48 problems related to equipment have been reported for the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan based on all problems reported for the 2018 Tiguan.
Bought the car in October 2017, immediately had to have the left rear sensor replaced because it would show that there was a vehicle to the left of me, even when I was in the left hand lane. When the headlights are set to automatic they are always on. They don't turn off when your driving in full sunshine. B pillar rattle has gotten steadily worse on both sides. I just took my car in and the dealership couldn't give me an estimate on when I will get it back. The rattling happens all times of the day and on all road conditions. The temperature doesn't seem to impact the rattling either.
I purchased my 2018 Tiguan on June 26th, 2018. On June 27th, as I was driving on the expressway I heard a loud rattling noise coming from the passenger side of the car . The more I drove the louder it was . I didn't know exactly where it was coming from. I was headed to the dealership anyway because my car was missing 3 items from the truck. The paint protector wasn't done properly and the inside of the car wasn't clean. I spoke with my sales person once I arrived and we went to the service department and scheduled an appointment to get the car re-detailed inside and out along with them checking out the noise I was hearing. Thursday June 29, 10 am, I arrived and checked my vehicle in. I was told it would take a couple of hours to complete everything. It took 5 hours and they told me that the shift plate under the passenger seat was loose and it would take about 3 to 4 days for the part to arrive. I received a call on July 5th, stating the part came in and I was scheduled to come back in on Saturday July 9th and that he would have a technician ride with me , since I was hearing the noise from the seat belt panel on both sides of the car. When I arrived, the technician rode with me to hear the noise and he agreed that it was coming from the seat belt panel. Technician drove 2 other demo cars since my car was driven by the owner. Fast-forward, I was told the demo cars sounded the same way and that he took the seat belt panel off, rearranged something , drove the car and didn't hear the noise. The service person explained that if I still heard the noise that it was nothing that could be done and I had to deal with the noise. Since my 3 year old daughter was with me , I didn't have time to go back and forth, I said ok and reported this issue to Volkswagen.
There is a rattle coming from lower b pillar rattle coming from driver seat belt retractor, overhead console, wood trim on both front doors, both tweeter speaker grills, both rear cup holders, also found rear deck lid clips not clipped in all the way driver rear access panel ratting along with both rear stop light access panels.
When I'm giving gas/ accelerating, there is a "hissing-sound" coming from outside and more clearer and louder to the passenger side person position. Can hear it even clear if I roll down the windows. Sound starts coming anywhere from 0 - max mph no matter which roads I drive in. Don't know for sure which part of the car is doing the sound but "acceleration" is the causing it and when I let the car roll without giving gas, the sound stops. So you should definitely give gas/ press acceleration pedal to hear this sound. Its been 9 months since I purchased this car and has roughly 11k miles on it. (tiguan se 2018 4motion) sounds from driver's side b column is also noticeably loud when driving.
The safety systems on the vehicle are severely defective. The active lane keep assist frequently tries to steer me into other lanes rather than keeping me in my own, which has nearly caused me to have serious collisions on multiple occasions. The dealer and manufacturer have disregarded my concerns. . Read more...
Purchased a 2018 Tiguan and developed a rattle in the b-pillar. Vw/body shop is repairing it according to a TSB that is not up to standard in my opinion. How can you fix a bad weld by making the space wider and spraying it with a sealer?.
2018 Tiguan was purchased new in April - mid may car would not start, all warning lights went on. Car eventually turned on. A few days later while driving (on the road), car stopped completely, all warning lights went on. Had to be towed to closest vw where it would remain for over a month. First diagnosed as unknown electrical prob - needed to be analyzed by vw engineer who believed it to be the battery. New battery did not remedy issue - new alternator was ordered, again did not remedy the issue. Finally was identified as a issuing with the wiring being stripped. Feel completely unsafe in my new car - has also been effected by two recalls since (in addition to the one month in the vw dealership from non recall issue) - current sunroof recall has no fix only a temporary solution to disconnect the wiring - I feel completely unsafe in the car and will not drive the vehicle. Car should be bought back by vw - open recalls with no fix leave the car worthless. What else will go wrong with the 2018 Tiguan - will not purchase another vw in the future.
It's a slight ticking. The rattle happens over the smallest bump.
Intermittent ongoing rattle in the b pillars behind seat belts. .
We bought a vw Tiguan 4 motion sel 2018 with panoramic sunroof, on Jan 20,2018. From the same night we took the car out of the dealership we heard a rattling noise in the b pillar constantly. Starting from Jan 26, 2018 the car has been to the vw service station twice already (still there), in total of over 3 weeks. I heard from the service team there were three other vw cars with the same problem so the qa team came down to service station to look at all cases. Qa team checked it multiple times. Remedies I heard from them involved "trimming" and ordering new parts. Nothing is fixed and the words I am hearing from service is that there is no hope to ever get fixed. Contacted vw customer service directly today, they had no record of these issues for my car. So disappointing that over 6 weeks of our time is wasted with an issue that seems to exist in 2018 models since last year, and no transparency. I believe the issue is structural problem when car is in normal condition moving and additional concern is the noise coming from location of side airbags, I have a big concern over the vw safety and operation of the airbags in this situation, when vw can not even address the problem with the noise.
Consistent rattling noise from b pillar area. After several attempts of resolving the issue with Volkswagen, they were unable to properly diagnose or fix. The rattle occurs during regular driving conditions, but primarily when driving on bumpy surfaces.
Rattling/ticking noise on drivers side around ear level. Noise has been present since I bought it in August 2017. The noise occurs at all speeds and on smooth surface roads.
Sel premium trim lane assist malfunction - system will inaccurately detect lane lines and attempt to adjust the vehicle to the center of the lane, even when it already is centered in the lane, resulting in the vehicle pulling into the adjacent lane. Has nearly pulled the vehicle into adjacent lane with another vehicle present in the lane resulting in near collisions on numerous occasions. System will also register as the vehicle somehow departing into the lanes on both sides of vehicle at the same time, and will essentially lock the steering wheel in place. See included photo evidence - both lines on the side of the vehicle are solid white indicating that the departure mitigation is activated, and the green "lane" icon indicates that the lane departure system is currently activated. Dealer service department response: ""npf unable to reproduce customers concern".