Meg85

Not sure, hoping so.

Thank you I'm sure they did but im taking it to VW to give the all clear 😀

Just wanted to say thanks for everyone's input! Appreciated. The lights are now working! Was a simple extra cable needed to fix to the car battery! ZERO extra money spent! Stoked!

So to update. Picked up the car, asked about warranty. No it's not void, I just need to take it back to the guys who installed, get them to make it work and then take it back to VW to confirm all is correct and working. The relief!

After all that, VW says they cant fix it and I must go back to the place that installed the tow bar 😐 This is madness!

Car is in today. Hoping and wishing this is not a costly fix

What year model is your wife's Tiguan?

Well im pretty sure when I take it for a service again, they will note a towbar fitted - not by VW.

Its more of a worry in terms of the warranty being void. Nothing to do with me throwing money away.

Correct! My thoughts exactly! But it seems thats how they get you

See above post. Decided to book into VW tomorrow Will report back once I have an answer from them.

C&J Towbars (Bullbar Cape) their service is excellent. Brink towbar fitted which according to them has a built in Module I have decided to book the car in VW tomorrow - see what they quote me or what the problem is. I will report back once I have some answers.

What I don't understand is how can the tow bar company cannot be aware of this issue? Surely they have put towbars on VW T-cross before 🤨 They told me they have never had this issue before and 70% of their clients put towbars on for bike racks. If I may ask, was the module very expensive?

Thanks, hoping I don't have to pay 1 months salary to get it done

Yes, its an aftermarket tow bar. VW wanted to charge R 20,000.00 for tow bar and fitment VS R 4500.00 for aftermarket decent tow bar. So the question is, if I take it to VW, can they make it work?