What did she do? Did you replace the VW oem rear girder chassis support?
On three cars now I have left the towbar on and just put the rear cross member in the boot. The cars were on the forecourt still with towbar and I doubt that the cross members were offered to prospective buyers.
With the previous Jeep when I offered to add the rear cross member the dealer was not interested as apparently the tow bar is a selling point. It is fair hunk of iron, but we manage to off load it to a scrap merchant that comes around every now and then.
Some cars like Jeep and Land-Rover are more attractive with a fitted towbar - but it bothers me that other cars have their towbar removed by the dealer at trade-in time and don't refit the bumper armature as it's not normally visible - such cars would be very weak in a rear end crash, particularly those with a 3rd row of seats in the boot area.
The vast majority would not know, but an investigation would point back to the dealer or seller if private and they would be in serious trouble so probably not worth the risk?
And it’s likely that they have no rear recovery point for fitting the eye bolt. My towbars on two cars would have been the recovery attachment as when the OEM cross member had been replaced by the tow bar the towbar had no point into which the eyebolt could be screwed in to.
Oh dear, how unprofessional. When the tow bar was removed why wasn’t the cross member replaced, it’s not a long job.
I wonder if there will be implications if dealer sells on the car or any car without adding the cross member as it is no longer standard. Whoever buys the vehicle without the cross member is buying a modified vehicle may not know that it does not have a cross member. This may have an effect on any insurance claim. In addition, it is no longer safe so probably not roadworthy? Could be interesting?
They just said put the plug over the hole and the electric socket was behind the bumper .
That's my exact fear - not your fault but someone has bought your Tiguan not knowing it could be a death trap in a rear end smash.
Assuming the tester didn’t notice the missing structure. But then why would the tester know or not know part of the structure is missing??🤔
Towing puts a lot more stress on a vehicle and in some cases can damage it if towing rating is exceeded. Towing is particularly hard on transmission fluids. Bet most owners towing heavy loads on regular basis don't increase service intervals as per manufacturers recommendations. To me a used vehicle without a towbar is more attractive even though I would need to spend extra to fit towbar.
On the sixties Jeep Gladiator that we used to launch the boat into the sea, quite often the exhaust was bubbling under the water. Used it for many years with hardly any signs of rust. However when we returned home, we did wash it down every time with fresh water as we had to do the same with the two 40hp Yamaha motors.
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