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2010 Volkswagen TIGUAN Seats Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1517290
Internal NHTSA #	11154363
Manufacurer	Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	TIGUAN
Model Year	2010
File date	24/11/18
Component	SEATS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My husband was driving my vehicle and i sat in the passenger seat turned on the heated seating and after about 2 min i started to smell plastic burning my leg was burning and we seen smoke in the car and pulled over. When i got out the car my seat had a hole in it with smoke billowing out.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	82000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	HIGHLAND, IN
VIN pattern	WVGAV7AX5AWXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	1
No. of fatalities
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	20
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Date of manufacture
Type of child seat code
Type of restraint
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2010 Volkswagen TIGUAN Seats Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2010 Volkswagen TIGUAN Seats Problems, Complaints and Defects

What is Recall?

What is Failure?

What is Defect?