NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Volkswagen Tiguan Recalls
The 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 17, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 97
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2016 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 2015 Tiguan, 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages
- Campaign
- 16V464000
- Reported
- June 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,658
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2016 Volkswagen Tiguan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 97 owner complaints about the 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan, the component group named most often is the air bags (38%), followed by the electrical system (28%) and the steering (13%).
1 of the 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan owners gave the mileage (39 complaints), the median was 45,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags37
- Electrical System27
- Unknown Or Other23
- Steering13
- Engine10
- Structure6
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 28 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 28. 31% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Tiguan year in the same window: 11th highest of the 14 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 97 complaints about the 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Tiguan by model year
Other 2016 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted