NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Volkswagen Tiguan Recalls
The 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 76
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan
Unknown or other
- Campaign
- 21V321000
- Reported
- May 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 46
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Unknown or other
- Campaign
- 18V329000
- Reported
- May 16, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 252
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2015 Tiguan, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 18V102000
- Reported
- February 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,768
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Tiguan
Seat belts: pretensioner
- Campaign
- 16V955000
- Reported
- December 29, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,947
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
2017 Volkswagen Tiguan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 76 owner complaints about the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan, the newest on October 5, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (8%); owners reported 4 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan, the component group named most often is the air bags (39%), followed by the engine (20%) and the steering (17%).
1 of the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan's 4 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan owners gave the mileage (23 complaints), the median was 26,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags30
- Engine15
- Steering13
- Electrical System12
- Unknown Or Other9
- Fuel/Propulsion System6
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 21 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 11 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 21. 29% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Tiguan year in the same window: 12th highest of the 14 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the three best-measured Volkswagen Tiguan years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 76 complaints about the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Tiguan by model year
Other 2017 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: October 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted