Towing with a VW Tiguan automatic
Does anyone have any experience of towing a 1700kg MTPLM caravan with a VW Tiguan 2.0 4M (4WD) automatic?
I have used the NCC Towcheck website and with a MPTW braked trailer figure of 2,100kg it is a suitable match for an experienced caravanner.
I used a Skoda Superb auto with my previous, lighter, caravan with no issues.
Any feedback would be much appreciated.
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Thank for quick response.
I will probably manage to get a 17 plate car and the van is a 2018 Adria 612 Seine with a MTPLM upgrade to 1700kg.
I will look at towcar.info but it would be nice to get feedback from someone who has real time experience of using the Tiguan as a tow car.
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Its the kerbweight of the car that you need to base its suitability to tow on not the manufacturers trailer figure, that relates to the mechanical aspects of a car. I think the Tiguan is around 1700 Kg which means towing at 100% of the cars kerbweight with your caravan, not impossible but it increases the risk of the "tail wagging the dog"
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That’s a heavy caravan and I’d not want to tow it with anything much less than a Disco. Sorry but in my opinion it’s too heavy for a Tig.
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Thanks to everyone for their responses. Much appreciated and food for thought.
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Have a look here is the the car.
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Thanks Briang. That's a really useful link with really good info.
Much appreciated.
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Any advice on automatic v manual towcar please?
I am looking at a 4wd automatic [Hyundai Tuscon] and whilst the car is noted as a good match for my van I'm not sure about the auto transmission
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Would`nt go back to manual after our now third auto so much easier especially on long continental trips. I will just say one thing about auto`s having driven two centre console auto changers and a Mercedes column change, not so keen on the column change there is just something odd about the column direction i.e.vertical and its relation to R or D which doesn't seem to occur with the horizontal direction of the centre change. Just me I guess!
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Column change is the way to go ..... clears the centre for other things, though I agree that Mercedes have the D & R back to front IMO. Column changes, for both manual & auto, were a lot more common years ago when cars had a front bench seat.
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Unlike.most who post on here I don’t profess to be perfect. You say that you have driven both but have you towed distances with both.
To the poster who asked the question. Having towed with both I would unhesitatingly recommend an automatic for towing. Others may have a different opinion.
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That sounds heavy for a Tiguan. My Caravelle's maximum towing capacity isn't much more than that.
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Thanks for that Nicke. I also came across a very good review by Practical Caravan magazine which I've linked below.
https://www.practicalcaravan.com/reviews/tow-car/47634-volkswagen-tiguan
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Going back to the original question, I seem to remember when I went through the Club insurance process, recently, that it was a condition of the insurance that the weight ratio couldn't exceed 95%. Don't know if it applies to other insurers - but I would check.
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I have never come across specified conditions for towing on any of the insurance policies I have had. I believe most insurers operate on the principle that the policyholder is aware of his/her vehicle's capabilities as detailed in the handbook, and is expected to abide by them.
As for my CAMC caravan insurance, I cannot find any reference to type of, or towing capacity for, a towing vehicle.
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I don't think I was dreaming!! I remember the conversation with a lady called Nicky Summerfield at CC Insurance - who was most helpful. She pointed out that it was a condition of insurance for the caravan that the weight ratio didn't exceed 95% and I told her that I had put the van and car through the CC matching service and it came out at 89% - to which she replied "That's fine then" and that was the end of the matter. I also have a dim recollection that some of the other insurers I spoke to mentioned that the 100% ratio shouldn't be exceeded.
The crunch is that all of these conversations are "recorded for training and monitoring purposes", so if push came to shove, they have the evidence regardless of what it says in the small print of the policy.
I must admit that having looked in detail at my policy, there is no mention of the weight ratio, but I know I didn't make it up!
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I've towed a 1700kg for two years with a Mazda Cx-5 175 AWD auto with out any issues, And also have a rear bike rack which i carry 40kg on including the rack weight of around 10kg.
I take delivery of a 2019 Tiguan tomorrow, a 190ps diesel 4motion Auto SEL.
It has a minimum kerbweight of 1735kg, it comes with a foldaway towbar as an extra, which will weight over 21kg, along with other extras i expect the kerbweight to be around 1800kg plus.
Tow limit is 2200kg to 2500kg, with a 100kg nosewight limit.
I don't foresee any issues with it, PC site has done two or three videos of the tig towing.2
I would agree with Tin on the weight side.
