Vehicle Shudder Problems of Volkswagen Tiguan

Background: 2015 (70,733 mi), engine light went on & I brought it to vwhartford. They found fault for system to lean found rear main sela is leaking oil which is causing fuel trim faults. Oil cap is leaking oil & the upper time chain cover is leaking oil but the main oil leak is coming from the rear seal. They removed the trans & replaced the main seal & oil cap ($877). In 2016 (94,999 mi), car failed emissions due to intake manifold. Vw replaced this and it was covered under warranty. Suggestion - to get a carbon cleaning for the valves due to build up ($290). June '18 (118,239 mi): my coolant light went on. Vw said my coolant was not low - water pump was leaking. They resealed valve cover & upper timing chain due to oil leaks. They r and r valve cover cleaning & resealed, installed upper timing chain seals and side of engine block of oil & installed new water pump. I asked if this was covered under the warranty or previous work & was told no. I asked if this would prolong the longevity & was told yes ($1800). 8/19/19 (133,449 mi): engine light was on - could not look at for a couple days, but ok to drive as long as the engine light was not blinking. Result: system lean at idle, breather is leaking air causing hesitation. They installed new breather. Asked if it was covered they said no. Asked if it would improve the longevity of my car, I was told yes ($480). Issue 9/4/engine light went on. This was after traveling for labor day (360 miles). On main st. In whart, the car started to shake & bounce at 2 stop lights. Went 2 blocks home. Towed it - was told timing chain went & it's not covered under the tc recall. Quote - used engine $6500+. Told it was worthless & not worth fixing ($125 for diag) towed the car to another place - they fixed it for less than $3400. I have told vw and vwhart that there is something wrong with this make/model, but I am ignored.

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Vehicle frequently shakes/shudders violently under light/normal acceleration in stop-and-go traffic, creating a safety hazard and extremely uncomfortable driving situation. I purchased it a few weeks ago and have approximately 1300 miles on it - this has been happening since I took delivery. Under load, shortly after the transmission shifts and as the vehicle reaches approximately 9-11 mph at 2000rpm, the entire vehicle shudders as if the engine is being lugged or is misfiring. This really only occurs after the vehicle has had sufficient time to warm up and has been driven for some time in rush-hour traffic. It is more pronounced with the adaptive cruise control turned on. The shaking/shuddering has made me extremely dizzy and nauseous to the point where I have already become physically sick to my stomach once. I had to cut off 3 lanes of traffic to reach the shoulder so I could avoid getting sick in the car - this was on 7/8/2019, a week ago today. Several passengers will no longer ride in the car with me. I have returned the vehicle to the selling dealer twice over this issue and although their efforts to diagnose it were made in good faith, they have been unable to reproduce it. I have several videos of this issue that I attempted to share with the dealership upon dropping it off the second time, which the service technician told me he did not view after I picked the car up. I also recently discovered that my emergency communication/airbag deployment notification system (car-net), is completely non-functional due to a software bug and will not work at all until Volkswagen comes up with an update for it (per the dealer). I am extremely uncomfortable continuing to drive the vehicle for these reasons and continue to feel sick to my stomach every time I use it to commute to or from my job, which is just over 30 miles from my home.

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