One problem related to tire sidewall has been reported for the 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan based on all problems reported for the 2012 Tiguan.
Tires had 17,000 miles on them. Tire pressure was checked 6 days prior to tire failure. Tire failure occurred on 3/11/23. My 19 year old daughter and two friends were driving on I-26 just east of columbia, SC, when the tire sidewalls spontaneously failed. The tpms is functional and never alerted the driver to low tire pressure. I contacted continental tire and provided them photos, and they have brushed it off saying that the tire was driven with low tire pressure. Continental tire recalled 94,000 tires during the same time frame that these tires were manufactured due to sidewall failures. As noted in my correspondence with continental tire, there was a hairline crack in the rim which discount tire said may have caused the low tire pressure. The tpms did not go off - the crack in the rim was a result of my 19 year old daughter trying to get to safety while driving at 70 mph on I-26.