Recalls, complaints, and safety data from NHTSA
The 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan has 3 recalls, 166 complaints.
3
Recalls
166
Complaints
N/A
Safety Rating
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
14V441000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2009-2014 Tiguan vehicles manufactured July 2007 to June 2014. When us...
13V569000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2009-2011 Tiguan vehicles manufactured July 2007 through June 2011. Du...
08V235000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VOLKSWAGEN IS RECALLING 4,079 MY 2008 PASSAT AND 2,500 MY 2009 TIGUAN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.0T FSI ULEV II ENGINES. THESE VEHICLES HAVE ...
Overall
Not Rated
Front Crash
Not Rated
Side Crash
Not Rated
Rollover
★★★★★
Rating for: 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan 4-Dr. w/SAB
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2024 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Intermittent AC working issues, air conditioning does not cool or the cooling is weak |
| Feb 20, 2024 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | The car keeps throwing sensors (camshaft, crank sensors, throttle body etc) and the ECM needs to be ... |
| Jan 30, 2023 | STEERING | Power steering goes out randomly after cold weather, even while driving. There is no warning before ... |
| Jul 31, 2022 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ENGINE | The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated while driving at 45 MPH, the accelera... |
| Jul 10, 2022 | ENGINE,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated that while her son was driving at an u... |
| Apr 17, 2022 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | The engine reached 100k miles in the second week of April 2022. After that, I tried to turn on the v... |
| Mar 5, 2021 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | Problems start with ABS and Steering warning lights with EPIC warning on dash, flickering of lights ... |
| Aug 17, 2020 | STEERING | THE STEERING WHEEL LIGHT COMES ON AND THE STEERING GETS HARD AND IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENI... |
| Jun 27, 2020 | STEERING,AIR BAGS,ENGINE | AIR BAG LIGHT ALL OF A SUDDEN CAME WITHOUT BUMPING - THE ENGINE IDLE WERE NOT NORMAL HIGH AND LOW ... |
| Feb 14, 2020 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | I WAS APPROACHING MY DRIVEWAY IN MY 09 VW TIGUAN WHEN THE RED POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING LIGHT C... |
| Feb 12, 2020 | AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS,ENGINE | THE TURBO BLEW CAUSING THE CAR TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THE BLOWN TURBO CAUSED METAL TO GO ... |
| Jan 3, 2020 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE COOLANT ... |
| Nov 25, 2019 | ENGINE | VW TIGUAN 09 PURCHASED AS NEW. ONLY 50K MILES ON IT WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ENCOUNTERED. SOON A... |
| Oct 31, 2019 | SERVICE BRAKES | I CRASHED DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE ON 10.31.2019. I MADE A RIGHT TURN FROM A LIGHT. TRAFFIC CAME TO A ... |
| Sep 25, 2019 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | CAR STOPPED AND WOULD NOT START DUE TO TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FUALT WITH CODE P0016. CAUSED COMPLETE... |
| Aug 22, 2019 | ENGINE | MY 2009 VW TIGUAN ENGINE FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK 35 MPH, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, OUT OF NOWHERE MY... |
| Jul 23, 2019 | ENGINE | ON ENGINE START UP, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER DRIVING IT A SHORT WHILE, THE CAR WOULD N... |
| Jul 1, 2019 | AIR BAGS,ENGINE | SUNROOF HAD DEFECTED DRAIN TUBES. DUE TO THE DRAIN TUBES BEING DEFECTED, IT CAUSED A MAJOR LEAK IN T... |
| May 31, 2019 | AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | DRAIN TUBES IN THE SUNROOF WERE CORRODED AND LEAKING INTO THE CAR. THE WATER LEAK CAUSES MANY ELECTR... |
| May 22, 2019 | AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | PANORAMIC SUNROOF IS LEAKING. CAUSING FLOODING IN THE CAR AND IS AFFECTING SOME ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT... |