NHTSA Safety Recalls
2022 Volkswagen Tiguan Recalls
The 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 12, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 272
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan
Back over prevention: software
- Campaign
- 25V082000
- Reported
- February 12, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 29,569
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2023–2024 Tiguan, 1 other model
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 22V514000
- Reported
- July 20, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 43,091
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Tiguan, 5 other models
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 22V226000
- Reported
- April 6, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,553
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2021 Tiguan
Suspension
- Campaign
- 22V176000
- Reported
- March 23, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,119
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Tiguan, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 21V853000
- Reported
- November 3, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,285
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- only the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan
2022 Volkswagen Tiguan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 272 owner complaints about the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan, the newest on October 15, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (1%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan, the component group named most often is the engine (42%), followed by the electrical system (23%) and the lane departure (16%).
None of the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan's 5 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan owners gave the mileage (15 complaints), the median was 30,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine113
- Electrical System63
- Unknown Or Other49
- Lane Departure44
- Power Train42
- Forward Collision Avoidance34
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34 | |
| 2023 | 71 | |
| 2024 | 33 | |
| 2025 | 50 | |
| 2026 | 83 |
Complaints about the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 83. 69% arrived between 2021 and 2025, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2022 vehicles, the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan drew 3.1× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Tiguan year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 14 ranked years.
That makes 2022 one of the Volkswagen Tiguan years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 272 complaints about the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Tiguan by model year
Other 2022 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted