One problem related to software has been reported for the 2013 Volkswagen Tiguan. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2013 Volkswagen Tiguan based on all problems reported for the 2013 Tiguan.
A-l-l post 2010 german cars have a battery management system (bms) which is a really cool feature---when it is working and serviced properly. Vw, who invented the system, has software/sensors that will take a dying car battery & attenuate it with higher charging values to compensate for the diminished capacity of said dying battery. My oem 5 year old battery died on me two months ago and I replaced it with a new duracell agm (vw Tiguan fitted) battery from battery & bulbs. I'm happy. Then I bought a bluedriver odb2 module and was invited to join their beta testing, which allowed customers to enter their own bem tag code information & register the batteries to their cars without being hit with a dealer $100. 00 convenience fee. Now get this: I called not one but two vw dealerships a-n-d vw corporate and nobody heard of the procedure, which is hysterical since vw invented it!!! I then called BMW elk grove (see: mr. Trevor kagesiro (916) 687-9046 nello BMW elk grove, CA). Service advisor mr. Kagehiro said "if you don't register yer new battery to your car's battery mgt system, it will use the old battery's values & o-v-e-r-c-h-a-r-g-e both your new battery & your alternator!!! this constitutes a saftey issue because if your battery & alternator is destroyed because of vw's non compliance with its own service bulletins---you could potentially get people killed because their car would have stranded them due to a now destroyed new battery & alternator!!! BMW charges $90. 00 to input the new battery values (does not have to be oem) into BMW's battery mgt system via their proprietary obd2 scanner but won't do my car because it's only a lowly vw!!! requested remedy: compel Volkswagen to identify the bem tag code (located on their oem batteries) and the work around to allow non oem batteries to register the battery by vw consumers. This effects every vw owner!!!.
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