Don't look too far into the recall issues, they don't effect the 7 speed DSG Tiguan's, it's a wet clutch, don't ever see problems with them, also if your going to not buy a car because of 'recall/reliability' concerns then your best off sticking with whatever car you currently have, all cars have their problems... Toyota recalled over 800,000 vehicles due to spiders setting of their airbags (REALLY?), Mazda recalled the Mazda 6's because the regeneration system was causing fires, etc etc you get the point, sooner or later your gonna have problems with ANY car you purchase, don't beat around the bush and buy the car you LIKE not the car you bought because it was 'convenient'.
P.S: The Tiguan is a excellent car, especially compared to rivals e.g. Holden Captiva, Subaru (****aroo) Forester etc etc.
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