2009 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN Complaints

I STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH THE EPC LIGHT COMING ON IN MY CAR BACK IN 2017. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED "CARBON CLEANING" WHICH I HAD DONE IN JULY 2017 TO THE TUNE OF $950+. AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE DONE, MY CAR SEEMED FINE UNTIL I WAS OUT DRIVING UP A LONG HILL NEAR HOME AND MY CAR COULD NOT PICK UP SPEED. THE EPC WARNING LIGHT CAME BACK ON. I PULLED OVER AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN. WEIRD, BUT NO PROBLEMS UNTIL NOVEMBER 2018 AND THE SAME THING STARTED TO HAPPEN. FOR PERSONAL REASONS, I COULD GET TO MY GARAGE, BUT JUST BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO TAKE IT IN TO HAVE THE PROBLEM CHECKED OUT AND FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, I'D COME OUT OF THE GROCERY STORE FRIDAY, MARCH 9, AND MY CAR WOULD NOT WORK. HAD IT TOWED TO THE GARAGE I FREQUENT AND WAS TOLD THAT MY TIMING CHAIN TENSION HAD FAILED AND I WOULD BE LOOKING AT A BILL OF $3,100. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS THE SECOND ENGINE ON THIS CAR. I REPLACED THE ORIGINAL ENGINE AFTER IT DIED IN 2012. I PAID $7,000 FOR A NEW ENGINE ONLY TO END UP BACK IN THE SPOT WHERE I'M HAVING TO PAY LOADS OF MONEY TO HAVE THIS "NEW" ENGINE REPAIRED. THE FIRST TIME MY ENGINE DIED IN 2012, I BEGGED AND PLEADED WITH VW TO OWN UP TO THIS AND TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THEY ONLY OFFERED ME 10% OFF OF A NEW CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED LIT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 125,000.

VEHICLES TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING. TIMING GAIN TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE. WHILE MERGING ONTO FREEWAY ENGINE LOST ALL PROPULSION CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE ACCELERATION DUE TO ISSUE. ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH A SEMI TRUCK AS VEHICLE WAS ONLY MOVING AT 20 MPH ONTO A FREEWAY WHERE SPEED LIMIT IS SEVENTY. WAS ABLE TO MOVE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER BUT WOULD NOT RESTART DUE TO ENGINE DAMAGE. VOLKSWAGEN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE BUT HAS OFFERED ZERO ASSISTANCE

AT 90K MILES THE REAR MAIN SEAL HAS FAILED. THIS COMES JUST 4K MILES AFTER HAVING THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD REPAIRED AND ALL TIMING COMPONENTS REPLACED FROM THE TIMING TENSIONER FAILURE.

THE REAR MAIN SEAL ON MY 09 TIGUAN 2.0 TSI BLEW AT 709K MILES FROM PCV VALVE DEFECT. I HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL CASES OF THE PCV CLOGGING ON THE TSI ENGINE CARS SENDING BOOST PRESSURE INTO CRANKCASE AND BLOWING THE SEAL.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY JUST AT 80KM/H I FELT MY TIGUAN LIKE DRIFTING MANY TIMES, IT WAS LIKE SLIDING RIGHT AND LEFT ON FEW CENTIMETERS MAYBE 2 OR 3 CM. JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THE WINTER TIRES ARE MOUNTED ON THE CAR. THIS IS WEIRD BECAUSE I WASNT GOING FAST, AS I MENTIONED 80 KM/H.

2009 VW TIGUAN. THE WIRING TO BOTH HIGH AND LOW BEAM LIGHTS IS FAULTY. THE INSULATION AROUND THE COPPER WIRING TO ALL LIGHTS HAS CRACKED OFF EXPOSING THE COPPER WIRING. AS A RESULT THE LIGHTS FREQUENTLY DO NOT WORK PROPERLY LEAVING ME WITH A HEADLIGHT THAT DOES NOT FUNCTION. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE LOCAL VW DEALERSHIPS FAIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. WHICH LEADS ONE TO THINK THAT VW AMERICAN FAILS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM BUT WIDESPREAD. REPLACING THE BULB IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX. THE PROBLEMS PERSISTS BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY, CRACKING WIRE INSULATION. VW WILL CHARGE $800. TO REPLACE BOTH LIGHT SYSTEMS. THEIR REASON FOR THE HIGH COST IS THE LABOR INVOLVED. THEY SAY THE FRONT BUMPER HAS TO BE TAKEN OFF TO COMPLETE THE HEADLIGHT LAMP REPLACEMENT. THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT THAT VW NEEDS TO ADDRESS. WIRE INSULATION IS NOT SUPPOSE TO CRACK MAKING THE LIGHT INOPERABLE. YET THE DEALERSHIP EXPLANATION SAYS IT'S "DUE TO WEAR". WELL, WHY AREN'T ANY OF THE OTHER WIRING SYSTEMS UNDER THE HOOD CRACKING? BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO. THAT'S WHY. THIS IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING TO KNOW THAT I HAVE TO PAY AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT SYSTEMS. SOMEONE PLEASE INITIATE SOME ACTION.

AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 17 MILES AND CUTTING THE CAR OFF AND THEN GETTING BACK INTO IT AFTER ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES TO START UP , THE CAR STARTED AND CUT OFF. I STARTED IT BACK UP AND IT CUT OFF. SO I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED IT AND IT STAYED ON LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO GET HOME SAFELY. AFTER THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS OFTEN. MORE FREQUENT TO THE POINT OF ME BE SCARED TO GO ANYWHERE FAR. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY DURING THE FIRST TIME IT STALLED. IF I GET INTO THE VEHICLE AND TRAVEL A SHORT DISTANT AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF. THEN COME BACK TO IT AND TURN IT ON SOMETIMES IT WILL STAY ON AND SOMETIMES IT WILL STALL AND I TRY TO GIVE IT GAS THINKING THAT WILL KEEP IT ON. BUT IT DOESN'T . I HAVE LEARNED TO LET IT SIT AND TRY IT AGAIN. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW AND WANTS TO KEEP IT FOR DAYS. UNTIL I FOUND THIS RECALL WHICH SOUNDS LIKE WHAT I'M EXPERIENCING I WAS WONDERING IF IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM.

CAR WAS DRIVEN TO FROM FRIENDS HOUSE TO GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE AND SHUT CAR OFF AND WAS VISITING FAMILY FOR 1 HOUR TO 1 1/2 HOURS. THEN GOT IN CAR AND TRIED TO START VEHICLE AND THE TIMING JUMPED AND MADE A LOAD GRINDING NOISE AND WOULDN'T START. IT BENT THE VALVES IN THE ENGINE RAN INTO THE PISTONS. AN RUINED THE MOTOR. (111778 MILES) HAD TO HAVE A NEW MOTOR PUT IN COST $7801.54.

TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER BROKE AND CAUSED CATASTROPHIC ENGINE DAMAGE. VW QUOTED ME MORE THAN $8,000 TO FIX AND VW AMERICA ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY. THIS CAR WAS IMPECCABLY MAINTAINED AND REPLACING/SERVICING THE TIMING CHAIN IS NOT ON THEIR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT 121,000 MILES AND WAS DRIVEN TO THE MECHANIC, AS WE ALREADY HAD AN OIL CHANGED SCHEDULED. WHEN THE MECHANIC WENT TO START THE CAR TO REPLACE THE CAM SENSOR (WHAT THE COMPUTER/ENGINE INDICATED WAS THE PROBLEM), THE CAR WOULDN'T START. I THEN HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO LOCAL VW DEALER, WHERE THEY TRIED TO GET ME TO BUY A NEW CAR. WHEN I CALLED VW AMERICA, THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THE TENSIONER HAS A FAULTY DESIGN AND ONLY SAY THAT THEY CANNOT HELP WITH THE COST OF THE REPAIR SINCE THE CAR IS OUTSIDE ITS WARRANTY.