# 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan - Leak **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** volkswagen\ **Created:** [January 15, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-volkswagen-tiguan-leak/156574 "2020-01-15T16:24:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NickPaoletto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e0b2c6/32.png) [@NickPaoletto](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NickPaoletto)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-volkswagen-tiguan-leak/156574/1 "2020-01-15T16:24:40Z")
Timing chain tinsioner oil leak ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-volkswagen-tiguan-leak/156574/2 "2020-01-15T18:04:34Z")
How can a tensioner leak? Are you sure it is not he timing chain cover gasket leaking? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-volkswagen-tiguan-leak/156574/3 "2020-01-15T21:41:35Z")
There’s a defect in the casting of the tesioner where it breaks and oil leaks. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/6/f67ba77508f0f9f33b3617823883dfa38bd4b5b7.jpeg) There’s an updated design available, Tester ---
**Author:** ![NickPaoletto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e0b2c6/32.png) [@NickPaoletto](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NickPaoletto)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-volkswagen-tiguan-leak/156574/4 "2020-01-18T16:26:05Z")
VW service tec said it would cost $ 1.500.00 To fix. I read there is a class action lawsuit aginest VW don’t about that. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-volkswagen-tiguan-leak/156574/5 "2020-01-18T16:32:29Z")
Wow, never would have imagined that. But not familiar with the design. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-volkswagen-tiguan-leak/156574/6 "2020-01-18T16:45:53Z")
1500 to replace tensioner alone? Or other parts? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-volkswagen-tiguan-leak/156574/7 "2020-01-19T07:18:27Z")
2011 might be a little old for a class action and even if successful it can take several years to actually wind its way through. If they do settle sometime, you likely would be able to get a refund or partial refund anyway. So get it fixed but maybe see if a private shop dealing in VWs would be a little cheaper. I had a vacuum pump on my diesel Olds break out like that though. Original pump so maybe it was a defect I dunno but almost an identical break. We had a class action too on the diesel but by the time it was all said and done it only covered up to 100,000 miles and I was way over that. So yeah a class action sounds nice but don’t count on it. A good portion of the money goes to the law firm. Can’t remember what it was but recently qualified for a class action payment on something. All said and done I’d get something like $2 if I filled out all the paper work. Went into the trash so someone got an extra $2 that could have been mine.