CarComplaints.com Notes: VW gave the Tiguan a facelift with new headlights, a fancier grille, and improved performance. Unfortunately they didn't address what gave most 2010 owners headaches --- engine problems.

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
126,750 miles

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2011 Volkswagen Tiguan brakes problems

brakes problem

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2011 Volkswagen Tiguan Owner Comments

problem #4

Jun 052020

Tiguan 4-cyl

  • 0 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The clock spring sound a lot, when you do a turn, and it sound a lot, moving the wheel, the brakes have a sound when you are go in down the hill, seems like the car want to stop, like some body is pushing the brakes.

- San Diego, CA, USA

problem #3

Sep 182018

Tiguan

  • 460,000 miles
Was driving air bag never came out the impact was front.

- South Boston, MA, USA

problem #2

Apr 232013

Tiguan

  • 37,000 miles
The parking brake sets itself whenever the vehicle is in park. Also, when you depress the brakes and come to a stop, it will not roll forward or move until the gas is pressed. The necessity of pressing the gas to move at all is also the case in reverse.

- Garland, TX, USA

problem #1

Oct 032011

Tiguan

  • 10,000 miles
Sporadic, complete brake failure. Brakes fail to catch, petal depressed to the floor does not initiate any braking. Once brakes are completely released and pushed again brakes finally catch. This issue occurs at different speeds, sometimes right after car is started, other times after it has been running a while. Has occurred 5-7 times in the last year. VW technicians cannot reproduce, so will not do anything to fix. Lucky there has been enough stopping distance in the previous instances to pus the brakes twice, but this presents a safety hazard to those in the Tiguan and surrounding cars.

- Hillsboro, OR, USA

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