2012 Volkswagen Tiguan Engine Problems

“Timing chain failed and resulted in engine failure at 80,000 miles. Volkswagen refuses to help me. I've had problems with this car since I purchased it. I see there are many vw owners with this very same issue.”

“While driving on a highway at approximately 35mph the vehicle shut down. I tried to re-start the engine and it did not start. The vehicle came to full stop. It took a while to re-start the engine. The first incident was repaired by a vw dealer, but I never got a clear explanation of what happened. The second incident happened last sunday on a high traffic local road at about 45 MPH. The vehicle shut down and again came to a full stop. It will not re-start.”

“Gradual coolant leak with dealership knowledge upon sale of the car (44,000 miles). Refill overflow every 8 to 10 months. Leak unknown. Had to increase refilling gradually over time, thought it was due to use from work in 2016. Increased to once every few months 2017. Fill every week or two from 2018 to 2019....daily since late 2019 to now. Engine does not over heat. Refilling over flow coolant tank every time I need to drive the car. I have to turn on the car, pop the hood, and see how much it goes below the minimum line. Then fill to maximum. Daily refill started around october 2019. …”

“My first complaint is the A/C unit went out in some time after oct.2013 when we purchased the car. And no one wants to respect the fact it had only 30,000 miles on it. The second complaint is the engine cuts out every so often about once every month after you start it put it in gear and begin to roll the car just shuts off. It happened three times in one parking lot while in texas for cancer treatment! I love my car but not the fact no one wants to take responsibility for the errors in it's systems.”

“I have faithfully taken my volkswagon Tiguan 2012 to a vw dealership every 10,000 miles, as recommended, so I would save the life of my engine, it would be considered a certified preowned vehicle and last me 10-15 years. My car wouldn't start saturday morning 12/16/18 in my garage, I had just driven it the night before and parked in it my garage about 8pm. I had to have it towed to the vw dealership that has been servicing my vehicle.. They called me on 12/20/18 and told me my timing chain failed and that my engine had catastrophic damage and I needed a new engine which would be $9500. …”