Bought a 2025 Comfortline Tiguan in October (at 9000KM now) & have been experiencing the following issues:
- When starting the car after it's been off for a while (not necessarily when it's cold outside, just when the car has been off for 15+ min, it vibrates and shakes the whole cabin and makes a weird noise for a second when turning on. Runs normally after that, idle is fine, start stop is fine. It also starts smoothly if I've recently driven (e.g running into the store and back in car) I did have a CEL at around 4000KM that went on and then back off, the dealer told me it was fuel related and to use 91 octane to prevent this (I have been, but why? It's rated for regular). Anyone know what could be wrong?
- The dashboard rattles/pops like crazy from the L and R vent area when going over bumps and the vents creak when opening and closing them, dealer has tried to repair 4x, still ongoing
- All of the door handles (on the inside) squeak quite loudly, dealer says normal
- The drivers seat squeaks when you lean back or shift weight, same sound when going over a speed bump, dealer says normal
- The clunking from the rear when going over bumps that others have mentioned, dealer says normal
- All four windows sound like they're rubbing against something when opening/closing. Dealer said normal for the new Tiguans
- The brake pedal (not the brakes themselves) makes a 'tick tick' sound when gradually braking, dealer has lubed it twice but it comes back
- About once a month when filling gas, it will click and stop as if it's full, in all cases when this happened, I was 1/4 tank ish. In these cases I've had to just slightly squeeze the gas pump to fill it up drop by drop. Dealer blaming it on the size of the gas nozzle (at Costco & chevron ?)
- It has emergency braked on the highway twice with no one around, really scary. Of course, dealer could not replicate.
- Random safety feature lights going on and off (not as concerned about this as it only lasts like 30s when it happens). Hasn't happened during dealer visits.
There is only one VW in my city unfortunately. I bought it from a different dealer due to color options about 200km away. It has been to my local dealer for all of this 7 times already.
Is there anything I can do here? It's not undrivable or anything, but I'm just annoyed. Called VW Canada to open a case like a month ago, but getting ghosted via email and when I call, they just tell me to make another service appt smh. TIA everyone