Tiguan Towing

[jdstephens]

Funnily enough I sent my dealer and their spare parts division an email asking for an update on the sticker - been waiting since October 2018 for one and there's been nothing but radio silence.

If true, it is disappointing as 200kg ball weight was perfect for me!

Its as true as I can find out. I contacted VW Australia and they rang me back with a confirmation of the downgrade. I spoke to the Solitare spare parts department yesterday trying to order the stickers in. They rang back today saying VWA have put a halt to the sale of the stickers. Steve ( the helpful man in parts) read out the entire internal bulletin over the phone which was dated from December last year. He said he and his manager spent a considerable amount of time trying to find out if it reverted back to 200kg, but it hasn't.

Ive submitted a vehicle report to the department of infrastructure, very unsat of VW to down rate the towing capacity of the bars but not tell the owners its changed. I think its a pretty big safety concern TBH.

If others raise a report via the department of Infrastructure, perhaps this will motivate VW to get engineering approval to put it back up to 200kg. Heres the link:

Submit an Online Vehicle Safety or Non-Compliance Report

[Chalnoth]

Could get interesting for anyone who bought the car to pull a load higher than the 100kg limit, or who bought a caravan that they now can't pull.

[Hillbilly]

Could get interesting for anyone who bought the car to pull a load higher than the 100kg limit, or who bought a caravan that they now can't pull.

Been there done that and had to spend another $23,000 to change to a suitable vehicle

[jdstephens]

Could get interesting for anyone who bought the car to pull a load higher than the 100kg limit, or who bought a caravan that they now can't pull.

surely they got it engineered to state it can tow 200kg. I think something else is going on, perhaps some type of procedural issue? So I think the more people who report via the above link the more motivation VW will have to fix it and revert back to 200kg

[jdstephens]

Been there done that and had to spend another $23,000 to change to a suitable vehicle

I can foresee myself doing this earlier than planned

[Hillbilly]

I can foresee myself doing this earlier than planned

Methinks they put a 200kg towbar on and changed it to that without VW changing the limit on the actual vehicle.

Probably the very reason its been swapped back and in all literature it states its 100kg as per the ADR rules.

I would suspect someone has the imprint of a size 10 embedded deep in a certain place in their anatomy

[Simonr23]

Toureg has a ‘double’ limit towbar in aus. Is that going to go back down (140kg I think) too?

I checked my car last night. The towbar says 200, the door sill says 200, the towing pamphlet says 200. The towbar was fitted when I bought the car in November.

Ive taken pics of everything, so if things get changed...

[Hillbilly]

Toureg has a ‘double’ limit towbar in aus. Is that going to go back down (140kg I think) too?

I checked my car last night. The towbar says 200, the door sill says 200, the towing pamphlet says 200. The towbar was fitted when I bought the car in November.

Ive taken pics of everything, so if things get changed...

HAvent got my Nov built car yet so in 3 weeks I will check it as well

[jdstephens]

HAvent got my Nov built car yet so in 3 weeks I will check it as well

It will be the same as mine unfortunately. 100kg limit

[Hillbilly]

It will be the same as mine unfortunately. 100kg limit

No worries Im not going to be towing anyway Would be just a selling point down the road