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2018 Volkswagen TIGUAN Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1490078
Internal NHTSA #	11120358
Manufacurer	Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	TIGUAN
Model Year	2018
File date	17/05/18
Component	STRUCTURE:BODY
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	In the first month of owning the vehicle, the fuel pump and fuel tank had to be replaced. Since then the vehicle has displayed intermittent loss of response to the accelerator pedal. This occurs when first shifting into drive, the vehicle will not respond to any input into the accelerator pedal. The engine rpms will hold at 1000 or drop to almost stalling the car. After about 10-20 seconds of this, the car will suddenly recognize the throttle input and will lurch forward. There is no indication of when the vehicle will decide to respond to the throttle input. The b-pillar on both sides of the car started to rattle when the ambient temperature was over ~55 f. This has been serviced once, per a technical service bulletin from volkswagen. The service simply made the problem intermittent. The tsb states that the problem is caused by the air bag modules rubbing on the metal of the frame and body. Additionally the tsb procedure instructs the service technician to slide a screw driver between two pieces of body or frame metal, and use a hammer to bend the panels apart from each other. Has this be proven to not compromise the structure of the vehicle? The transmission consistently fails to find the correct gear to be in at low speeds or from a stop. When starting from a stop the transmission has a harsh shift in the first 3 gears. The transmission at time will start off in the 3rd gear, with the throttle fully engaged, and will take several seconds to determine that it needs to be in the first gear. By the time it finally shifts into first, it is at the peak rpm's for first gear and will harshly shift into second gear. This is then quickly followed by another jerky shift into third gear. Starting the car off in third gear has caused issues for making a turn in a break in traffic to the point where i can no longer reliably deem that to be a safe maneuver.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	3338
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	DENVER, CO
VIN pattern	3VV2B7AX0JMXXXXXX
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	10/09/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	10
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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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2018 Volkswagen TIGUAN Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2018 Volkswagen TIGUAN Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects

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