2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Seat belts Problems
- Complaints
- 16about this part
- Share
- 6%of 288 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 4,444miles
- Trend
- FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 16 complaints about the seat belts of the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan, 6% of the 288 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 4,444 miles. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Fasten seatbelt chimes /indicator on display, no passenger on seat. What makes it go off is when I place my iphone on the seat. Both indicators will stay on until I take my phone off the seat. This has happened several times, today is the latest. This malfunction makes me real nervous, I never seen a vehicle with this problem. Please let me know what the next step is.”
NHTSA complaint #11244016, filed 2019-08, 5,776 miles“Seatbelt light comes on and dings even when seatbelts are locked in. My car has 5500 miles on it. I'm scared my seatbelts won't work in an accident. The light continues to come on and I'm scared to drive my car. Is this a software issue or seatbelt connection?”
NHTSA complaint #11373599, filed 2020-11, 5,534 miles“Leaking from panoramic moonroof,water coming from pipe draine tubes and dripping into back into seatbelts compartment that freeze seatbelts during cold weather and I can not pull seatbelts out to buckle up. Also at the same time water coming into trunk making area where wiring sistem going through all wet .vw dealer fixed it once by and it happend second time again.my car is in the shop now and this problem will just keep going on in my opinion forever until car eventually die because of water going onto wiring .”
NHTSA complaint #11315731, filed 2020-03, 75,390 miles“Since november 2018 of this year the seat belt on the driver's side does not feel right it seems loose and the light illuminates red and comes on randomly and chimes. The seat belts looks and feels cheaply made. It has only gotten worse since the airbag module was replaced by dealership. Dealership says the looseness of the belt is normal.they claim when they drive it the red symbol never comes on or chimes. It is never picked up as a code on the vw car net or on their machine. What am I supposed to do? I want these seat belts to be replaced. …”
NHTSA complaint #11163067, filed 2018-12, 5,671 miles“We bought a vw Tiguan 4 motion sel 2018 with panoramic sunroof, on jan 20,2018. From the same night we took the car out of the dealership we heard a rattling noise in the b pillar constantly. Starting from jan 26, 2018 the car has been to the vw service station twice already (still there), in total of over 3 weeks. I heard from the service team there were three other vw cars with the same problem so the qa team came down to service station to look at all cases. Qa team checked it multiple times. Remedies I heard from them involved trimming and ordering new parts. …”
NHTSA complaint #11079994, filed 2018-03, 30 milesRelated recalls
- 20V724000Nov 20, 2020Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2018 Tiguan LWB vehicles. In the event of a crash, one or both of the front seat belt's…Covers: Volkswagen Tiguan 2018
Related service bulletins
- 11001503May 16, 2024Forigen objects inside seat belt buckle
- 10231584Feb 2, 2023VW contact when reporting a Airbag or Pyrotechnic safety belt deployment. Update to model year applicability.
Seat belts: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 5% |
| 2025 | 1 | 2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 1% |
| 2020 | 3 | 2% |
| 2019 | 5 | 3% |
| 2018 | 16 | 6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 2% |
| 2014 | 2 | 2% |
| 2013 | 2 | 1% |
| 2012 | 7 | 5% |
| 2009 | 1 | 1% |
Other parts of the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan
82 complaintsOther or unknown
53 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
49 complaintsElectrical system
46 complaintsFuel system
41 complaintsBody and structure
39 complaintsBrakes
21 complaintsVehicle speed control
21 complaintsExterior lighting
17 complaintsAir bags
15 complaintsSteering
15 complaintsForward collision avoidance
12 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology