Volkswagen Tiguan owners have reported 190 power train related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 14 most common power train problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (171 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train driveline (3 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
The vehicle experiences sudden loss of motive power during acceleration. Between 30–60 mph, the transmission fails to upshift correctly, causing the engine rpms to spike to 5000 while the vehicle fails to gain speed. This creates a severe safety hazard when merging into high-speed traffic. Read details...
Every 2 to 3 months, car fails to accelerate properly/change into higher gear, has been repaired twice and now needs a third, was told it was a wiring problem. Read details...
Leakage of fluid around transfer case necessitating replacement . Mileage only 43000 Read details...
In the first month of owning the vehicle, the fuel pump and fuel tank had to be replaced. Since then the vehicle has displayed intermittent loss of response to the accelerator pedal. This occurs when first shifting into drive, the vehicle will not respond to any input into the accelerator pedal. Read details...
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 Read details...