2009 Volkswagen Tiguan electrical problems

Filed Oct 28, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · MN

Problems start with ABS and Steering warning lights with EPIC warning on dash, flickering of lights and radio shut off by loosing power steering and rough acceleration and idling. Has been in to VW dealership 5 times now with repairs "fixing" problem for a few days - a week before returning again. This is a safety issue because this happens very quickly and without warning. Once I was on a highway and had to carefully move to side of the road and limp to a safe area (luckily I was in the right lane already).

Filed May 11, 2020 · Acceleration, Electrical · CA

My vehicle has been having electrical problems with the throttle body system as well as the coolant hose which had to be replaced my radio goes blank to where I can't see my back up camera ! This vehicle has to many electrical issues!

Filed Feb 25, 2020 · Electrical, Steering · 114,000 miles · OH

I was approaching my driveway in my 09 vw tiguan when the red power steering assist warning light came and steering wheel locked. I could not turn the car. Fortunately, I was not driving fast or I could have been in and accident or worse. There was no warning of the yellow light, the red came on and that was it. This is a very unsafe feature on the volkswagen that can kill someone. I have the vehicle in my driveway, waiting to be towed and repaired.

Filed Apr 25, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 110,000 miles · RI

The timing chain jumped the safety and destroyed the engine and steering. The wiring under the front seats is corroded. The vehicle was stationary.

Filed Jan 8, 2018 · Electrical · 25,000 miles · HI

2009 vw tiguan. The wiring to both high and low beam lights is faulty. The insulation around the copper wiring to all lights has cracked off exposing the copper wiring. As a result the lights frequently do not work properly leaving me with a headlight that does not function. This is extremely dangerous when driving at night. The local vw dealerships fail to acknowledge the problem. Which leads one to think that vw american fails to address the problem. This is not an isolated problem but widespread. Replacing the bulb is only a temporary fix. The problems persists because of the faulty, cracking wire insulation. Vw will charge $800. To replace both light systems. Their reason for the high cost is the labor involved. They say the front bumper has to be taken off to complete the headlight lamp replacement. This is a factory defect that vw needs to address. Wire insulation is not suppose to crack making the light inoperable. Yet the dealership explanation says it's "due to wear". Well, why aren't any of the other wiring systems under the hood cracking? Because they are not suppose to. That's why. This is extremely frustrating to know that I have to pay an exorbitant amount of money to replace the headlight systems. Someone please initiate some action.

Filed Jul 21, 2017 · Airbags, Electrical · 28,000 miles · PA

2009 tiguan 2.0 tsi all wheel drive in 2012 I discovered some wetness in the tiguan floor mat. (less then 3 years old car) I took it to vw dealership, they found a malfunction of the roof drain hose. The estimate was so high $700 that I figure well, I can live with a little wetness when it rains hard. 2012 to 2015 the car was at pizza ardmore vw several times (the same dealership) due to an ongoing red and orange warning lights on the dashboard. "check engine"including malfunction of the airbag. In may 2015 the engine completely stopped running. "you need a new engine" I was told, without providing me with any explanation in spite of my request. How come 25,000 mile engine brakes? Nearly $8,000 for a new engine on a six year old tiguan. Two year later, the car stopped running again, the engine will not start, all electric are shot, no radio, no light, no airbags, no power, all gone. Back to piazza ardmore vw, the car was then declared total loss, it was too expensive to fix. It all happened for two reasons. The vw manufacturer production defect of the drain hose. And lousy piazza vw dealership neglected to detect and fix the problem twice before it was declared a total loss.

Filed Apr 12, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 125,310 miles · MA

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen tiguan. While driving 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled and all the warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed a loud noise, no compression, and a metallic metal to metal noise coming from the engine. The engine would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was serviced per the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v441000 (fuel system, gasoline) and 13v569000 (electrical system, exterior lighting). The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 08v235000 (engine and engine cooling). The failure mileage was 125,310.

Filed Jan 12, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 100,000 miles · MO

Tiguan. Purchased the car in december 2015 replaced the water pump in february 2016 and again in january 2017. The water pump on this car has been replaced 4 times in its lifetime. Vw should issue a recall and offer extended warranties to all owners of its cars.

Filed Jan 1, 2017 · Electrical, Lights · 34,000 miles · TX

The wiring inside the headlight assembly has insulation that degrades with the head generated by the low beam/daylight running lights. It becomes brittle and falls off creating bear wire shorting hazard. The light assemblies are such that the wiring cannot be accessed to replace with high temp insulation. Vw only replaces w/ the same entire assembly which does not correct the hazard & costs $800 to replace both assemblies. I caught the defect when replacing a light bulb. This affects more than the tiguan model.

Filed Dec 1, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 88,000 miles · TX

Car would not start or even turn over. Battery was fine and firmly connected. Lights all came on. No error messages. On third or fourth try, it started right up. I backed the car out of driveway onto my street with distant approaching traffic. I shifted from reverse to drive and the car began to move forward and left, then with a loud clunk it died completely, engine off, all lights dark. Now in danger from the not-so-distant oncoming traffic, I tried to restart. Same trouble as before---no reponse but the all lights came on. Two or three tries and then it started. The same thing occurred the following morning. No oil dump or any other fluid. Unknown cause. Vw dealershsip unable to recreate the problem and thus unable to diagnose. The dying while in motion problem is a potentially injury-causing or even fatal hazard.