NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Volkswagen Tiguan Recalls
The 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 6, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 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
- 141
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 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 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 22V226000
- Reported
- April 6, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,553
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019, 2021–2022 Tiguan
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 20V579000
- Reported
- September 23, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan
Seats
- Campaign
- 20V505000
- Reported
- August 26, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,376
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
2020 Volkswagen Tiguan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 141 owner complaints about the 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan, the newest on October 6, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (4%); owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan, the component group named most often is the electrical system (24%), followed by the engine (18%) and the forward collision avoidance (11%).
None of the 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan's 3 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan owners gave the mileage (28 complaints), the median was 26,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other52
- Electrical System34
- Engine26
- Forward Collision Avoidance16
- Structure16
- Service Brakes10
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 18 | |
| 2023 | 24 | |
| 2024 | 36 | |
| 2025 | 16 | |
| 2026 | 27 |
Complaints about the 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 36. 44% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Tiguan year in the same window: 4th highest of the 14 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 141 complaints about the 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Tiguan by model year
Other 2020 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: October 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted