I really wished I had read this page prior to purchasing. I was so excited to buy this vehicle. AWD, so it would be safe in Northern Michigan for my son and I. Got it inspected by a mechanic prior to buying... seal of approval. A week after I purchased the 2009 Tiguan it died while driving down a busy road after picking up son from school. Engine light came on a day after purchase but went off. Then while driving the ECL light came on and it just stopped accelerating. Never to start again. Towed to three different places including the dealership (where I purchased the vehicle) who told me it would be $800 just to diagnose the problem. Wouldn't you know it needs a new engine? I have been without a car for over a month and now my first car payment on this vehicle that is worthless is due. Just one of the 60 payments I will owe. Fighting with the dealership to exchange the vehicle for another used one..... Volkswagen should take care of this issue. Obviously, they must know. Interference Engines they call them.

We buy the car in 2010-08-27

On 2018-5-5, the car can not start up any more after we parked it. It is big rain day and we had to tow it to 4S shop. After their checking, they told us the engine is damaged. The care burning oil is very much. Timing chain and air valve door are damaged. Engine motor is in need of much repair. We are shocked. I always very good take care to our car and trust the German products high quality so much, but now the car with only 124675Km needs a motor. What shall I do?

I took my car in for the 100,000 mile checkup, everything was great, but within 2 months my engine started knocking. A couple of days later my check engine light came on. According to the image showing, the diagnostic was "there could be an emission problem" so i thought it best to take it to the VW specialist repair shop and avoid the dealer who'd "just" handed it back to me and told me everything was ok. They pulled it up on the car rack and KER-PLUNK, the drive chain broke.

I'd taken my car in on schedule for all of the oil changes, following the 10,000 mile recommendation in the VW user's manual. The VW shop said they'd found out VW recommends an oil change every 5,000 miles rather than the recommended 10,000 as stated in the book. I'd followed the maintenance schedule and treated my car with care; i drive approximately 200 miles/ week; and it failed at 102,000 miles. I'm sorely disappointed.

At the time of this entry, my car is still in the shop and we're awaiting the final fix. Last estimate is $7,000, but that was before they had planned on taking the engine out 3 times to figure out why it's still clunking after they replaced the drive chain. Their suggestion was i purchase a new car. REALLY?! We're supposed to just toss our cars after 100,000 and invest in new ones? They should NOT break this fast.