Monitors your speed and adapts the steering to offer agility and comfort.
You need different levels of steering assistance depending on what you're doing behind the wheel. Slow down and start looking for a parking space and you want more help to give you fine control and easy handling. Out on the open road you want less power assistance to give you control of the car at higher speeds. Our speed-sensitive power-assisted steering system senses what's needed automatically and adjusts the steering accordingly. This system also brings economy benefits. At its heart is a compact electric pump which is designed to provide the assistance needed without draining power from the engine as a hydraulic system would.
We've developed an electro-mechanical power steering system for the Tiguan. Unlike previous electro-mechanical systems, where it really scores in its adaptive nature. Sensors monitor road speed and steering angle to analyse what you are doing behind the wheel. If you're parking, it will increase assistance… and reduce it if you are bowling along happily. It has a mild self-centring action and compensates for hazards such as crosswinds and tricky cambers.