2009 Volkswagen Tiguan Brakes Problems

Your brakes failed while you were stopping at a traffic light, causing you to rear-end another vehicle at 15 mph. When you pressed the brake pedal, it felt bumpy and didn't hold, even when you pushed it all the way to the floor. This is a serious safety issue that requires immediate inspection of your brake system.

A LIQUID WAS ACCIDENTALLY SPILLED ON THE PARKING BRAKE, WHICH IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE CUP HOLDERS. NOW THE CAR IS SAYING THERE IS A "PARKING BRAKE FAILURE", INDICATING THIS ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IS NOT SEALED FROM SPILLS EVEN THOUGH IT IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE CUP HOLDERS. *TR

MY WIFE'S VEHICLE WAS PARKED YES SHE SPILLED WATER ON THAT AREA, THANK GOD IT WAS PARKED. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR E BRAKES THEY SEEM A VERY BAD DESIGN. I KNEW WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2009 JUST KNOWING AUTOS THIS WAS A TERRIBLE DESIGN AND FEATURE ESPECIALLY THE PLACEMENT. I READ ENOUGH ONLINE AFTER TODAY THIS HAS TO BE A RECALL I HAVE HAD PREVIOUS RECALLS ON BOTH MY VW SEAT BELTS, MISC. SENSORS BOTH A COUPLE OF TIMES EACH YES VW TOOK CARE OF IT BUT THIS SITUATION IS FAR TOO DANGEROUS. *TR

GRINDING SOUND WHEN BRAKING, NOW SEEMS TO HAVE EVOLVED INTO BRAKE FAILURE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKE RED LIGHT IT ON AND THE PARKING BRAKE IS ON, AND WILL NOT GO OFF EVEN WHEN DIRECTIONS ARE FOLLOWED TO DISENGAGE PARKING BRAKE. YELLOW P LIGHT ON. CAR SEEMS TO LURCH FORWARD AT TIMES OR HESITATE AT OTHERS. WILL HAVE TO TAKE TO LOCAL DEALER. *TR

I STARTED TO HEAR A GRINDING SOUND FROM THE REAR WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. WITH ONLY 40 K ON CAR THE FRONT BRAKES SHOULD SHOW SIGNS OF WEAR FIRST. THE REAR BRAKES HAVE TOTALLY WORN OUT FIRST AND GRINDING METAL TO METAL, RUINING THE REAR ROTORS. *TR

BOUGHT NEW 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN 2009 IN JUNE. FIRST 4 WEEKS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE HEARD FAINT NOISES FROM BRAKES. WHILE IN TRAFFIC AT A STOP LIGHT, THE CAR ABS SYSTEM CAME ON AND THE DASHBOARD LIT UP. CAR WAS UNABLE TO MOVE AND LOCKED UP TOTALLY. CAR WAS DRAGGED ONTO A TOW TRUCK AND HAD TO BE SOAPED OFF THE TOW TRUCK. VOLKSWAGEN IS STILL TRYING TO DIAGNOSE THE CAR TO UNDERSTAND THE FAILURE. *TR

ON JUNE 13, 2008 I WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON A TYPICAL SOUTH FLORIDA DAY, VERY HOT AND HUMID CLEAR DAY. JUST THEN A PICK-UP TRUCK PUT OUT VERY FAST IN FRONT OF ME. I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP, BUT JUST BEFORE I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE ENGINE ROARED AND I HIT THE TRUCK VERY HARD. AT FIRST I THOUGHT MY FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE BRAKE TO THE GAS, BUT NO WAY, I BROKE MY FOOT BECAUSE I HIT THE BRAKE SO HARD. MY QUESTION IS THIS,IS THERE A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS NEWCAR? *TR