Volkswagen Tiguan vs Dodge RAM 2500

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Volkswagen Tiguan	Dodge RAM 2500
Complaints on file	3,473	8,415
Model years covered	2009–2026	1991–2012
Worst model year	2018	2003
Best model year	2026	1993
Crashes reported	105	476
Fires reported	38	198
Injuries reported	72	235
Deaths reported	1	13
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	6.2%	11%

Volkswagen Tiguan by year

247 159 238 214 227 130 106 146 101 450 290 210 184 455 89 93 85 49

09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 708 20.4%

Electrical System 519 14.9%

Other & Unspecified 372 10.7%

Airbags 319 9.2%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 264 7.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 204 5.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 193 5.6%

Steering 184 5.3%

Dodge RAM 2500 by year

16 43 55 210 354 365 275 310 422 269 561 210 866 759 541 903 506 405 261 309 389 386

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Steering 1,991 23.7%

Suspension 902 10.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 686 8.2%

Body & Structure 647 7.7%

Brakes 644 7.7%

Airbags 595 7.1%

Electrical System 560 6.7%

Engine & Cooling 467 5.5%