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What 73 owners told NHTSA about the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan Ltd

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (73)Crash / fire / injury (6)Airbags (30)Engine (15)Electrical system (11)Steering (11)Fuel system (7)Transmission & drivetrain (5)Body & structure (4)Brakes (3)Driver assistance (1)Engine & cooling (1)

1 of 73 complaints match · Body & structure · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Nov 21, 2022SteeringTransmission & drivetrainBody & structureCrash1 injury

I suffered a front-end collision on 11/15/2022 in my 2017 VW Tiguan. I was going on I-66 in Virginia 40-45mph back to college at Howard University, and a car stopped suddenly after being cut off, but it was raining horribly and I was in half a foot of water, so even with braking, I hydroplaned into the vehicle in front of me, causing insubstantial damage to them but very significant damage to my vehicle as well as whiplash.

NHTSA ODI 11494504

Working with the data? Download all 73 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 24, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan Ltd verdict →