NHTSA Complaint #10732466 — 2012 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO RAPIDLY DECELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY! AS IT TURNS OUT, THE TIMING CHAIN HAD FAILED AND DAMAGED THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. THE PARTS THAT FAILED WERE NOT DUE FOR MAINTENANCE UNTIL 200,000 MILES- MY CAR ONLY HAS 67,000 MILES. ALTHOUGH THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD IN ALL VOLKSWAGEN MODELS, THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL FOR THE PARTS, AND THE ISSUE IT IS NOT COVERED BEYOND THE STANDARD 5 YEAR, 60,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN MYSELF AND MY CHILD BEING REAR ENDED AND KILLED ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME RAPID DECELERATION HAS OCCURRED IN THIS VEHICLE- IT HAPPENED 3 PREVIOUS TIMES LAST YEAR DUE TO ISSUES WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD/FUEL INJECTORS. A RECALL WAS EVENTUALLY ISSUED FOR THOSE PARTS. THE 2012 TIGUAN IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE- THERE ARE MANY FAILURES AND SAFETY-RELATED TSBS BUT VERY FEW RECALLS. IN FACT, THE TSB FOR MY CURRENT ISSUE WAS RELEASED 3 YEARS AGO FOR ALL VW MODELS, YET NO RECALLS EXIST FOR THESE FAULTY PARTS (TB 15-12-01)! I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR AND WISH I HAD NEVER EVER BOUGHT IT. I FEEL THAT EVERY YEAR OF THIS MODEL SHOULD BE REEVALUATED AND RECALLED IF NECESSARY. UPDATED 9/25/15 *LN UPDATED 3/23/2016 *JS UPDATED 11/07/2017*CN