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2013 Volkswagen TIGUAN Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1342194
Internal NHTSA #	10936062
Manufacurer	Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	TIGUAN
Model Year	2013
File date	16/12/16
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Vehicle sporadically unresponsive in traffic while in any forward drive selection of automatic transmission. Particularly hazardous while changing lanes in freeway traffic. I push on the accelerator to change lanes and nothing happens... The car just coasts... Meanwhile traffic is coming at me at 70mph. I have keep flooring the accelerator a bunch of times for the car to regain response, but the turbo kicks in at full speed and i have to brake to re-regulate my speed. This is a great car, but it would be a deathtrap for most people and i am not alone with this complaint. In searching vw blogs, the problem is well known but there is no fix. Vw drivers speculate a ecm or tcm software problem, while others suspect the torque converter or turbo problem. This is not just a high speed problem. It happens in normal residential traffic driving, as well. Interesting too is that it will do this when i am starting up from a stop and making a left turn. I get mid-way thru the turn and it becomes un-responsive and traffic behind me have to brake to keep from rear-ending me. It doesn't seem to do this on right turns from a standing stop. It makes me wonder about the transmission fluid level, which i cannot check, the transmission fluid pump, if there is one. Yet, in highway traffic, i will want to change lanes to either the right or left and the car will become unresponsive. Nevertheless, it always takes the same driver response of having to keep flooring the accelerator to get the car to respond. Not good 2013 vw tiguan 24,000 miles since new.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	24000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	CARROLLTON, TX
VIN pattern	WVGAV3AX3DWXXXXXX
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
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
Drive train type	FWD
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Vehicle speed	70
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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.
What is Failure?
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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2013 Volkswagen TIGUAN Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2013 Volkswagen TIGUAN Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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