# 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan reliability **URL:** \ **Category:** Buying/Selling\ **Tags:** volkswagen, tiguan\ **Created:** [September 27, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-volkswagen-tiguan-reliability/170522 "2020-09-27T21:29:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Julia22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Julia22](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Julia22)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-volkswagen-tiguan-reliability/170522/1 "2020-09-27T21:29:24Z")
I am torn between Tiguan 2020 and Buick Encore GX. I have read a lot of poor reviews for reliability on the Tiguan. Also the gas mileage isn’t great. How unreliable is the Tiguan? ---
**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:** [September 27, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-volkswagen-tiguan-reliability/170522/2 "2020-09-27T21:40:56Z")
2020 vehicle is going to be new is it not and not preowned ? Then you will have a warranty and if you don’t plan to keep it for much longer than the bumper to bumper warranty then just buy what you want. But if you are concerned about the VW now how are you going to feel if it does have problems ? Answer is ’ Really bad '. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-volkswagen-tiguan-reliability/170522/3 "2020-09-28T11:56:04Z")
> [@Julia22](#): > > I have read a lot of poor reviews for reliability on the Tiguan. Also the gas mileage isn’t great. Then why would you get one? ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-volkswagen-tiguan-reliability/170522/4 "2020-09-28T20:32:25Z")
It’s on Consumer Reports’ list of Worst Used Cars for model years 2012, 13, 16, 18 and 19, because of much-worse-than-average reliability based on CR member responses to their Annual Auto Surveys. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-volkswagen-tiguan-reliability/170522/5 "2020-09-28T20:45:29Z")
It is definitely too early for anyone to have compiled reliability stats on a 2020 model, but, based on the past reliability record for the Tiguan (along with most VW models)-- as mentioned by shanonia–I would think that this is a model to **avoid**. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020-volkswagen-tiguan-reliability/170522/6 "2020-09-28T20:53:47Z")
How about a Mazda CX-5?