2009 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN Complaints

LIGHTING FUSES MELTED - HAD THE VEHICLE IN MULTIPLE TIMES FOR LIGHT BULB ISSUES, ETC AND HAD THE RADIO SWAPPED OUT AND IT STILL CONTINUES TO GO OFF AND ON. LIGHTS WORKED HERE AND THERE BUT SEEMED TO ALWAYS GO OUT AFTER DRIVING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AND USUALLY AT NIGHT AND THEN AFTER SITTING WOULD WORK AGAIN IN THE MORNING *UNTIL IT WAS DRIVEN A BIT* - LIGHTING MELTED TO THE ENGINE AND WAS TOLD ALL FUSES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT THE CAR CONTINUES TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP - A SECOND DEALERSHIP AND THEN CORPORATE OFFICE AND NO ONE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO FIX THE ISSUE AND I WAS TOLD THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING - COME TO FIND OUT IT IS A COMMON ISSUE IN THESE CARS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN DARK, SNOWY, AND ICY CONDITIONS WITH MEDIUM TRAFFIC, SOME OF THE VEHICLE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND VW WARNING INDICATOR CAME ON SAYING MULTIPLE LIGHTS WERE OUT. AFTER PULLING OVER IN A SAFE LOCATION, FOUND RIGHT HIGH BEAM, RIGHT LOW BEAM, RIGHT FRONT BLINKER, RIGHT FOG LAMP, RIGHT REAR BLINKER, AND TAILLIGHT OUT. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH AND TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND 30 AMP LIGHTING FUSE IN UNDER-HOOD FUSE BOX SEVERELY MELTED. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH REVEALED THAT THIS IS A COMMON VW PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

DRIVING ON THE HWY ,CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND EPC LIGHT ,ENGINE STARTS TO RUN VERY ROUGH,TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ,THEY SAID IT IS A COIL,REPLACED IT,A WEEK LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE HWY DOING 70 WITH FAMILY ,TOOK IT TO THE DEALER,THEY SAID ALL THE OTHER 3 COILS WENT BAD AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!! I AM REALLY AFRAID TO TAKE THIS CAR FOR A LONG TRIP ,THE OTHER ISSUE : THE FUSE MELTED CAUSING THE LICENSE BRAKE LIGHT HARNESS AND TRUNK OPENING TO FAIL TWICE . *TR

FOR THE 2ND TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR, WE HAD A FRONT HEADLIGHT GO OUT, THE BULB WASN'T BAD BUT THE FUSE WAS. THE FIRST TIME THE FUSE WAS BLOWN AND LOOKED LIKE IT HAD SLIGHTLY BEEN MELTED. THE MOST RECENT TIME THIS HAPPENED ON 10/19/13 THE FUSE WAS ALMOST TOTALLY MELTED AND ALSO SLIGHTLY DAMAGED THE FUSE NEXT TO IT. THIS IS A 2009 MODEL AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE O2 SENSOR, ACCELERATOR COIL AND NOW TWO FUSES FOR THE HEADLIGHTS. *TR

MY HEADLIGHTS AND DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY WORK AND NOT WORK. SOMETIMES I WOULD TURN MY CAR ON AND ALL OF MY LIGHTS WOULD WORK, AND OTHER TIMES ALL OF THEM WOULD FAIL, OR JUST ONE SIDE. SOMETIMES THEY WOULD FAIL WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK THE CAR INTO ROYAL AUTOMOTIVE GROUP IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THEY INITIALLY CLAIMED IT WAS BAD BULBS, IT TOOK THEM 2 WEEKS TO WORK OUT IT WAS A FAULTY MAIN FUSE BOX. THIS WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BUT I HAVE STILL HAD CONTINUING PROBLEMS WITH MY HEADLIGHTS, INDICATORS AND DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS GOING OUT CONSTANTLY DYING OUT AND REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. *TR

WARNINGS AND ERRORS SHOWED UP ON THE DASH BOARD CONCERNING HEADLIGHT, BLINKER AND BRAKE-LIGHT OUTAGES. RESEARCHED ONLINE, TURNS OUT THE FUSE BOX STARTED MELTING CAUSING ONE OF THE FUSES TO MELT WHICH CAUSED THE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION WITH THE LIGHTS. THIS CAN APPARENTLY CAUSE A FIRE. *TR

AFTER TAKING CAR IN TO BE SERVICED FOR AN OUT TAIL LIGHT IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE FUSE BOX WAS MELTING AND CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. SERVICE MANAGER AND INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM THAT VW IS AWARE OF. *JS

THE F16 FUSE IN THE ENGINE BAY FUSE BOX IS COMPLETELY MELTED RESULTING IN FAILURE OF REVERSE LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS, AND OTHER SAFETY EQUIPMENT. *TT

MY WIFE'S VEHICLE WAS PARKED YES SHE SPILLED WATER ON THAT AREA, THANK GOD IT WAS PARKED. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR E BRAKES THEY SEEM A VERY BAD DESIGN. I KNEW WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2009 JUST KNOWING AUTOS THIS WAS A TERRIBLE DESIGN AND FEATURE ESPECIALLY THE PLACEMENT. I READ ENOUGH ONLINE AFTER TODAY THIS HAS TO BE A RECALL I HAVE HAD PREVIOUS RECALLS ON BOTH MY VW SEAT BELTS, MISC. SENSORS BOTH A COUPLE OF TIMES EACH YES VW TOOK CARE OF IT BUT THIS SITUATION IS FAR TOO DANGEROUS. *TR

TAKING OFF AFTER GETTING FUEL CAR START TO IDLE ROUGH WHEN SLOWING DOWN. DROVE DIRECTLY TO DEALERSHIP LESS THAN A MILE WHERE THE CAR BARELY MADE IT INTO THE SERVICE AREA AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND BLEW ENGINE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN PERFECTLY MAINTAINED BY DEALER. IT APPEARS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM BASED ON INTERNET RESEARCH. FORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AS NORMAL AT THAT TIME OF DAY. *TR