Tiguan Front Assist in the UK media

[anonymousmoose]

The Volkswagen Tiguan that can't handle Cornish roads and brakes automatically prompting crash fears from former traffic cop - Cornwall Live
['A former traffic cop said his new Volkswagen car was not fit for purpose on Cornish roads because it keeps automatically performing emergency braking without warning."]

This happened to me once. Call coming off the Perth kwinana freeway onto the mount road exist. No traffics, no trees or headges, it just applied the brakes.


['Mrs Leath, 57, added: “I won’t drive it. What frightens me is you don’t know when it’s going to activate. I am absolutely petrified of it."']
But sure sure how why the lady doesn't just do this before she drives it
['"The owner's manual explains how Front Assist can be adjusted by the driver to give 'early', 'medium' or 'late' warnings, and how the system can be switched off for a journey, should unnecessary warnings be experienced. ']

[Melbourne_Tiggy]

The Volkswagen Tiguan that can't handle Cornish roads and brakes automatically prompting crash fears from former traffic cop - Cornwall Live
['A former traffic cop said his new Volkswagen car was not fit for purpose on Cornish roads because it keeps automatically performing emergency braking without warning."]

This happened to me once. Call coming off the Perth kwinana freeway onto the mount road exist. No traffics, no trees or headges, it just applied the brakes.


['Mrs Leath, 57, added: “I won’t drive it. What frightens me is you don’t know when it’s going to activate. I am absolutely petrified of it."']
But sure sure how why the lady doesn't just do this before she drives it
['"The owner's manual explains how Front Assist can be adjusted by the driver to give 'early', 'medium' or 'late' warnings, and how the system can be switched off for a journey, should unnecessary warnings be experienced. ']

Yeap this has happened to me a few times in tight car parks going up the multi level ramps. I’ve learnt to turn off the front assist whilst in these sorts of places.

[Ozsko]

The owner in question has got a long thread on the UK Tiguan forum and has been battling this since he has had the car. I haven't had the problem but a lot of people have especially in the UK.

[DougGlover]

I have noticed a number of times (maybe a couple of times a week?) I get the display warning (car with radio waves all round). Only once so far, whilst braking into a corner (rock wall) has it applied the brakes harder than I intended.

To me seems very much like the 'getting used to it basket' as we have now with ABS and then ASC/ASR/TSC systems.

[anonymousmoose]

Had a warning today in the Perth hills. Narrow bendy road and a car was coming toward me, in his lane and I was in mine. A warning but no automatic breaking. I decided to turn if off whilst on those roads just in case.