NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Volkswagen Tiguan Recalls
The 2013 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 2013 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
- 140
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 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 2013 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 2012, 2014–2015, 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 2011–2012, 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 2009–2012, 2014 Tiguan
2013 Volkswagen Tiguan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 140 owner complaints about the 2013 Volkswagen Tiguan, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (1%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2013 Volkswagen Tiguan, the component group named most often is the air bags (45%), followed by the electrical system (26%) and the engine (21%).
1 of the 2013 Volkswagen Tiguan's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2013 Volkswagen Tiguan owners gave the mileage (94 complaints), the median was 53,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags63
- Electrical System36
- Engine30
- Steering27
- Unknown Or Other16
- Fuel/Propulsion System14
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 27 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2013 Volkswagen Tiguan peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 27. 24% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Volkswagen Tiguan drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Tiguan year in the same window: 10th highest of the 14 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 140 complaints about the 2013 Volkswagen Tiguan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Tiguan by model year
Other 2013 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted