2011 Volkswagen Tiguan electrical system problems
48 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan, which is 20% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 48 20% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 45,000 miles 40 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 11 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 19 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 40 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 45,000 miles, and 75% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 fire.
What owners wrote
Last week my wife told me that she could smell an electrical short and feel a burning sensation coming from her VW driver?s seat while she had her seat warmer on. I immediately had her take it in to the local VW dealership service center for diagnosis. This issue is a fire hazard and safety issue as we could not drive the car for fear that the short in the electrical system could cause a failure of the power assisted systems while in motion rendering the car unmanageable in traffic.
The fuse box in the engine compartment melted. This caused my front-right headlight, rear-left brake and turn signal light, and middle brake light to stop working. My car is all stock and I've done nothing to cause it to exert excess electrical power. I am reporting this because it seems to be a very common problem with VW and is an obvious design flaw.