general problems of the 2010 Volkswagen Tiguan

I have been having this truck for 13 months now I have more than 20 payments still to make on this truck every time it rains the truck gets filled with water in the passenger side fills more than 5 gallons of water depending on how bad it rains my heated seats don't work am assuming it's due to the water damage and my back lights continue to blow out I am actually fighting a ticket due to this matter there is water damage on top of the roof top and feel I got rip off with this junk.

The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated that the exterior lighting failed to operate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the a fuse for the exterior lighting overheated and caused the fuse panel to become damaged. The fuse panel needed to be replaced. The dealer stated that the repair for NHTSA campaign number: 13v569000 (electrical system) was previously performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000.

I received a safety recall 97z9 letter asking me to take my vw Tiguan to a vw dealer to have the affected fuse (plug-in position f16) replaced. I responded and informed the company that there's no vw car dealership on st. Croix, in the us virgin islands where I have the Tiguan. I asked if the part could be shipped and the vw mechanic could install it, and I was told that can't be done. The gentleman then told me that the nearest vw dealership is in puerto rico, and I should ship my car there to have the work done. Puerto rico is separated from the virgin islands by approximately 12,000 miles of water. It is not practical for me to ship my car there. I need some help in resolving this problem. Thanks, valerie combie.

I started up the car and multiple dash warnings then went off. The epc light, check engine light and the head lamps warnings all turned on. I then popped the hood and opened up the fuse box to make sure the fuses were seated correctly. Upon checking the fuses I noticed the box itself was melted and scorched meaning there had been fire at some point under the hood. I then took my Volkswagen to the closest vw dealership service station. It cost $400 (michigan) to replace the fuse box, also leaving me questioning if this will happen again. After some investigation online I found that this is not rare. The vw dealership that did the repair stated that this was the 8th one he himself has done. Hopefully this does not happen again. Lights randomly going out is a safety hazard,and could lead to car accidents, injurys, and fatalities.

Fuse at fuse box under hood melted (not blowing) a 30amp fuse. Several light warnings came on after occurrence. Headlamp, marker lights, tag lights did not work.