Power Steering Light On problems of the 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan

The steering wheel light comes on and the steering gets hard and it's dangerous because it's happening while my wife drives it. Please give me some information on what could possibly be happening or if u guys can let me know if there is a recall on it. I know your busy but please get back to me as soon as you can.

I was approaching my driveway in my 09 vw Tiguan when the red power steering assist warning light came and steering wheel locked. I could not turn the car. Fortunately, I was not driving fast or I could have been in and accident or worse. There was no warning of the yellow light, the red came on and that was it. This is a very unsafe feature on the Volkswagen that can kill someone. I have the vehicle in my driveway, waiting to be towed and repaired.

Steering got very heavy and then the steering warning light came on. The steering is at about half power. Have not gone to vw yet. Search the web shows alot of other people having this issue.

Several recurrences of power steering issues in adverse or cold weather conditions. Complete loss of steering, power steering failure warning light. Now I get constant and loud grinding noise during operation of all steering functions.

1 out of 5 times I start my 2009 Tiguan (with 10,000 miles on it), my power steering will fail and the light will come on. Today the check engine light came on. I was driving about a block from my house when all of a sudden my power steering cut out and I had a very difficult time pulling off the road to shut off the engine and restart it. Once I restart the engine, I have no problem. It seems to be the initial start only- if I start it twice I have no problems. I bought the vehicle in the us and now live in canada, so my warranty is not covered unless I drive it to the us- scary thought considering the power steering has failed while driving down the road!.