I bought this VW Tiguan as a supposedly reliable pre-owned vehicle at a large established dealership outside Boston, MA. I have only owned it for six months. I put four thousand miles on it and still owe $10,000. on it. I cannot just walk away from the payments and stick it to Chase bank of course. I will be paying for this car for a few years! I have no transportation and I am rip roaring angry! It ran roughly for a few minutes, then check engine came on, it wouldn't drive over 10 miles per hour. Got it home because it was only a half mile. Never started again, the mechanic said it has a large oil leak, no compression and the valves are bent. The dealership wants $7,000. to repair the car, I have refused to pay them another cent.
The 2.0T engine has a timing chain with variable valve timing. Major defect caused valve timing to be off, resulting in bent valves in cylinders 2 and 4. This essentially totals my vehicle that is only 7 years old and has 85,000 miles. Engines this age should NOT have to be trashed.
- boilermaker,
West Lafayette, IN, US
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I bought this VW Tiguan as a supposedly reliable pre-owned vehicle at a large established dealership outside Boston, MA. I have only owned it for six months. I put four thousand miles on it and still owe $10,000. on it. I cannot just walk away from the payments and stick it to Chase bank of course. I will be paying for this car for a few years! I have no transportation and I am rip roaring angry! It ran roughly for a few minutes, then check engine came on, it wouldn't drive over 10 miles per hour. Got it home because it was only a half mile. Never started again, the mechanic said it has a large oil leak, no compression and the valves are bent. The dealership wants $7,000. to repair the car, I have refused to pay them another cent.
- Barry L., Groveland, MA, US