2024 Volkswagen Tiguan Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 1about this part
- Share
- 1%of 77 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 1 complaints about the air bags of the 2024 Volkswagen Tiguan, 1% of the 77 complaints for this model year. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I was driving Eastbound on I-94 at 6am pitch black dark out and looked down at my dog and veered off to the grated area of the highway and the nosie startled my dog and he jumped, hitting my arm and the front left wheel went off the road and i lost control at about 50mph after braking and swerving and we hit the guardrailand scraped.the cables and rail and lost bumper, 2 tires and front end without airbags going off.”
NHTSA complaint #11762758, filed 2026-09Related service bulletins
- 11034621Jun 11, 2026Inquiries
- 11032223Apr 16, 2026This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct the…
- 11032222Apr 2, 2026This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct the…
- 11032221Apr 1, 2026This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct the…
- 11030826Mar 2, 2026The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued an urgent warning regarding counterfeit replacement airbag inflators that are being installed in used…
- 11021367Jul 8, 2025An incorrect EPROM component with lower bytes memory density may have been installed in some airbag control modules. This could cause the airbag indicator light on the instrument…
- 11021368Jul 7, 2025An incorrect EPROM component with lower bytes memory density may have been installed in some airbag control modules. This could cause the airbag indicator light on the instrument…
- 11014956Feb 12, 2025This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: This hotfix is for multiple vehicles for…
Air bags: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 3% |
| 2025 | 5 | 9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 1% |
| 2023 | 2 | 3% |
| 2022 | 5 | 2% |
| 2021 | 2 | 1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 1% |
| 2019 | 7 | 4% |
| 2018 | 15 | 5% |
| 2017 | 30 | 39% |
| 2016 | 37 | 38% |
| 2015 | 28 | 45% |
| 2014 | 46 | 55% |
| 2013 | 63 | 45% |
| 2012 | 33 | 22% |
| 2011 | 30 | 19% |
| 2010 | 3 | 3% |
| 2009 | 10 | 6% |
Other parts of the 2024 Volkswagen Tiguan
28 complaintsEngine
20 complaintsOther or unknown
20 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
10 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
10 complaintsForward collision avoidance
6 complaintsLane departure
6 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
5 complaintsFuel system
3 complaintsSteering
3 complaintsEngine cooling
2 complaintsExterior lighting
2 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2024 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.
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