Brake Sensor problems of the 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan

Five problems related to brake sensor have been reported for the 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Brake Sensor problem

Failure Date: 08/23/2020

My vehicle's front assist collision sensor will engage itself while going down some driveways regardless of how slow or angled I try to exit (I always make sure that my exit and turns are safe from any ongoing traffic so the sensor is only being tripped from ground in front of the sensor). I have been almost been rear ended three times because of this and almost hit from the side when the the sensor engaged when I was more than halfway out into the first lane to make my turn. I have engaged several vw service technicians about a permanent fix but they said that they are aware of the problem after hearing of several other complaints but there is no permanent fix. It is the driver's responisbility to manually turn off the front assist collision sensor each and every time you intend to drive the car.

2 Brake Sensor problem

Failure Date: 03/05/2020

Driving in windy conditions, 4 separate times on one day, sensor went off. Red car graphic on my screen with "side impact" wave lines on the sides and car automatically braked suddenly. Happened in city, while in motion. No other cars in close proximity at time of sensor warning and braking. 3 of 4 times happened as was driving north into a strong north wind. Never had this warning thrown before.

3 Brake Sensor problem

Failure Date: 09/02/2019

Two separate problems. #1 on two separate occasions the cars emergency system activated with no cars or anything in proximity. Vw just cleaned sensors . It happened once after that while parking the car. #2 with only 8000 miles on the brakes pulse when applied. We were told just wait for 1 year service and it will be looked at. The Tiguan went in Friday morning and we were informed the brake rotors are warped. Vw north America recommend rotors and associated hardware to fix the problem. Troublesome issue with only 10000 miles les than I year old.

4 Brake Sensor problem

Failure Date: 08/05/2019

I was driving down a side road in a parking lot with no cars in front of me and no one in back of me. Suddenly the car braked and threw me forward. It scared the living daylights out of me. There was no reason why this happened. There was nothing in the road. I reported this problem to Volkswagen and they had no answer and told me to disable the braking sensor which I did. I felt the need to report this issue since I felt this was a possible defect in the braking sensor. If this would have happened on a busy road I could have been hit from behind. Again there was no reason for the sudden braking. This is a leased car and when I turn it in I just want to let them know that the sensor is turned off for the next person who leases it and has no idea it is turned off. In summary, I was going around 35-40 mph when this braking occurred with no reason whatsover. Thank you for your time.

5 Brake Sensor problem

Failure Date: 04/01/2019

The automatic breaking sensors went off for no reason. Car started breaking on it's own. Luckily no car behind me. Car was in motion on a 35 mph part of route 30 in indiana when it started to break suddenly. Took it to the dealership and they could not replicate it. I sent Volkswagen a message and they didn't reply.


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