# 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan - Car wash question

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-volkswagen-tiguan-car-wash-question/168191>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volkswagen\
**Created:** [August 2, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-volkswagen-tiguan-car-wash-question/168191 "2020-08-02T18:35:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Ralphjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e99b99/32.png) [@Ralphjones](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ralphjones)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-volkswagen-tiguan-car-wash-question/168191/1 "2020-08-02T18:35:10Z")

</div>

How to exit car wash if in neutral

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-volkswagen-tiguan-car-wash-question/168191/2 "2020-08-02T20:43:28Z")

</div>

Do you have the vehicle in neutral because it’s sitting still or being pulled through the car wash? Surely when the wash is finished you can put the vehicle in gear and exit, right?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-volkswagen-tiguan-car-wash-question/168191/3 "2020-08-02T22:23:13Z")

</div>

> [@Ralphjones](#):
>
> How to exit car wash if in neutral

Get out and push the vehicle out or put it in gear and drive out like a normal person.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 2, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-volkswagen-tiguan-car-wash-question/168191/4 "2020-08-02T22:27:49Z")

</div>

Start the engine, step on the brake pedal, shift the transmission from neutral into drive, and drive off.

Tester

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-volkswagen-tiguan-car-wash-question/168191/5 "2020-08-02T22:29:54Z")

</div>

> [@Ralphjones](#):
>
> How to exit car wash if in neutral

As soon as the drying mechanism has ceased its function, put your car in gear, and drive away. If you don’t do that, you could wind-up having your car impacted by the car immediately behind yours

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-volkswagen-tiguan-car-wash-question/168191/6 "2020-08-02T23:15:23Z")

</div>

OK, I’ll bite. Why do you want to exit the car wash in neutral?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-volkswagen-tiguan-car-wash-question/168191/7 "2020-08-03T01:25:21Z")

</div>

Perhaps this car is like my wife’s BMW, where you can’t shift from N to D without applying the brake. She just applies the brake and shifts very quickly. I’m sure this scares the driver of the car behind her a bit, but she has no choice.