2009 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN Complaints

THE CAM TIMING TENSIONER FAILED WHEN TRIED TO START THE ENGINE. CHECK THE PROBLEM ONLINE AND FIND OUT A COUPLE OF SAME ISSUE IN VOLKSWAGEN VEHICLES. THE CAR IS OVER 5-YEAR WARRANTY BUT STILL IN 60K MILES WARRANTY. VOLKSWAGEN OF THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. JUST AFTER 5 YEARS OF NEW CAR WARRANTY THE CAR GOT THIS CRITICAL ISSUE IN ENGINE, I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN ESSENTIAL DESIGN DEFECT FROM VW. *JS

MY 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN SUFFERED A TIMING CHAIN MALFUNCTION APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES BELOW ITS MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT DATE. THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN CATASTROPHIC MECHANICAL FAILURE (BENT VALVES). *TR

ON JULY 2013 I WAS DRIVING ON TURNPIKE THE CAR START MAKING LOUD NOISE AND WHEN I USE THE BRAKE THE NOISE WAS LOUDLY, I SLOW DOWN THE NOISE DECREES STEADY THAT WAS OIL SEPARATOR LEAKING VACUUM. ON 12-2013 EPC LIGHT WHEN ON. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR START SLOW DOWN W/ WARNING ,VW SAID IGNITION COIL. ON MARCH 2014 EPC AGAIN . ON MAY 2014 EPC AGAIN ," THIS TIME I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT", CAR COULD NOT GO. I PULL OUT AND RE STARTED CAR AGAIN. MY CAR STILL THE WV SERVICES, AND PAID AGAIN. I CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN SAID YOU HAVE EXTENDED GUARANTEED, THAT WILL COVER FOR ANY REPAIR, THEY DON'T CARE IF THEY CUSTOMER GET KILL. MY CAR IS NOT EVEN 5 YEARS TO HAVE ANY UNSAFE MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BECAUSE IS ONE THE BEST, THE FIRST 3 YEARS WAS FINE, BUT NOW I 'DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I STILL OWED $ 12,000. *TR

FOR A WEEK, THERE WAS A RATTLING SOUND WHEN I STARTED MY CAR THAT USUALLY STOPPED AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF RUNNING. ON 04/05/14, I HEARD THE RATTLING SOUND THE ENTIRE TIME WHEN DRIVING. WHEN I STOPPED, MY VEHICLE CUTOFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THERE WAS NO COMPRESSION IN THE ENGINE. HE LATER EXPLAINED THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER BROKE WHICH CAUSED VALVES IN THE ENGINE TO BEND. RESEARCHING THE INTERNET, I NOTICED THE SAME EXACT DIAGNOSIS WAS GIVEN TO SEVERAL OTHER CONSUMERS OF THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. SOME OF WHOM HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF HAVING THEIR VEHICLES CUTOFF ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL ONTO GROUND IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR ANY OTHER WARNING SYSTEM INDICATED A PROBLEM. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND FOUND THE REAR MAIN SEAL WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE LEAK. REAR MAIN SEAL WAS REPLACED AND TEST DRIVE INDICATED THAT THIS WAS THE PRIMARY LEAK SOURCE. SUBSEQUENTLY, TWO OTHER MINOR LEAKS WERE FOUND AND REPAIRED TO THE OIL RETURN LINE O-RING AND THE ENGINE VACUUM PUMP GASKET RESPECTIVELY. *TR

REAR MAIN SEAL FAILED DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT CAUSING OIL TO LEAK ON TO HOT ENGINE. EVERY 2.0 TSI ENGINE IN TIGUAN, CC, GTI, JETTA AND EOS EXPERIENCES THE SAME FAILURE AT AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE. THE REAR MAIN SEAL IS NOT A WEARING PART AND SHOULD LAST FOR THE LIFE OF A VEHICLE IF WELL DESIGNED. THIS FORUM THREAD SHOWS MANY OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE AT AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE. HTTP://FORUMS.VWVORTEX.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?6907215-REAR-MAIN-SEAL-FAILURE-AT-80K-MILES-DUE-TO-PCV-DEFECT-ON-2-0-TSI&P=85203838#POST85203838 THE COST OF THE REPAIR WAS $1,500 AND VWOA REFUSES TO ADMIT IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT OR HELP PAY FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

PCV VALVE IS DEFECTIVE AND TEARS ON 100 PERCENT OF ALL TIGUANS. THIS OVER PRESSURIZES THE CRANKCASE CAUSING A LOUD NOISE AS PRESSURIZED AIR PASSES OVER THE FRONT AND REAR MAIN SEAL DAMAGING THE SEALS. EXSESSIVE OIL LEAKS FROM THE REAR MAIN SEAL ONTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER CAUSING IN MANY CASES, A FIRE. *TR

THERE IS A PANORAMIC SUNROOF LEAKAGE. WHICH HAS POSSIBLY CAUSE ELECTRICAL LIGHTING OUTAGE. THE LEAKAGE HAS ALSO CAUSED EXCESSIVE CONDENSATION, CAUSING VISUAL IMPAIRMENT WHEN DRIVING. *TR

STEERING GOT VERY HEAVY AND THEN THE STEERING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE STEERING IS AT ABOUT HALF POWER. HAVE NOT GONE TO VW YET. SEARCH THE WEB SHOWS ALOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THIS ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND GOT THE LAMP OUT WARNING. MORE THAN A FEW LIGHTS WERE OUT. WENT TO THE FUSE BLOCK UNDER THE HOOD AND FOUND A BAD FUSE AND MELTING FUSE BLOCK. I REPLACED THE FUSE WITH A STORE BOUGHT REPLACEMENT. THE BLOCK STILL IS SOME WHAT MELTED. I BELIEVE THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD NOT TO MENTION UNSAFE SITUATION AT NIGHT. *TR