10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
11,500 miles

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problem #4

Nov 152022

Tiguan 4-cyl

  • miles
I suffered a front-end collision on 11/15/2022 in my 2017 VW Tiguan. I was going on I-66 in Virginia 40-45mph back to college at Howard University, and a car stopped suddenly after being cut off, but it was raining horribly and I was in half a foot of water, so even with braking, I hydroplaned into the vehicle in front of me, causing insubstantial damage to them but very significant damage to my vehicle as well as whiplash.

- Washington Dc, DC, USA

problem #3

Aug 302021

Tiguan

  • miles
The gas pedal stopped responding during high velocity highway drive. Luckily, I was able to steer the car safely to an emergency stop. I was able to shift gear to N and than to P but the car rocked violently when I tried to switch back to D. The car was towed and a mechanic inspection suggested that it's a transmission fail.

- Menlo Park, CA, USA

problem #2

Dec 202018

Tiguan

  • 20,000 miles
When driving down an incline on the road, the car will downshift so hard that the rpms will go really high for a few seconds. I am not sure if this is normal or if it is ok for the engine.

- Pasadena, MD, USA

problem #1

Apr 162018

Tiguan

  • 26,000 miles
Purchased 05/19/2017. Horn and dashboard lights did not work in approximately 12/2017. Was repaired and told was a coil problem. Then on 04/12/18 it suddenly flashed all the dashboard and steering wheel lights in the middle of my driving and suddenly died on me when I turned into my driveway and the steering wheel got locked. Luckily happened near my driveway!! had to be towed and told they fixed the battery problem. The next day it acted up again whereby the radio kept shutting off and coming back on! before I could take it in again I was involved in accident on 04/16/18 and the airbags did not deploy causing my head to whip every which way!!

- Riverside,, CA, USA