This car is dangerous! I had vehicle for 4 months and have only driven 411 miles car has started to hesitate when pulling out into traffic, it almost feels like it shuts off for a solid 4 seconds before it decides to accelerate. Gas mileage reads 100mpg, we all know that's not possible... Loud wind noises at 50 MPH and a pop noise coming from drivers side door every bump in the road at 50 MPH . The start stop option turns on and off when the road is rough or slightly bumpy!
2018 Volkswagen Tiguan electrical complaints
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2018 tiguan was purchased new in april - mid may car would not start, all warning lights went on. Car eventually turned on. A few days later while driving (on the road), car stopped completely, all warning lights went on. Had to be towed to closest vw where it would remain for over a month. First diagnosed as unknown electrical prob - needed to be analyzed by vw engineer who believed it to be the battery. New battery did not remedy issue - new alternator was ordered, again did not remedy the issue. Finally was identified as a issuing with the wiring being stripped. Feel completely unsafe in my new car - has also been effected by two recalls since (in addition to the one month in the vw dealership from non recall issue) - current sunroof recall has no fix only a temporary solution to disconnect the wiring - I feel completely unsafe in the car and will not drive the vehicle. Car should be bought back by vw - open recalls with no fix leave the car worthless. What else will go wrong with the 2018 tiguan - will not purchase another vw in the future.
The vw-equipped entertainment center does not have the proper processing power to effectively use apple carplay. Since new, when attempting to use apple carplay, the entertainment system will freeze, malfunction, or otherwise fail after the iphone is plugged in. This problem happens at least 50% of the time, and requires the entire entertainment system to undergo a 'hard' reset in order to function properly. This issue occurs at all speeds and in all driving conditions.
Tl* the contact owned a 2018 volkswagen tiguan. While driving 50 MPH, smoke and flames were seen coming from the dashboard. The contact was able to pull the vehicle over to the shoulder. The fire department was contacted to extinguish the fire, but the vehicle was completely burnt and destroyed when they arrived. A police report was filed. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously serviced at diehl automotive (258 pittsburgh rd, butler, pa 16002, (724) 282-8898) for a water leak that was entering the vehicle on the passenger side. The repair was for a rubber seal that went through the firewall, separating the air conditioner from the engine. The vehicle was towed to diehl automotive who stated that they would wait for the contact's insurance company to investigate the cause of the fire. The manufacturer had not been contacted. The failure mileage was 12,000.
There is a recall for sunroof lighting: from vw website: high humidity in the panoramic sunroof ambient lighting bar LED module (caused by environment or by leaving the sunroof open) could lead to a local short circuit. If this happens, there is a risk of a fire. So, I bought higher model because I wanted this feature, but now I cannot use it because vw is going to disconnect it? At the end, pay for feature, but you cannot use it because vw can't figure out which fire to put out.
The safety alert that stops your car in case of a collision stops my car with none or thing in front or on the side of it. My backup camera stays on consistently when driving forward. The electronic middle console constantly freezes up and won't allow me to do anything or goes completely black. This has happened multiple times including the most recent in this complaint. The engine also jerks forward and is very dangerous trying to pull out onto a busy street. When I mentioned this to the dealership they said the car need to learn how I drive. It has 6600 miles on it?
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