2009 Volkswagen Tiguan Other Problems

Your car keeps triggering warning lights for various sensors like the camshaft and crankshaft sensors, and the engine control computer (ECM) may need a software update. The engine keeps trying to start but having issues. You've checked and your vehicle's serial number falls within a known recall range, but no official recall has been issued yet for your specific issue.

Your air conditioning system works intermittently — sometimes it cools properly, and sometimes it doesn't cool at all or only produces weak cooling. This is an intermittent issue, meaning it may work fine one moment and fail the next.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY JUST AT 80KM/H I FELT MY TIGUAN LIKE DRIFTING MANY TIMES, IT WAS LIKE SLIDING RIGHT AND LEFT ON FEW CENTIMETERS MAYBE 2 OR 3 CM. JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THE WINTER TIRES ARE MOUNTED ON THE CAR. THIS IS WEIRD BECAUSE I WASNT GOING FAST, AS I MENTIONED 80 KM/H.

AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 17 MILES AND CUTTING THE CAR OFF AND THEN GETTING BACK INTO IT AFTER ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES TO START UP , THE CAR STARTED AND CUT OFF. I STARTED IT BACK UP AND IT CUT OFF. SO I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED IT AND IT STAYED ON LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO GET HOME SAFELY. AFTER THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS OFTEN. MORE FREQUENT TO THE POINT OF ME BE SCARED TO GO ANYWHERE FAR. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY DURING THE FIRST TIME IT STALLED. IF I GET INTO THE VEHICLE AND TRAVEL A SHORT DISTANT AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF. THEN COME BACK TO IT AND TURN IT ON SOMETIMES IT WILL STAY ON AND SOMETIMES IT WILL STALL AND I TRY TO GIVE IT GAS THINKING THAT WILL KEEP IT ON. BUT IT DOESN'T . I HAVE LEARNED TO LET IT SIT AND TRY IT AGAIN. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW AND WANTS TO KEEP IT FOR DAYS. UNTIL I FOUND THIS RECALL WHICH SOUNDS LIKE WHAT I'M EXPERIENCING I WAS WONDERING IF IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM.

THE VEHICLE HAS A FAULTY DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THE ORIGINAL PIPING THAT WAS PUT INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE YEARS HAS EXPERIENCED WEAR AND TEAR AND HAS NOT HELD UP TO ORIGINAL VOLKSWAGEN STANDARDS. OTHER VEHICLES BY THIS BRAND NAME HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS LEAKING ISSUE. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO DISTRACTIONS WHILE DRIVING AND MAKE A DRIVER LOSE CONTROL.

ALL OF A SUDDEN EPC LIGHT CAME ON, ALONG WITH CHECK ENGINE SERVICE NOW MESSAGE FLASHED ON DASH. I WAS GOING APPROX. 45 MPH. I COULDN'T ACCELERATE MORE THAT 5-10 MPH! I PULLED OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD. ENDED UP GETTING IT TO MCDONALD VW DEALERSHIP, IN LITTLETON. - WASN'T COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. VW SAID THERE WAS NO RECALLS ON THE EPC-THROTTLE BODY! - TOTAL COST? $817.66 PRETTY SCARY!! THANK GOODNESS I WASN'T ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, OR CONGESTED AREA; AT THE TIME. VERY UPSET!!! *TR