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Best and worst years for the Volkswagen Tiguan

Of the 18 model years of the Volkswagen Tiguan with enough data to compare, the 2022 has the most complaints filed within five years of the model year (489), and the 2015 has the fewest (59).

Complaints in the first five years, by model year

Complaints within five years of the model year, Volkswagen Tiguan 0 250 500 2009: 107 '09 2010: 81 2011: 137 '11 2012: 109 2013: 127 '13 2014: 72 2015: 59 59 '15 2016: 78 2017: 69 69 '17 2018: 393 393 '18 2019: 223 '19 2020: 181 2021: 201 '21 2022: 489 489 '22 2023: 106 '23 2024: 127 2025: 98 '25 2026: 72
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Every bar counts only complaints about failures within five years of the model year, so older and newer years are measured on the same footing.
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Model yearComplaints (first five years; total for recent years)
2009107
201081
2011137
2012109
2013127
201472
201559
201678
201769
2018393
2019223
2020181
2021201
2022489
2023106
2024127
202598
202672

What stands out

The 2022 stands out, with about 4.5 times the typical number of complaints. Other years well above the median: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.

Look closer at the years with the most complaints: 2022 and 2018. Or the years with the fewest: 2015 and 2017.

All model years

Model yearFirst five yearsAll complaints
20267272
20259898
2024127127
2023106106
2022489489
2021201201
2020181214
2019223299
2018393468
201769105
201678147
201559106
201472131
2013127230
2012109215
2011137242
201081159
2009107248