Volkswagen Tiguan owners have reported 1 problem related to engine clicking and tapping noises (under the engine and engine cooling category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Volkswagen Tiguan based on all problems reported for the Tiguan.
There is weird turbo/engine sound coming from engine compartment. When engine is cold, cold start, you hear grinding type of noise. It is very loud. Once engine is driven for about 20 minutes, noise is reduced, but still there. The transmission shift has clicking noise. You do not hear it when seating inside the vehicle, but you can hear it when outside and someone else is shifting. The noise is when car goes from either drive to neutral, or reverse to neutral. It's a clicking noise, like chime and metal banging mixed together.
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