NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Volkswagen Tiguan Recalls
The 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 16, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 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
- 153
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2012 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 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan
Unknown or other
- Campaign
- 18V329000
- Reported
- May 16, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 252
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015, 2017 Tiguan, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V483000
- Reported
- August 4, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 415,825
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2014 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 2009–2011, 2013–2014 Tiguan
2012 Volkswagen Tiguan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 153 owner complaints about the 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan, the newest on September 27, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (7%); owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan, the component group named most often is the engine (33%), followed by the air bags (22%) and the electrical system (15%).
1 of the 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan owners gave the mileage (116 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine50
- Air Bags33
- Electrical System23
- Steering21
- Unknown Or Other20
- Fuel/Propulsion System12
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 12 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 19 | |
| 2018 | 25 | |
| 2019 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 25. 29% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Tiguan year in the same window: 8th highest of the 14 ranked years.
The 153 complaints about the 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Tiguan by model year
Other 2012 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: September 27, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted