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL HAS CONTROLS THAT NO LONGER FUNCTION, THE HORN IS NON-FUNCTIONING AND CAN NOT BE USED TO ALERT A CAR WHE… |
| 2019-08-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE STARTED TO SHAKE AND WOULD ACT LIKE IT WOULDN'T TURN OVER , THEN IT BROKE DOWN ON US ON A ROAD TRIP , GOT IT… |
| 2019-07-29 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | CAR STATIONARY, ATTEMPT MADE TO TURN ON 2015 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN, ON THE DASHBOARD, THE TERM "ERROR: AIRBAG" CAME UP. ASS… |
| 2019-02-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THESE ENGINES ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CARBON BUILD-UP, WHICH MAKE THEM RUN EXTREMELY ROUGH, JERK, MISFIRE, AND OVERALL CANNO… |
| 2019-01-01 | SEATS | No | 1 | THE PASSENGER SEAT BURNT MY BUTT FROM THE SEAT HEATER IT TOOK MY SKIN OFF MY BUTTOCKS AND VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION FOR AB… |
| 2018-11-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE PARKING BRAKE IS PERMANENTLY SHORTED OUT. I BOUGHT THIS AS A USED CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE … |
| 2018-10-31 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MPH, THE PANORAMIC SUNROOF IMPLODED, SHOWERING THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE WITH SHARDS AND CHU… |
| 2018-09-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WHILE SLOWLY TURNING LEFT TO PARK AT A GAS STATION I HEARD A "SNAP" AND FOUND THAT MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND NONE OF … |
| 2018-08-05 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | VOLKSWAGEN HAS A RECALL FOR MANY OF THEIR VEHICLES INCLUDING THE 2011- 2014 TIGUAN DUE TO FAULTY CLOCK SPRINGS. THE VE… |
| 2018-06-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MISFIRE ON COLD STARTS. *TR |
| 2018-05-16 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE CONTROLS ON THE STEERING WHEEL DO NOT WORK, AND THE HORN WILL NOT WORK. |
| 2018-04-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | VW HAS DOOR LOCK HATCH ACTUATORS THAT ARE HAZARDOUS. THEY BREAK OR FAIL SO MUCH THAT THERE ARE MILLIONS OF COMPLAINTS O… |
| 2018-04-03 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY ABOUT 72 MPH AND SUDDENLY I HEARD A BIG BOOM SOUND, LIKE A GUNSHOT . AND THEN GLASS WAS… |
| 2017-11-25 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 42000 MILES ON IT. 6000 MILES OVER WARRANTY. AS I WAS TURNING I HEARD A RATTLING AND THE AIRBAG LI… |
| 2017-10-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | OCT 19TH, 2017 CLOCK SPRING BROKE, WHILE EXITING OUT OF PARKING LOT, FOLLOWED BY AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT APPEARING ON DASH… |