2009 Volkswagen Tiguan Engine Problems

“I was in downtown denver, colorado on 2/14/2017. I started the car, pulled into traffic and the car started jumping, all warning lights went on and I turned off the engine. It wouldn't start, was towed to a garage where the mechanic reported that the timing mechanism had slipped and damaged the engine. When he examined it further he realized it was beyond repair and that I needed a new engine.”

“The timing chain tensioner failed causing catastrophic damage to the engine. The cost to repair my engine is $8,000. I was lucky that I was parked, it happened when I started the car. Others have failed while driving causing loss of control of the vehicle. The vehicle cannot be driven after the failure. Volkwagen is aware of the issue. They currently are producing the 4th version of the part. The current part number is 06k-109-467-k.”

“I have had over the course of 3 years one of the 4 engine coils go out on my car right after the vehicle started. My car had 41k miles when the first went out and now the third is at 53k. The mechanics at vw know it is a problem and they expect it. There is even a new part with a new part number which indicated vw knows of the issue and they redesigned the part. Its insane to me there is not a recall on this part.”

“The epc light came on many times between 2011 and 2014 and the electronic throttle kicked out of cruise control. Miller vw checked the car july 2011, did not have a solution and cleared the codes. I asked our local mechanic about it in july 2013 who identified that there was a TSB for the throttle body wiring harness. We continued to observe the intermittent epc fault response but experienced no problems. …”

“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.”