general problems of the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan - part 2

The contact owned a 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan. While driving 50 mph, smoke and flames were seen coming from the dashboard. The contact was able to pull the vehicle over to the shoulder. The fire department was contacted to extinguish the fire, but the vehicle was completely burnt and destroyed when they arrived. A police report was filed. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously serviced at diehl automotive (258 pittsburgh rd, butler, PA 16002, (724) 282-8898) for a water leak that was entering the vehicle on the passenger side. The repair was for a rubber seal that went through the firewall, separating the air conditioner from the engine. The vehicle was towed to diehl automotive who stated that they would wait for the contact's insurance company to investigate the cause of the fire. The manufacturer had not been contacted. The failure mileage was 12,000.

The vw-equipped entertainment center does not have the proper processing power to effectively use apple carplay. Since new, when attempting to use apple carplay, the entertainment system will freeze, malfunction, or otherwise fail after the iphone is plugged in. This problem happens at least 50% of the time, and requires the entire entertainment system to undergo a 'hard' reset in order to function properly. This issue occurs at all speeds and in all driving conditions.

Tl the contact owns a 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated that the seat belt indicator flashed and a chime was heard even when the driver's seat belt was secured. Flow Volkswagen of charlottesville (1313 richmond rd, charlottesville, va 22911, (434) 296-4147) was notified several times, but was unable to replicate the failure. The vehicle was currently at the dealer being diagnosed. In addition, there was a delay in providing the part concerning an unknown recall for the ambient lighting. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA action numbers: ea18005 (seat belts) and pe18001 (seat belts); however, the failure was related. The manufacturer was notified of the seat belt failures. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 60.

There is a recall for sunroof lighting: from vw website: high humidity in the panoramic sunroof ambient lighting bar led module (caused by environment or by leaving the sunroof open) could lead to a local short circuit. If this happens, there is a risk of a fire. So, I bought higher model because I wanted this feature, but now I cannot use it because vw is going to disconnect it? at the end, pay for feature, but you cannot use it because vw can't figure out which fire to put out.

Vehicle engages automatic braking system without any prompting. . . No other vehicle anywhere in sight. It has happened on a rural two lane road, with a farm on one side and woods on the other and has also happened on a 4 lane road within city limits, but no vehicle in front of me, but one to the rear passenger side in the lane heading in the same direction. Every time this happens it brings the vehicle to a complete stop, regardless of speed. I have experienced whiplash on several occasions, as well as my husband and my 7 year old daughter. The amount of force is so violent that I would imagine it is equivalent to being hit by another vehicle. I had just picked up take-out once when this had happened, and the salsa in the takeout bag flew off of the back seat and the force caused the lid to come off and salsa was all over the 2nd row, front row, as well as myself and windshield to put into perspective how forceful this is. I fear the day that it engages and a car is behind me, because it will kill someone. We only drive this car now only if it is absolutely necessary and we can't make other arrangements.

The safety alert that stops your car in case of a collision stops my car with none or thing in front or on the side of it. My backup camera stays on consistently when driving forward. The electronic middle console constantly freezes up and won't allow me to do anything or goes completely black. This has happened multiple times including the most recent in this complaint. The engine also jerks forward and is very dangerous trying to pull out onto a busy street. When I mentioned this to the dealership they said the car need to learn how I drive. It has 6600 miles on it?.