2025 Volkswagen Tiguan
This year drew an ordinary 44 complaints for a Volkswagen Tiguan — the model's median is 132. What they were about is the unusual part: 11.4% of them mention within, against 3.3% across the model's other years.
First year of a new generation. The Volkswagen Tiguan was redesigned for 2025. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 44 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 132 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 28 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- within — 11.4% of this year's complaints, against 3.3% across the model's other years (3.4×).
- passengers — 6.8% of this year's complaints, against 0.9% across the model's other years (7.7×).
- passenger seat — 6.8% of this year's complaints, against 1.1% across the model's other years (6.5×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
The front passenger seat heating feature malfunctions. It feels extremely hot, then cuts off. This causes discomfort and creates a safety hazard for passengers. I've made efforts to work with the VW dealership, but after several delays, the car was returned wi…
Hello, I have a VW Tiguan 2025 lease since June2025. i just received a Safety Recall letter from VW on February 2026 advising that because of a potential airbag defect I should not have anyone seating in the passenger seat of my car until further notice. a rec…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 25V526000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 25V854000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Volkswagen Tiguan was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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