2022 Volkswagen Tiguan: windshield cracks

Filed Jun 29, 2024 · Visibility · NJ

Windshield spontaneously cracked. No previous chip or crack. Temperature was about 72. Car was not being driven

Filed Nov 1, 2023 · Body, Visibility · VA

Windshield provided cracks super easily

Filed Feb 27, 2023 · Visibility · AL

Windshield cracked from the driver side A pillar towards rear view mirror. The crack was about 18” in length and happened while parked at work. Windshield was facing the sun in the afternoon. The crack did cause a safety concern and was breaking federal and state DOT laws.

Filed Feb 10, 2023 · Driver assistance, Transmission · NJ

1-Most importantly, while driving my vehicle on 4 separate occasions I am alerted of possible impact or close vehicle and the car hard brakes by itself on 2 of theses malfunctions I was almost rear ended. 2- I was sitting in my vehicle on a phone call in my buildings garage and my windshield just cracked out of nowhere. Nothing hit my vehicle and a crack just started rising from the bottom of the Left drivers side straight across the center of my windshield . 3- on several occasions while driving my radio/gps display just blacked out and I had to reset it in order to get it back on. 4- my front suspension sounds like is is going to fall out of the car when I hit the smallest of bumps, it almost sounds like it was installed and never tightened up. 5- when it rains or snows the sensors on the vehicle start bugging out and alerting me of multiple hazards when in fact there is nothing near me. This issue may be related to the earlier mentioned statement #1 This could be a scary thing for some people.

Filed Oct 30, 2022 · Visibility · IL

Windshield cracked while stationary no impact. Glass is unavailable to replace due to demand as dealer states this model is having multiple failures of windshield.

Filed Sep 12, 2022 · Visibility · CA

The windshield on my 2022 Tiguan randomly cracked one day with no points of impact along the crackIt's about three and a half feet long it takes up about 85% of the windshield. It really affects my visibility as it makes the lines on the road appear in two different places on either side of the crack. After contacting insurance and getting an appointment to get the glass replaced I was told by several windshield repair shops including Safelite and the VW dealership that the part is on National back order indefinitely and they cannot provide a replacement part at this time. I am not the only one this has happened to I will provide links to other accounts of the same thing happening on the same car. https://globalnews.ca/news/9061769/alberta-volkswagen-driver-unsafe-vehicle/ https://www.mytiguan.com/threads/cracked-windshield-frustration.54677/ The car is not safe to drive due to the lack of visibility on the road as well as the compromise structural Integrity in case of a front-end Collision. I have contacted Volkswagen of America with no success as they have told me to wait for the part there's nothing they can do. I live in California and it is illegal to drive with a cracked windshield especially one that is as cracked as mine. I feel as though I'm paying high payments for a vehicle I cannot drive and feel as if I have been robbed. Please help.

Filed Aug 2, 2022 · Visibility · NV

On 07/01/2022 while driving on a highway a rock hit my windshield at one inch from passenger side middle of the windshield which resulted in a star like chip plus a long crack that kept getting longer by the day. Currently that crack is three quarters of the windshield, I tried to fix it by a repair kit without success, took it to Safelight Auto Glass they said it can't be repaired and needed a new windshield which ONLY a dealer can carry since it's the car is a new design for 2022. I called my local dealer, Findley Henderson Volkswagen, I was informed it will take at least 8 weeks for them to get one with a cost of $1,200. It's unacceptable to drive around with a cracked windshield for more than two months due to lack of this safety part.