vinkodex.II: panoramic roof glass breaking on its own
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expensive
severity
not available
mileage
1
sources
1 source. A forum, a video or a complaint.
The fault
How you spot it
The toughened glass of the panoramic roof cracks with a loud bang with no external impact: on a parked car and while driving alike. It is not the drains blocking but the glass itself: stress left in the toughened glass releases with temperature swings. The event is unpredictable, the replacement is expensive, and third party insurance does not cover it. Measured: of the 1,302 consumer complaints on the 2016 to 2024 American Tiguan, 92 mention the roof, and 41 of those describe cracking or shattering. A real but not widespread phenomenon. The data refers to the American, long wheelbase (Allspace) version, whose roof glass is larger than on the European version.
Which model
Who it affects
The card opens the generation, the engine or the transmission.
Generations and models
1 generations.
Volkswagen
II
Tiguan
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Volkswagen Tiguan II
2016–2023
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II: panoramic roof glass breaking on its own
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Sources
How we know
reported complaints only. That does not prove the car you are looking at has it.
Information, not an expert opinion
We write the descriptions, and we put the source next to them. A person reviews them before they go out. They are still information, not a technical expert opinion.
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- A fault missing from the list does not mean the model is fault-free. Write-ups are made model by model. Not all of them are done.
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