2018 Volkswagen Tiguan brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 21 complaints for the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan, 4% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 21 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 8,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 1 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 100% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	10
20k to 40k miles	2
40k to 60k miles	1
60k to 80k miles	0
80k to 100k miles	0
100k to 120k miles	0
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 13 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 8,000 miles, and 100% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Driving on a saturday morning to my home. No cars in front of me, behind me or in the opposite lane (2 lane road). Within 1/4 mile from home, the automatic front brake assist was engaged. The vehicle has been on this exact road 100's of times and this has never happened. The groceries in the back seat flew to the front seat and I experienced whiplash. I am just so grateful that my children were not in the car! It was scary and completely unprompted. I checked the owners manual and disengaged the front assist.

May 2019 Injury

Back calipers getting stuck and caused premature wearing of brake pads and rotors. Had to replace one side while the other was fine because piston was stuck out and caused damage.

Reported at 30,000 miles, May 2020

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