10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 2 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 36,000 miles
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I was driving on the interstate to work, without any other vehicles immediately in front of me, when my glass sunroof shattered suddenly. The noise of it shattering was like a gunshot going off in the cabin. I had my cloth ceiling liner extended so I didn't get hit by the falling glass shards but it still spooked me. I didn't end up finding anything that would suggest it was the result of an object hitting me.
- Fredericksburg, VA, USA
I parked my vehicle in the ymca parking. I turned off the push button keyless entry.I exited the vehicle and locked the keyless entry system and entered the ymca. I completed my business and exited the Y approximately 3 minutes later. My vehicle had rolled left striking the rear corner of a parked vehicle, then exited the parking lot and striking another vehicle parked on the street. If we assume I left my vehicle in drive position, there is no alarm, bell, whistle or safety system in place on a 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan to prevent drivers from a similar accident. Volkswagen has a recall on 679,000 vehicles with what appears to be the same problem. The 2016 Tiguan should be, but is not on this recall list. A person from VW informed me that recall was fairly new and the Tiguan could end up under recall yet. Should they wait until more Tiguans have accidents? my research shows that many makes and model vehicles have lights or alarms in place, including some when the vehicle door is opened.
- Holyoke, MA, USA
The car was shut down by keyless ignition and the fob was removed when I entered a building. After 15 minutes it rolled away and hit a sculpture and rolled over. I as the driver failed to place the transmission in park or someone tampered with the car as someone was spotted in the car after it flipped over. My complaint is that when the car is shut down I believe it should have immobilized regardless of the shifter as I shut off the engine exited the vehicle. Keyless ignition safety in relation to rollaways in this model is not sufficient.
- Gainesville, FL, USA
- Babylon, NY, USA