2017 Volkswagen Tiguan: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan. The newest campaign is 21V321000. NHTSA received the report on 5 May 2021. The NHTSA record gives the component Unknown or Other. NHTSA has 75 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 21V321000, in the NHTSA record

Volkswagen will repurchase the vehicles. Owner notification letters were mailed May 20, 2021. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 01F1.

NHTSA VIN lookup

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 30 Sep 2026. Recall file through 30 Sep 2026.

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Recall campaigns

4 campaigns, newest first. 10,013 units in total.

21V3210005 May 2021Unknown or Other
18V32900016 May 2018Unknown or Other
18V1020009 Feb 2018Air Bags / Frontal
16V95500029 Dec 2016Seat Belts / Pretensioner

21V321000Received 5 May 2021. 46 units.
Unknown or Other
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2017 Touareg GP, Tiguan, Golf A6, E-Golf GP, CCF, 2016-2017 Passat GP, 2018-2019 Golf R GP, and 2018 Atlas vehicles. These internal-use vehicles were sold without confirmation that they were built to all applicable regulatory requirements and may have been modified prior to sale. As such, these vehicles may fail to comply with the requirements of various Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Vehicles that do not meet all regulatory requirements may have an increased risk of injury, crash, or fire.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Volkswagen will repurchase the vehicles. Owner notification letters were mailed May 20, 2021. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 01F1.
Report filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number 01F1. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 20 May 2021.
18V329000Received 16 May 2018. 252 units.
Unknown or Other
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2012-2016 Eos, 2012 Passat, 2012-2016 CC, 2015-2016 e-Golf, 2011-2015 Touareg, 2012-2015 and 2017 Tiguan, and 2011-2016 Golf and 2011-2013 GTI vehicles. Modifications made while the vehicles were in an internal evaluation period may cause the affected vehicles to not comply with all of the applicable regulatory requirements.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If the vehicles do not meet all regulatory requirements, there could be an increased risk of a crash, fire, or injury.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will repair the vehicles to make them fully compliant or Volkswagen will repurchase them if necessary, free of charge. The recall began November 29, 2018. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298.
Report filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number 01C5/01C6. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 29 Nov 2018.
18V102000Received 9 Feb 2018. 3,768 units.
Air Bags / Frontal
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Tiguan Limited vehicles. The front driver air bag installed on these vehicles may not be intended for use in vehicles sold in the United States. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event of a crash, the incorrect air bags may not protect the driver as intended, increasing the risk of injury.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering wheel and front driver air bag module, free of charge. The recall began May 30, 2018. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69V2.
Report filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number 69V2. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 30 May 2018.
16V955000Received 29 Dec 2016. 5,947 units.
Seat Belts / Pretensioner
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2017 Audi A7, A4, A6, Volkswagen Golf and Tiguan vehicles and 2016 Volkswagen e-Golf vehicles for driver frontal air bags, passenger frontal air bags or head air bags that may not deploy properly. Additionally, certain 2017 Audi Q7, A4 Sedan, A4 Allroad, and 2018 Audi Q5 vehicles are being recalled because the seat belt pretensioners may not activate properly.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event of a crash, if the air bags and/or the seat belt pretensioners do not inflate or function properly, the vehicle occupants have an increased risk of injury.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Volkswagen and Audi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected air bags and seat belt pretensioners, free of charge. The recall began April 2017. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298 or Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834.
Report filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number VW: 69P4; Audi 69P2. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 28 Feb 2017.

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

75 complaints, 104 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

2017 Volkswagen Tiguan
All 2017 vehicles

2017 Volkswagen Tiguan: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	2017 Tiguan	All 2017 vehicles	Tiguan, all years	Mentions
Air Bags	288.5	37.5	89.3	30
Engine	144.2	194.5	193	15
Electrical System	115.4	118	150.7	12
Steering	115.4	57.5	53.1	12
Unknown or Other	86.5	103.9	106.2	9
Fuel/Propulsion System	57.7	47.6	48.9	6
Power Train	48.1	118.2	58.4	5
Structure	38.5	38.8	31.7	4
Service Brakes	28.8	54.7	34.2	3
Fuel System, Gasoline	19.2	5.2	6.4	2

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 16.

Complaints that report a crash: 6
Complaints that report a fire: 0
Injuries in the complaints: 4
Deaths in the complaints: 1
Date of the newest complaint: 2 Sep 2026

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2022, with 21 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
NHTSA page of the 2017 Volkswagen TiguanThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volkswagen/tiguan/2017/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file: 1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan?: 10,013 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Volkswagen Tiguan have for all model years?: NHTSA lists 39 recall campaigns for the Volkswagen Tiguan, model years 2009 to 2026. 4 of them name the 2017 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan name most often?: Air Bags: 30 of 104 component mentions, or 288.5 per 1,000. For all 2017 vehicles the figure is 37.5 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan open?: The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.