2018 Volkswagen Tiguan defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Seat Belt Webbing Failure
  Engineering Analysis EA18005 · opened Jul 3, 2018 · closed Feb 27, 2023 · led to recall 20V724000

  In December 2017, NHTSA conducted two (2) New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) tests on the Model Year (MY) 2018 Volkswagen (VW) Tiguan. Both tests were 35mph full frontal impacts into a rigid barrier with a 50th percentile male dummy seat-belted in the driver position and a 5th percentile female seat-belted in the right …

• Seat Belt Webbing Failure
  Preliminary Evaluation PE18001 · opened Jan 10, 2018 · closed Jul 3, 2018

  In December 2017, NHTSA conducted two New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) tests on the 2018 MY Volkswagen (VW) Tiguan. Both tests were 35 mph, full frontal impacts into a rigid barrier with a 50th percentile male dummy seat-belted in the driver position and a 5th percentile female seat-belted in the right front-passenger…