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4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Volkswagen Group of America is recalling specific 2016-2018 Audi and Volkswagen models because air bags or seat belt pretensioners may not function properly in a crash.
Volkswagen is recalling 46 internal-use vehicles sold without confirmation of compliance with federal safety standards. The vehicles may have been modified and could fail to meet safety requirements.
Volkswagen is recalling 2011-2017 models including Tiguan, Golf, and CC because internal modifications may prevent them from meeting regulatory requirements, increasing crash risk.
Volkswagen is recalling 2017-2018 Tiguan Limited vehicles because the front driver air bag may not be intended for US use, failing federal safety standards and increasing injury risk in a crash.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
2 trims tested for 2017; overall ratings can differ by trim.
View on NHTSA.govSource: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.
1,442 manufacturer service bulletins across 18 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.
Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.