"How reliable is the 2023 Volkswagen Tiguan?"

"Based on 77 NHTSA complaints, the 2023 Volkswagen Tiguan has a median complaint mileage of 56000 miles. The most common issue is ENGINE."

"What are common problems with the 2023 Volkswagen Tiguan?"

"The most frequently reported component in NHTSA complaints for the 2023 Volkswagen Tiguan is ENGINE, accounting for a significant portion of the 77 total complaints filed."

2023 Volkswagen Tiguan: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 77 complaints

Total Complaints

56,000mi

Median Mileage

ENGINE

Top Issue

Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

12,085 25th Percentile

56,000 Median Mileage

61,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ENGINE

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

POWER TRAIN

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

SERVICE BRAKES

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS

VISIBILITY/WIPER

Severity Assessment

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"On 2/8/2023 When starting my vehicle my digital instrument cluster did not display anything. (No Speedometer, tachometer, etc) While the cluster is not working, the Red "Level 1 Warning" light is displayed which tells you not to drive the vehicle. The issue was NOT resolved with restarting the veh..."

"Front passenger seat belt, when its in use the system activate the alarm and don't recognize that seat belt is in use."

"While driving the unit will shutdown and reboot randomly, shutting down all functions. Dealer diagnostic showed no issues with the software or firmware. When using NAV or phone related functions the unit will also shut down randomly and reboot. In some cases , the unit will down and not respond to a..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

CA: 17 FL: 11 TX: 6 IL: 5 MD: 5 AZ: 3 VA: 3 SC: 3 NY: 3 VT: 2

Volkswagen Tiguan — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

Year	Complaints	Median Mileage	Top Issue	Crashes
2009	247	70,798	ENGINE	8
2010	157	66,539	ENGINE	6
2011	235	56,000	ENGINE	6
2012	214	49,000	ENGINE	15
2013	226	52,000	AIR BAGS	4
2014	126	50,000	AIR BAGS	3
2015	106	51,762	AIR BAGS	1
2016	145	48,750	AIR BAGS	6
2017	95	26,000	AIR BAGS	11
2018	434	7,200	ENGINE	8
2019	263	2,721	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	9
2020	187	8,670	UNKNOWN OR OTHER	8
2021	153	20,000	ENGINE	3
2022	375	16,500	ENGINE	5
2024	63	-	UNKNOWN OR OTHER	1
2025	41	-	UNKNOWN OR OTHER	1

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28