2021 Volkswagen Tiguan Safety Rating
NHTSA 5-Star Safety Rating Program (NCAP)
Overall Vehicle Score
5
out of 5 stars
Rating Breakdown
Safety Technologies
Advanced driver-assistance systems reported to NHTSA.
Electronic Stability Control
Forward Collision Warning
Lane Departure Warning
What this rating means for the 2021 Volkswagen Tiguan
NHTSA gives the 2021 Volkswagen Tiguan 5 out of 5 stars overall, level with the 5-star median for the 7 comparable 2021 vehicles NHTSA rated in this class. That places it at the bottom of its tested class. A five-star overall is common in recent model years, so it separates a vehicle from its rivals less than it once did.
NHTSA published results for every NCAP test in this program, so the overall star rating rests on a complete set of crash and rollover results.
Across the 10 model years we hold for the Volkswagen Tiguan, the figure ranges from 4-star (2015) to 5-star (2018), so the 2021 car is best read against its own model history rather than in isolation.
A star rating describes how this vehicle performed in NHTSA’s tests against other vehicles of similar mass. It is not comparable across weight classes: five stars on a small car and five on a large SUV do not describe equal crash outcomes.
About NHTSA Safety Ratings
The NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) assigns 5-star ratings from government-funded frontal, side, and rollover crash tests — not manufacturer-reported data. Ratings, crash media, and safety-technology data are sourced directly from NHTSA.
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