general problems of the 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan

The car keeps throwing sensors (camshaft, crank sensors, throttle body etc) and the ecm needs to be updated. It keeps turning over. I checked the recall list of vins and mine is within the range, however there aren't any recalls listed.

The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated while driving 45 mph, but failed to accelerate when depressing on the accelerator pedal and then the vehicle seized. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not drivable. The contact towed the vehicle to independent mechanic and was informed the engine was needing to be replace. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 08v235000 (engine and engine cooling), however the VIN was not included. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 189,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated that while her son was driving at an undisclosed speed, the oil pressure warning light illuminated and a message to stop the vehicle immediately was displayed. Aaa arrived on the scene and diagnosed the vehicle with oil sensor failure. The vehicle was driven to an independent mechanic and the vehicle was repaired; however, the failure reoccurred. The vehicle was vibrating while driving back to the residence. The vehicle stalled upon arrival at the residence in the driveway. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer and diagnosed with timing chain and timing sensor failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 84,092.

The engine reached 100k miles in the second week of April 2022. After that, I tried to turn on the vehicle, and the engine did not respond. I took my car to the mechanic, and he told me that the car needed an engine replacement. This is very strange since the vehicle had an excellent maintenance schedule, and I usually, this type of car last longer. That engine issue could have caused a severe accident on the road, and fortunately, it never happened. The timing belt might have an issue there, but I had very little information from the engine codes since I did not have an indicator earlier. It just appeared like that. I feel that this type of issue is unfair. After having more than four cars with way more miles, this has never happened, and on average, a Tiguan engine should last at least 150k miles according to the statistics of the vehicle model and year. I feel upset and disappointed with this vehicle model since the cost of replacing the engine cost around 6000$, and I am an International student with no money to do that repair. I feel helpless, and vw told me the only way to get a recall of this car is through a report from the NHTSA, which would be fair given the circumstances I have been through. The only thing I request is to generate a recall for this vehicle if possible. I hope some reads this, and I appreciate the work you do. Thanks.

Problems start with abs and steering warning lights with epic warning on dash, flickering of lights and radio shut off by loosing power steering and rough acceleration and idling. Has been in to vw dealership 5 times now with repairs "fixing" problem for a few days - a week before returning again. This is a safety issue because this happens very quickly and without warning. Once I was on a highway and had to carefully move to side of the road and limp to a safe area (luckily I was in the right lane already).

Air bag light all of a sudden came without bumping - the engine idle were not normal high and low - electrical problem from the steering.

The turbo blew causing the car to stop in the middle of traffic. The blown turbo caused metal to go into my fuel system and oil. The air bag sensors are faulty. They cannot sense someone in the seats. The car had to be towed to a auto shop. Due to the blown turbo, it will cost $5,500 to fix.

My vehicle has been having electrical problems with the throttle body system as well as the coolant hose which had to be replaced my radio goes blank to where I can't see my back up camera ! this vehicle has to many electrical issues!.

Sunroof had defected drain tubes. Due to the drain tubes being defected, it caused a major leak in the sunroof and ended up flooding the inside of the car. Due to the flooding, it shorted out my passenger air bag. My passenger air bag is not functioning correctly. Also, the engine light keeps coming on even after the problems are fixed. The engine has been fixed numerous times and the problems still come back. The engine is faulty. Problems keep arising with the engine in general. I had the car looked at numerous times and its always the same problem being fixed.

Tl-the contact owns a 2009 vw Tiguan se leather 2. 0 tfsi automatic 4motion . The contact stated that the vehicle failed to accelerate from a stop position. The contact was able to restart the vehicle, pulled over and had the vehicle towed to the dealer. No warning lights illuminated. Van horn Nissan of sheboygan 5515 racetrack rd, sheboygan, WI 53081 (920) 457-8844 diagnosed the vehicle and stated that the timing chain and cylinders needed to be repaired. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure the failure mileage was 82,082. Nd.

The timing chain jumped the safety and destroyed the engine and steering. The wiring under the front seats is corroded. The vehicle was stationary.

I started having issues with the epc light coming on in my car back in 2017. I was told that I needed "carbon cleaning" which I had done in July 2017 to the tune of $950+. After the repairs were done, my car seemed fine until I was out driving up a long hill near home and my car could not pick up speed. The epc warning light came back on. I pulled over and the light went off and I was able to drive again. Weird, but no problems until November 2018 and the same thing started to happen. For personal reasons, I could get to my garage, but just before I was able to take it in to have the problem checked out and for routine maintenance, I'd come out of the grocery store Friday, March 9, and my car would not work. Had it towed to the garage I frequent and was told that my timing chain tension had failed and I would be looking at a bill of $3,100. Please keep in mind that this is the second engine on this car. I replaced the original engine after it died in 2012. I paid $7,000 for a new engine only to end up back in the spot where I'm having to pay loads of money to have this "new" engine repaired. The first time my engine died in 2012, I begged and pleaded with vw to own up to this and to pay for the repair. They only offered me 10% off of a new car.

The vehicle has heavy hesitattion on the highway and within city limits. It is as iff the car will stop. I took the car to the certified vw dealership due to the engine light being on. It was found that there are metal pieces from the engine or spark plug in the oil and has messed the engine up. With regular oil changes, how would these pieces of metal be in the engine. I performed some research and saw that a lot of others have had the same issues. This should be something that should be reviewed and looked into further by the NHTSA.

When driving vehicle stopped running while on the highway. Would not start. Towed to dealer and told the engine was no good and needs to be replaced. Timing chain failure is the reason. Unable to fix as cost to repair is $7000.

2009 Tiguan 2. 0 tsi all wheel drive in 2012 I discovered some wetness in the Tiguan floor mat. (less then 3 years old car) I took it to vw dealership, they found a malfunction of the roof drain hose. The estimate was so high $700 that I figure well, I can live with a little wetness when it rains hard. 2012 to 2015 the car was at pizza ardmore vw several times (the same dealership) due to an ongoing red and orange warning lights on the dashboard. "check engine"�including malfunction of the airbag. In may 2015 the engine completely stopped running. "you need a new engine" I was told, without providing me with any explanation in spite of my request. How come 25,000 mile engine brakes? nearly $8,000 for a new engine on a six year old Tiguan. Two year later, the car stopped running again, the engine will not start, all electric are shot, no radio, no light, no airbags, no power, all gone. Back to piazza ardmore vw,� the car was then declared total loss, it was too expensive to fix. It all happened for two reasons. The vw manufacturer production defect of the drain hose. And lousy piazza vw dealership neglected to detect and fix the problem twice before it was declared a total loss. �.

The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan. While at a traffic light, the contact noticed that the vehicle would not idle. When the failure occurred, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the timing chain failed and the engine needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided case number: 170410920. The contact was informed that the vehicle had no recalls for the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 93,000.

I was in downtown denver, colorado on 2/14/2017. I started the car, pulled into traffic and the car started jumping, all warning lights went on and I turned off the engine. It wouldn't start, was towed to a garage where the mechanic reported that the timing mechanism had slipped and damaged the engine. When he examined it further he realized it was beyond repair and that I needed a new engine.

On Monday evening 02/13/2017 in downtown denver, CO, I started my car and pulled into traffic when the car began to jump violently and all warning lights went on. I shut the engine off and it wouldn't start again. I had it towed to the garage where it had been serviced the preceding week. The mechanic called later to say that the engine was damaged because the timing mechanism had slipped but that he would have to pull the engine to evaluate the extent of the damage. Later on the next week, he reported that the engine was damaged beyond repair and that I would need a replacement engine. There was a wait of several days and time to do the work. I got my car back in running condition on 2/24/2017 after paying $6776. 94 for the repairs.

Engine seized at just over 117,000 miles. Replaced the engine with a new used one and it seized again not even 4 months after the new used engine was replaced.

Car would not start or even turn over. Battery was fine and firmly connected. Lights all came on. No error messages. On third or fourth try, it started right up. I backed the car out of driveway onto my street with distant approaching traffic. I shifted from reverse to drive and the car began to move forward and left, then with a loud clunk it died completely, engine off, all lights dark. Now in danger from the not-so-distant oncoming traffic, I tried to restart. Same trouble as before---no reponse but the all lights came on. Two or three tries and then it started. The same thing occurred the following morning. No oil dump or any other fluid. Unknown cause. Vw dealershsip unable to recreate the problem and thus unable to diagnose. The dying while in motion problem is a potentially injury-causing or even fatal hazard.

Turned car on and started to shake and idle wildly, engine light came on. Timing chain jumped was the diagnosis, went to get 2nd opinion same result. Mechanic working on vehicle, dont have exact extent of damage but have an estimate of cost.

My car was parked in a lot and wouldn't start. I had it towed to the dealership. They said the timing chain had jumped and damaged the engine beyond repair. They quoted my $8k to purchase a new engine.

Was traveling just off i270 outside of columbus OH on Friday 7/17/2015 when the real main engine seal failed causing a dump of the engine oil and a warning to immediately stop the engine due to lack of oil pressure. There was no prior warning at all. If had been on the interstate could have put us at risk due to the abrupt failure. Have been researching this problem and have found many other owners of this vehicle and engine (2. 0 tsi 2009 on) in other vw's that this is a common problem in the range of 80 to 100k miles. Finally had to have the car flatbedded to a local dealer where the engine was declared unrepairable and had to be replaced out of warranty at a cost of over $7,000.

Tl-the contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated the vehicle failed to start after repeated attempts. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who stated the engine seized. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000. Js.

I had just started going up the hill I tried to accelerate the car. It started shaking and did not want to go any faster. In the mean while the engine light was flashing. After that the car was running fine as long I did not accelerated it. I took it to the dealer and found out that one of the coil was not working properly and causing lack of power. I had just picked up the car from the dealer 5 days ago because of the safety recall about the fuse and the fuse panel. They changed the fuse and the fuse panel and gave me a paper work saying that my car checked out good. And this happens! I got done the 60k check up 5 months ago and 3 weeks after that the auxiliary fan got broken. I bought the car 9 months ago and I have already spent over a thousand dollar on it. I am really frustrated with vw Tiguan!.

My 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan suffered a timing chain malfunction approximately 40,000 miles below its manufacturer recommended replacement date. This incident resulted in catastrophic mechanical failure (bent valves).

I have had over the course of 3 years one of the 4 engine coils go out on my car right after the vehicle started. My car had 41k miles when the first went out and now the third is at 53k. The mechanics at vw know it is a problem and they expect it. There is even a new part with a new part number which indicated vw knows of the issue and they redesigned the part. Its insane to me there is not a recall on this part.

I am the owner of a 2009 vw Tiguan. On several occasions as I am coasting downhill the car begins to accelerates even though I am continuously pressing the brakes. As I am, pressing the brake that car begins to idle up instead of down and the engine grinds.

I have a 2009 Tiguan I bought in April 2009. I also first noticed a really bad smell coming out of the vents during the summer months when it's very humid. I didn't take it until the fall of 2009 to the dealer for an unrelated matter. They fixed the problem by performing a filter change and apparently sanitizing the chamber. It seemed to have solved the problem. It's been warm this summer in the northeast and I've had the a/c on most of the time since June. I've noticed the smell returning slightly, though not as bad as last year. I guess I'll have to wait and see if the problem develops full blown when I will need to return it for another sanitizing treatment.