general problems of the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan - part 1

Received max rpm 4,000 warning while on long drive. Happened and had to restart car several times. Lost ability to accelerate. Also, when car was on cruise, started shaking.

On multiple occasions, while driving on the highway, subject vehicle displayed check engine light and epc light at random intervals and an alarm saying exceeded 4000 came on. Rpm's were not over 4000. Speed and acceleration severely limited making it dangerous to pull over on the highway in traffic. Had to pull car over and restart engine. This has happened numerous times. Also experienced shaking and skipping or missing of transmission. The car has also had the engine stall or stop when at red light or stopped forcing restart of engine.

The contact owns a 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated that on several occasions while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle started jerking. The contact stated that the epc warning light illuminated, and a message was displayed on the instrument panel “engine speed - max 4,000 rpm”. The contact stated that when the message was displayed on the instrument panel, the vehicle would decelerate to 15 mph with the accelerator pedal depressed. The contact pulled over and turned off and restarted the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the failure could not be duplicated. The contact stated that she was informed by the dealer that the failure was a known issue and was due to a faulty transmission. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 92,000.

When I first purchased my vehicle the epc came on multiple times and I had to take it back to the dealership. Fast forward last week when I was going home on the eway same issues car wouldn’t accelerate the car was idled at the speed of 40mph it wouldn’t go any faster for a few minutes then it took off out of no where. Also when I was taking my kids to school I was making a left turn and lost control of my vehicle because it was idled and took off out of no where. That’s not safe for me my kids or any passengers traveling with me. It’s also not safe for other drivers or pedestrians. Very scary moment took my vehicle in that same day to be told it was battery issues. They claimed because the epc light wasn’t on it’s harder to diagnose to get another battery and to keep the car overnight to see if that works if not further diagnose the car. I picked my vehicle up had my battery inspected by a different service provider and was told the battery was just fine. I keep reaching out to the location I got the vehicle from their not correcting the issue and corporate just told me to go to another dealership and gave a im sorry about your frustration comment. Clearly the car has a defect always had one since day one when it was supposed to be a cpo vehicle in the first place. And I had issues the same week I purchased the vehicle. Also haven’t had my car a year and I’m having all kind of issues.

I was travelling on highway, 55 miles speed , all of sudden voice came from engine and car lost power and came to 10 miles and accelerator was not working it gave me message on dash bord that rpm high. I moved the car towards edge of the road and shut it. After 5 minutes I started again and went to work. However its gave me same problem while I was coming home . My car has only 20000. Miles and no other issue. Its dangerous when car is moving with the flow of traffic and loose power and does not move.

The first time this problem occurred was in April right after a routine maintenance check. The car was idling in a parking lot when the engine started to vibrate and a warning was displayed that said "max engine speed 4000 rpm". The car was turned off and then back on. The warning did show up on the display, but the "check engine" light was lit. The car was driven back home, and after that drive the check engine light was not lit anymore. To be safe the car was taken to the dealer. The dealer was not able to replicate the issue. Later, in July, the max engine speed and epc warnings were displayed on the screen in the middle of a trip. At this time there was also a loss of acceleration power. The driver pulled over, stopped the car, and then restarted it. When the car restarted the warning lights were no longer on so the driver completed the trip. In the manual it says that the car can still be operated if the epc warning light is on, but that it should be taken to a dealer. This led the driver to believe that it was safe to complete the trip and take the car to their home dealership after the holiday. The following day, the epc warning light and the max engine speed warning both appeared in the middle of a drive. The driver was driving up a hill on a backroad with no possible pull off. The driver had to stop the car in the middle of a road directly after a blind turn. The driver restarted the car and was able to drive about 10 yards before the warning came on again and the engine cut out. The driver repeated turning the car off and then back on multiple times to be able to safely get the car up the hill and to an area where a pull-off was available. Luckily, no other cars were coming at the time the car was stalled. It was a very unsafe location! the car is currently in the process of being towed to the dealer to be worked on. This seems like a very serious safety concern that is affecting other Tiguan owners too.

Car has multiple malfunctions. Has had noisy valvetrain, lack of power upon acceleration, has sputtered with a load on engine especially uphill. Car shut off completely while at 60 mph and nearly caused a catastrophic collision with my whole family in the car. Car presents substantial safety risk. Multiple codes/warnings have flashed up on the display screen(evap,trans,fuel inj,etc). Transmission went into "emergency mode" after being started up today, then went away after restarted. Car has been to dealership but issues were not properly addressed/ignored. Vw of America is well aware of issues with these cars but ignores the consumers needs and puts consumers at great safety risk by doing so. This vehicle has both engine and transmission issues as well as odd electrical anomalies.

Sporadic lack of acceleration when coming from a stop. When depressing excelerator car sometimes stalls to accelerate. I feel that when this issue occurs it makes my car unsafe to drive.

The contact owns a 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated while driving approximately 70 mph, the epc warning light illuminated, causing the vehicle to go into limp mode. The vehicle decelerated to approximately 20 mph. The contact pulled over and assessed the vehicle; however, did not physically see any issues with the vehicle. The vehicle was restarted and she proceeded to drive however, the vehicle failed to exceed 27 mph. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the injectors needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 91,000.

This vehicle has an erratic and often severe hesitation when accelerating, which makes it extremely dangerous to drive on the highway as the driver can not gauge the rate at which the car will speed up. It happens less frequently when driving under 40 miles an hour on a city street but is unpredictable at speeds above this. I've been driving for over 25 years and this is the first vehicle in which I've experience this uneven lag. I've also experience issues with the auto start/stop function, when the vehicle is stopped on an incline at red lights it has failed to restart, requiring a manual restart (put in park and restart engine). This vehicle does not seem safe. The most recent occurrence of the acceleration lag was June 14, 2020, but it had occurred regularly since I purchased the vehicle from the dealership in January 2020.

We have same issue with our 2018 Tiguan as many other people out there. After our first oil change we had engine oil light came on. Did not reported to dealer till after second oil change. They checked for possible leaks and put us on oil consumption test for little over 600 miles. They couldn't find anything and told us to keep eye on it. We are on 3rd oil light so, they now put us on second oil consumption test. I owned many vw including 2019 jetta we bought for my son and never had any issues with burning oil. I read many complaints and issues about burning oil on vw engines, so I reached out to someone that I know and specialized in european cars. I asked my friend and multiple mechanics and they told me that this is not normal and that it will get worse were it will burn more oil. I was also informed that vw knows that they have issues with these engines,something with bad cylinder seals and they cannot figure it out for last 12 years how to fix it and would not admit it. I guess this doesn't happens with every car, but when it happens they tell customers that is normal. This is bs and someone needs to do something about it. No one from service department have not told me anything so far and I hope after second oil consumption test that they do not come to me a say it. That would be bad. We have service report when we brought a car for first time we reported this issue and there is nothing stating that this is normal for engine to consume( burn) oil. If this is a normal with their engines they should inform and educate their customers when they are buying this car to keep eye on oil and keep adding after certain miles. Not every car has this issue, it is case by case and that is what tells me that this is not normal. We were thinking to keep this car but now after what I learned will never get another vw. Please help. .

I was driving through neighbor and noticed car was running rough and shifting hard. I got it to 70 mph and red exclamation point and epc light came on. The message was �engine reached max rpm of 4,000�. I lost all power and could not get the car to go over 50 mph.

When accelerating, engine does not respond accordingly. Engine hesitates to accelerate and will stay in the low rpms despite the pedal being full pushed in. After a few seconds(maybe 15-30sec), it will rapidly accelerate corresponding to where the pedal is. This constantly happens, it has occurred ever since I purchased the vehicle 1 year ago. I cannot tell if it is an issue with the engine, the transmission, or the electrical components between the 2. It makes trying to merge onto a highway, accelerate into another lane, or turn onto a street very dangerous as I cannot be certain when it will accelerate. This issue occurs in all modes (eco, normal, sport). I have taken this to a dealership once but they said they couldn't find anything wrong with it. Additionally, there is an issue with the side passenger seatbelt sensor. It keeps going off if I have my phone charging sitting on top of it or if I rest my hand on the seat.

My car hesitates when accelerating at a complete stop. I press the accelerator to pull into traffic and it seems the car just doesn't want to go! this makes it very dangerous to drive period. It takes a few seconds for the car to �wake up� and finally accelerate.

When vehicle is in a cold state, ie not driven for several hours or overnight. Temperature between 45 to 60 degrees. When the vehicle is turned on, and shifted into drive, the transmission has a long delay in acceleration. It takes the car 5 minutes of driving before this delay goes away. I left home and wanted to make a left turn onto a major street but the vehicle would not accelerate immediately, it's occurred several times.

Severe hesitation when trying to accelerate, most noticeable from a full or near stop. Pulling out quickly into moving traffic often results in moments of no acceleration at all. It can be frightening and potentially dangerous. A quick google search for "tiguan hesitation" brings up many complaints about this issue. Dealer is aware but says there is nothing that can be do as it is the nature of the transmission and engine. Vw America says thank you for the feedback and they will "keep an eye out for trends and report as needed. " I believe that if not corrected this issue will result serious accidents and injuries. The date below is the last time I experienced the issue but has happened many times since leasing the car this past January 2019.

Driving at 42-45 mph on a 0% slope. Car initially maintaining about 1,300 rpm. Without changing speed, pressure on the accelerator, or incline of the road, transmission would shift down by 3-4 gears resulting in a jump in the rpm up to about 3,200. Vehicle would cycle through the down shifting and the jump in rpm, and then shifting back up to lower the rpm back to normal. Within 1. 2 miles, car cycled through this three times, and that was what I could capture on video! it continued for 15-20 miles before I could get it to a Volkswagen dealership. Finally, the engine temperature gauge shot up and sat about maximum value for about 3 seconds and then fell back down to dead center (normal operating temp). At that point, I was already on my way to vw to drop it off. About 1 mile from the dealership, I got the "check coolant! see owner's manual. " alert on my dash even though the temp gauge was normal at that time. Finally got to vw and was told the transmission thing was normal ("they like to hunt a lot"). I don't believe that for a second. After 18,000 miles, I would not all of the sudden realize the transmission doing that. Shifting by one or two gears is probably normal for a dsg, and I'm sure that has been happening all along - but it is so small that I don't notice the change. When a car shift down by 4 gears within 1-2 seconds and the car lunges forward as the rpm shoot up to maintain the speed, that is something that isn't normal. Currently vehicle is still in the shop. Will likely need a new water pump, coolant reservoir, wire harness (due to coolant migration). They also think there may be transmission fluid inside the coolant reservoir, but are still trying to tell me that the shifting problem is "normal". . . I'm tired of dealing with Volkswagen and their shifty service department and procedures and can't wait to get rid of this car.

I am having several problems with my Tiguan. The passenger seat detection sensor is very sensitive. I can place my phone or something very light on the seat and my car automatically starts to chime and the passenger airbag is turned on. This could be a safety hazard in the accident if no passenger is present. The other issue I have with this car is the acceleration is inconsistent. Sometimes I can hit the accelerator and the car flies, other times, the car stutters and has some lag.

Car hesitates erratically and unpredictably when accelerating. It's most noticeably from a dead stop, but also at speed as well. Sometimes the car accelerates fine, but other times, when attempting to accelerate from a stop to cross a street in busy traffic, the car will just sit unresponsive for seconds and barely accelerate. The unpredictableness of the acceleration behavior is dangerous and an accident waiting to happen. This behavior has been present since the car has been purchased to present. While the hesitation is inconsistent, it is often and common.

Since owing my 2018 vw Tiguan, it has had an intermittent problem moving forward when I push on the throttle from a complete stop. Sometimes there is a delay of 2 to 3 seconds before the car moves forward. This is very dangerous and could cause an accident.

I was driving on interstate 95 north in the fast lane ( at 70 mph), when the "engine exceeds 4000 rpm" warning came on the dash board/system read out and the car lost power and started decelerating (to 40 mph). I continued to push the gas pedal but the car came to a complete stop. I put on my flashers and restarted the car and coasted to the shoulder. I put the park, stopped the car and waited and restarted the car. We entered the highway again and as I tried to accelerate, the car hesitated and decelerated again. This time I moved over to the right shoulder , stopped and got out of the car. My husband's friend was in the car with me and my husband was following behind us. I called my insurance company and explained to them what was happeing with the car and they came and towed the car to ourisman laurel voklswagon. I left a note and a key in the drop off service bow and now 24 hours later I have not received a call from any service personnel. It seems from reviewing other complaints, that several people (more than 20) have had the same issue.

9,000 miles and 16 months later of getting it, the car is failing to get enough power after full stops in red lights and mandatory stops. Seems like the gearbox is not making on time the downshifting, sometimes taking 3 seconds to react, imagine this in an intersection! this has put my family and as I have read many others too. Now trying to get Volkswagen's say on this but after reading many opinions this will be a long battle.

When accelerating from a stop in the 2018 vw Tiguan it hesitates for approximately a few seconds before moving forward. This occurs at all times when accelerating into the lower gears 1-3. Once past gears 1-3 the vehicle operates normally. This is extremely dangerous when trying to merge with traffic or pulling out on the open road. During research I have found this is a common problem with various years of the car model and has yet to be addressed by vw. Please help, I fear for my family to be in this vehicle when this occurs.

My wife called me panicked because her 2018 vw Tiguan sel, with 8000 miles, cut out on her while slowly pulling into a busy intersection. She described the problem as if the car lost complete power for a few seconds, even though she did not have her foot on the break at the time, and the car was not able to accelerate. My wife quickly put the car into reverse, where it responded well moving backwards, and threw on her hazards. The vehicle is less than 1 year old and she is deathly scared of driving it now. The vehicle is a hazard! when looking online for similar power train issues, many other customers are reporting a similar experience.

When accelerating. It feels like the motor is vibrating too much like it's going to rip itself out. The car has only 3k miles. It's been addressed to Volkswagen! motor mounts are ok and transmission mount is good as told by dealer. This occurs every time the car is accelerating from a standstill.

On multiple occasions, subject vehicle displayed check engine light and epc light at random intervals, causing car to unexpectedly be limited to 4,000 rpm and unable to accelerate past 40mph. As a result, this put driver in extremely unsafe situations and endangered safety of passengers and fellow drivers, particularly on highway. First encountered at 34,000 miles on odometer. Persisted through 41,000 miles. Seconds before error is encountered, vehicle would run rough and undergo rough shifts. In addition, vehicle also suffered with sluggish acceleration from stop. Vehicle taken to service center multiple occasions. On first encounter, technician instructed simply to reset vehicle. When taken second time, code p0203 injector short circuit cyl 3 was diagnosed and engine harness replaced. However, issue continued. When taken third time, injector harness replaced.

When pressing pedal from a stopped position to accelerate the vehicle there is either a lag in response or no response causing the vehicle not to move when going from a stopped position to moving action into traffic. This has been noted at random moments, more noticeably when vehicle is first turned on. However, it has happened countless times when vehicle has been driven for several miles. This lack of accelerator response puts my family and I into a very dangerous situation.

Dangerous jerkiness and loss of power when shifting through first 3 gears. When coming out of a stop the vehicle experiences noticeable lag as it shifts through each gear. Engine revs, power drops, and then it suddenly jerks into gear. Took it to dealership and was told there are no trouble codes and I should just keep driving. Issue was reproducible in normal and sport mode, and was verified by the technician when I made him accompany me on a test drive.

Transmission has loud knocking and whining sounds when accelerating. Slow to respond to power during passing, changing lanes or entering highways. Dangerous while crossing a highway from a stop sign. Told by several vw technicians that this is "normal". Have discovered that vw had issued a technical service bulletin to all its dealers to tell customers who complain about the transmission that "this is a normal condition". Have heard the same response from 3 dealers. This is a cover up to avoid a recall of this unpredictable transmission.

The Tiguan has been having issues with hesitation while shifting between 1st and 2nd gear. You can feel an immediate loss of power, loss of boost and a bucking feeling while it shifting. I've also driven another Tiguan of the same year and the issue was present on that specific model too. This issue is not only an annoyance but also a safety issue while merging or trying to accelerate from a stop.

When starting vehicle (either cold or warm), vehicle has a several seconds hesitation when pushing down accelerator. Vehicle does not move, hesitates then lurches forward as if the vehicle is not getting sufficient power to move. Vehicle has been to the Volkswagen dealer several times and they have been unable to repair. This is dangerous when you are entering a highway or crossing a multi lane road and have to move quickly and the vehicle does not respond.

Tiguan 2018 hesitates to accelerate with a lapse of a few (3 or 4) second before the car finally accelerates after a full stop or from slow speeds. This issue tends to be constant and can be extremely dangerous as it happens when trying to pull from a busy intersection or from any other situation where you need to move quick , its a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt if vw doesn't come up with a resolution. Im now on my second service apointment within a month. Seems to be a known issue with this model very frustrating!!!!!.

The Tiguan experiences severe and dangerous acceleration hesitation when accelerating from a stop or from very slow speeds. There is a significant delay between the accelerator being depressed and the car actually accelerating, which causes an extremely dangerous situation when attempting to merge with other traffic or enter a roadway from a side street. This issue is very consistent, and occurs in all operating conditions (engine warmed, engine cold, automatic gear selection or manual gear selection, in 'sport' mode and in regular driving mode). The issue is present in all driving situations where acceleration from a stationary or slow speed is required.

Vehicles hesitates to start from a slow or dead stop. Will not accelerate as it should. Noticeable lag when shifting and accelerating. Engine misfiring at only 3000 miles. Very dangerous when turning into traffic or merging on to highways. Vehicle gives a false sense of accelerating then stops. This happens reliably over and over.

Guess I'm having the same issue a lot of others are having. Sitting at a red light and hit the gas and nothing happens. Smells like gas inside the cabin. It's been in service at the dealership for 15 days and they have no idea what the problem is and no eta on the fix. I purchased the car in December 2017.