NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Volkswagen Tiguan Recalls
The 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 17, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 62
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan
Air bags: air bag/restraint control module
- Campaign
- 19V535000
- Reported
- July 17, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 27,822
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Tiguan, 1 other model
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, 2017 Tiguan, 7 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 16V045000
- Reported
- January 28, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 734
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 15V311000
- Reported
- May 26, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,957
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- 49 CFR Part 567, certification label
- Same campaign
- only the 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan
2015 Volkswagen Tiguan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 62 owner complaints about the 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan, the newest on August 30, 2025. Of these, 1 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan, the component group named most often is the air bags (45%), followed by the electrical system (37%) and the engine (15%).
2 of the 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan owners gave the mileage (34 complaints), the median was 47,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags28
- Electrical System23
- Unknown Or Other15
- Engine9
- Steering9
- Service Brakes6
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 13. 29% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Tiguan year in the same window: 13th highest of the 14 ranked years.
That makes 2015 one of the three best-measured Volkswagen Tiguan years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 62 complaints about the 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Tiguan by model year
Other 2015 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: August 30, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted