general problems of the 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan

Water pump melted and needed to be replaced, car won't start, airbag light is on and clock spring needed to be replaced, heated seat gets extremely hot on driver's side when turned on.

Vehicle engine suddenly began idling roughly while stopped at city street intersection. While driving the engine still felt rough and would occasionally stop running. After getting it to a vw service mechanic it received the following diagnostic - "check engine light: found camshaft spool valve has come apart. Found cam shaft bearing bracket oil screen damaged. " at 81,000 miles this car should not exhibit such problems. There appears to be a recall on 2015 vw Tiguan engines related to the same part, cam shaft. I reached out to vw for any info about this, and have not received any response.

For almost two years, intermittently but consistently, the car will lose power after a warm start. Ignition turns over appropriately and starts, but after pulling out of parking spot in a lot or into traffic, the car just loses power. Battery light goes on and you have to put car back in park and start it again. The second time it starts it struggles but restarts and typically does not lose power or stall again. Sometimes the car will start to lose power and as you prepare for it to stall it regains power and shoots forward regardless of how lightly you're gassing it. I have gone for service multiple times. They ruled out battery, connections, alternator, etc. And say they can not replicate the problem even after keeping the car for days and driving it around, yet it has literally happened when I have been leaving the dealer. Sometimes the epc light goes on after this occurs but never the check engine light. This happens more often when the weather is mild and when the car has already been running for some time. Never hesitates on a cold start.

Tl the contact owns a 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated that the fuel door would not open. The contact mentioned that the failure occurred periodically. Reeves Volkswagen (11337 n florida Ave, tampa, FL 33612, (813) 935-3354) was contacted and informed the contact that it was not a known failure and to contact the manufacturer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 101,846.

Fuel door will not open. Therefore, I cannot refuel the vehicle.

The brakes first appeared to be sluggish as I was stopping for a light. Once the car finally stopped, the catalytic converter warning light began to flash and the engine died. I put the car in park, turned off the ignition, then turned it back on, and put the car into drive. The engine started, but the car shuddered. It drove less than a mile before the engine died again. I went through the same sequence in order to restart the car, but the engine kept dying. In all, it died five times in five miles, dying faster and shuddering harder upon restart. Now, this car is like new. It was bought brand new 2. 5 years ago and has less than 4000 miles on it. It had a clean inspection three months ago, and up until today never showed any mechanical problems. It has been in no collisions. The problems began suddenly without warning. And now the car barely functions. If I had been in fast-moving traffic, I could have been killed.