Volkswagen Tiguan owners have reported 95 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 5 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (45 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's adaptive cruise control (25 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Automatic Emergency Braking problems | |
| Adaptive Cruise Control problems | |
| Warnings problems | |
| Forward Collision Avoidance problems | |
| Crash Imminent Braking problems |
I am experiencing the driver door control switch / ebs error. When this occurs my emergency break activates when I am driving, throwing me into a complete stop unexpectedly, pulls several check engine lights and a series of loud distracting alert sounds. Read details...
Car randomly brakes by itself with no obstacle in front, no cars in front, sometimes emergency brake activates when standing on red light. On attached photos you can see messages after incident occures Read details...
One time the car just lost power on the freeway and the e-card engine light came on and the cat ran rugh and stalled and jerked hard almost causing me to cause a serious accident. . . I took it to vw and explained the severity and they bypassed that and installed a new water pump. . Read details...
The contact owns a 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph, the forward collision avoidance system and forward collision avoidance automatic emergency braking engaged. The brake warning light was illuminated on the instrument panel. Read details...
The contact owns a 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated that while the cruise control was activated with a vehicle in the lane directly next to the vehicle or two lanes over, the collision avoidance system would determine that the vehicles were too close and the crash imminent braking system Read details...