NHTSA Complaint #11192234 — 2012 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN

FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, INTERMITTENTLY BUT CONSISTENTLY, THE CAR WILL LOSE POWER AFTER A WARM START. IGNITION TURNS OVER APPROPRIATELY AND STARTS, BUT AFTER PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPOT IN A LOT OR INTO TRAFFIC, THE CAR JUST LOSES POWER. BATTERY LIGHT GOES ON AND YOU HAVE TO PUT CAR BACK IN PARK AND START IT AGAIN. THE SECOND TIME IT STARTS IT STRUGGLES BUT RESTARTS AND TYPICALLY DOES NOT LOSE POWER OR STALL AGAIN. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL START TO LOSE POWER AND AS YOU PREPARE FOR IT TO STALL IT REGAINS POWER AND SHOOTS FORWARD REGARDLESS OF HOW LIGHTLY YOU'RE GASSING IT. I HAVE GONE FOR SERVICE MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY RULED OUT BATTERY, CONNECTIONS, ALTERNATOR, ETC. AND SAY THEY CAN NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM EVEN AFTER KEEPING THE CAR FOR DAYS AND DRIVING IT AROUND, YET IT HAS LITERALLY HAPPENED WHEN I HAVE BEEN LEAVING THE DEALER. SOMETIMES THE EPC LIGHT GOES ON AFTER THIS OCCURS BUT NEVER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THIS HAPPENS MORE OFTEN WHEN THE WEATHER IS MILD AND WHEN THE CAR HAS ALREADY BEEN RUNNING FOR SOME TIME. NEVER HESITATES ON A COLD START.