2009 Volkswagen Tiguan: multiple warning lights

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 May 6, 2017 · Engine, Transmission · 80,600 miles · CO

I was in downtown denver, colorado on 2/14/2017. I started the car, pulled into traffic and the car started jumping, all warning lights went on and I turned off the engine. It wouldn't start, was towed to a garage where the mechanic reported that the timing mechanism had slipped and damaged the engine. When he examined it further he realized it was beyond repair and that I needed a new engine.

Filed May 6, 2017 · Engine, Transmission · 80,600 miles · CO

On monday evening 02/13/2017 in downtown denver, co, I started my car and pulled into traffic when the car began to jump violently and all warning lights went on. I shut the engine off and it wouldn't start again. I had it towed to the garage where it had been serviced the preceding week.the mechanic called later to say that the engine was damaged because the timing mechanism had slipped but that he would have to pull the engine to evaluate the extent of the damage. Later on the next week, he reported that the engine was damaged beyond repair and that I would need a replacement engine. There was a wait of several days and time to do the work. I got my car back in running condition on 2/24/2017 after paying $6776.94 for the repairs.

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.

Filed Nov 11, 2013 · Electrical, Lights · 47,000 miles · AK

While driving down the highway in dark, snowy, and icy conditions with medium traffic, some of the vehicle lights went out and vw warning indicator came on saying multiple lights were out. After pulling over in a safe location, found right high beam, right low beam, right front blinker, right fog lamp, right rear blinker, and taillight out. Upon further research and troubleshooting, found 30 amp lighting fuse in under-hood fuse box severely melted. Additional research revealed that this is a common vw problem and should be recalled.

Filed Jun 18, 2013 · Electrical · 40,000 miles · VA

I was taking my vehicle in for it's 40k service and the service tech's noticed several trouble codes. One of these codes was an open-circuit front headlight warning. When they checked the headlight (which I had recently replaced) other lights started shorting out. Turns out the main fuse for all lights had shorted and that the fuse box itself had started to melt. This shorting and melting would have caused all the lights on the car to fail or incorrectly function including brake lights. Luckily I did not find this out when someone ran into me, but instead luckily during a service check. Researching on the web shows that this appears not to be uncommon. Here are some example threads: http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5927373-fuse-box-left-low-beam-headlight http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5618907-blown-fuse-causing-random-ext-lights-out-2009-tiguan http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5891263-2009-tiguan-replaced-engine-fuse-box-no-esp-or-windshield-wipers http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5940918-melting-fuse-box-strikes-again!-%28the-40k-club..%29. *tr *updated 09-18-13