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2011 Volkswagen Tiguan lighting problems

Owners reported lighting problems in 39 complaints for the 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan, 16% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
39 16% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
43,000 miles 35 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 43,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 11 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 19 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 43,000 miles
Based on 35 complaints that include mileage. 86% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles11
40k to 60k miles19
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 35 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 43,000 miles, and 86% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 volkswagen tiguan. The contact stated that the head lights, brake, and turn signals would intermittently fail. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the technician diagnosed that there was a melted fuse in the fuse box and as a result, the fuse box needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileage was 59,000.

Reported at 59,000 miles, October 2013 Fire

My 2011 tiguan is erroneously and intermittently reporting that lamps are out. I went to the auto repair shop, and was told that it was caused by a melted fuse box. I have been on a lot of forum online, and it seems to be a common finding among VW owners,more so tiguan. I do not understand why vwofa has not looked into the issue as yet. My brake lights, my tail lights, my headlights are all out. The idea that a fuse box could be melting under the hood is quite disturbing.

Reported at 44,600 miles, November 2013

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