NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Volkswagen Tiguan Recalls
The 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 4, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 162
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V483000
- Reported
- August 4, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 415,825
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2014 Tiguan, 6 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 14V441000
- Reported
- July 21, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 151,389
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010, 2012–2014 Tiguan
Electrical system: wiring: fuses and circuit breakers
- Campaign
- 13V569000
- Reported
- November 22, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 62,155
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Tiguan
2011 Volkswagen Tiguan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 162 owner complaints about the 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan, the newest on October 2, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (2%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan, the component group named most often is the engine (39%), followed by the electrical system (29%) and the exterior lighting (24%).
1 of the 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan owners gave the mileage (139 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine63
- Electrical System47
- Exterior Lighting39
- Air Bags30
- Steering14
- Unknown Or Other12
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 35 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 19 | |
| 2017 | 23 | |
| 2018 | 23 | |
| 2019 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 35. 33% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Tiguan year in the same window: 6th highest of the 14 ranked years.
The 162 complaints about the 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Tiguan by model year
Other 2011 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: October 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted