15V483000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
A loss of electrical connection to the driver's frontal air bag will prevent the air bag from deploying in the event of a vehicle crash, increasing the risk of injury.
2011 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN
3 safety recall campaigns, 4 defect investigations (1 open), 238 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations41 open
Owner complaints238
Complaints citing a crash6
Complaints citing a fire2
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
14V441000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
A vehicle stall increases the risk of a crash.
13V569000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
If the holder melts, there may be a partial loss of exterior lighting. Reduced vehicle illumination diminishes the vehicle's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 62ENGINE
- 45ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 39EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 29AIR BAGS
- 14STEERING
- 11UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 8POWER TRAIN
- 8FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2011 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUANs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.