Headlights Problems of Volkswagen Tiguan

This is a second complaint about the headlights on my vehicle. The low beams do not illuminate the roadway safely. I complained to the manufacturer who referred me to the dealer. Who stated that there is no adjustment that can be made. Per the dealers description the vehicle only utilizes one bulb for high and low beams. There is a shield that comes down to create the low beams. With that being said, in the low beam position the shield creates distinct line that only illuminates a short distance of road in front of the vehicle. This also creates a wall of darkness beyond that. No diffusion of light just going into the darkness blind. This to me is a very dangerous situation. .

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The headlights are led and this vehicle is equipped with afs. Adaptive front lighting system. I believe the headlights do not illuminate the roadway adequately. There is an area that is just in front of the vehicle that one can see the roadway. Then there is a definite line that basically creates a wall of darkness, that prevents one from seeing anything beyond that, this creates a blind area. Any other vehicles that I have driven over the years provide lighting that illuminates the area in front of the vehicle and then defuses the light further to see down the roadway, and does not create a wall of darkness. I have brought this up to vw and the dealer who states that the system is operating correctly. I have been told that the system only utilizes one bulb for both low beams and high beams, with a shield that covers a portion of the lighting to create the low beams. I guess that is why the lighting has a very definitive line cutting it off bluntly, therefore creating a wall of darkness, this literally creates a blind area for which one cannot see a sufficient area in front of the vehicle. To operate it safely. To me this creates a very unsafe condition when driving under normal conditions with low beams on. As explained to me the shield goes up for when the high beams are activated, I have seem some online posts that others are experiencing the same thing, please advise as to what to do regarding this issue thank you, [xxx] redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

I drove to a friends house and about two hours later got in the car and started to drive then 10 of my exterior lights all went out the same time. My footwell lights I cannot dim or brighten through the controls and back up sensor stopped working. I had no headlights while I was driving at night at around 11pm. All this happened at once at the same time. All of the bulbs were fine. I replaced them. They weren't even blown. Fuses were fine. This is a real safety hazard and can lead to crash if not looked into.

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The exterior lighting "headlights" are a serious safety hazard considering they provide very poor visibility when driving at night or in rain. I barely missed hitting an object in the street that was less than 30 feet to the right and in front of me. I was driving less than 20 mph. There is zero visibility when driving in rain at night. I would rate these headlights a 1 out of 10 when moving and a 3 out of 10 when stationary. I feel these headlights are so inferior that they pose a real danger to anyone driving a vw Tiguan. The lack of visibility is so deficient in illumination that I am not going to drive this vehicle at night unless necessary. Too dangerous.

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Lowbeam visibility: driving at night on a highway and noticed my low beams were not adequate for distance with speeds at 65mph, scary situation when you can't see. Was constantly using high beams to be able to see. Found info on the web that said 2018 models made before December 2017 have a poor rating for the headlights. This needs to be recalled as it is dangerous to drive at night with such poor distances for the headlights. Would say the distance was less than 40 feet on low beams.

Bought the car in October 2017, immediately had to have the left rear sensor replaced because it would show that there was a vehicle to the left of me, even when I was in the left hand lane. When the headlights are set to automatic they are always on. They don't turn off when your driving in full sunshine. B pillar rattle has gotten steadily worse on both sides. I just took my car in and the dealership couldn't give me an estimate on when I will get it back. The rattling happens all times of the day and on all road conditions. The temperature doesn't seem to impact the rattling either.

2010 Volkswagen Tiguan. Consumer writes in regards to headlights not being aligned.

This is an update to my earlier report, complaint number: 11065547. The low beam performance is worse than I originally reported. Tonight (Feb 2 2018) I took time to look at the range of vision of the low beams. I estimate it at 50 feet. I live on a curved street and as I drove down it, I observed that when the Tiguan was pointed at a house, it didn't get illuminated until I was on the property edge. The house has a 35 foot setback from the street and slightly uphill from the front of my Tiguan. None of the house was within the range of the headlights. I discussed adjusting the front headlights with my dealership but they didn't know if they were adjustable. I consider this a significant and dangerous situation that needs to be investigated.

1) low beam headlights have a very short range, perhaps as little as 100 feet with a very sharp cut-off. Almost hit a deer because although I was driving at 30 mph, I could barely see the deer as it crossed the road. This was evident on a straight country road with no street lights while the car was in motion driving straight. This is a serious safety issue because it's dangerous to drive on low lit or unlit roads at night. The fix would be a redesigned headlamps (both sides) or a brighter bulbs. Nhtsa safety rating site shows the problem clearly. It's dangerous. 2) windshield wipers continue to streak although they were replaced by the vw dealer, elgin vw, which did not fix the problem. The streaking creates a blind spot on the right part of the windshield. Unable to see to the right front at intersections.

Very dim-invisible head light-lightening during heavy rains or dark street rides. Felt scary while driving. Almost thought that there were no head lights on the car. From that point I was really noticing and this is the rating I give for the lighting the road at night during motion -> 2/10 stationary ->6/10 city street ->6/10 please look into this and for sure you'll find this "defect" in the brightness of headlights.

The wiring inside the headlight assembly has insulation that degrades with the head generated by the low beam/daylight running lights. It becomes brittle and falls off creating bear wire shorting hazard. The light assemblies are such that the wiring cannot be accessed to replace with high temp insulation. Vw only replaces w/ the same entire assembly which does not correct the hazard & costs $800 to replace both assemblies. I caught the defect when replacing a light bulb. This affects more than the Tiguan model.

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Safety issue! leased the vehicle in January. Two incidents when all vehicle lights turn off while driving in the dark. Happens when in motion and when it is dark or foggy out. Have brought in to Volkswagen dealer 2 times for repair and happened again for the third time while driving in the dark. When this occurs the wipers also go off automatically yet it is not raining. Then when the vehicle is parked, the headlights stay on and will not turn off and kills the battery.

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Driving down the highway when I realized both of my headlights were out. It was light when I left my house so I didn't notice, I had to drive without headlights. Just a little strange that all of a sudden both headlights go out at the exact same time. So I called to ask to bring my car in and the girl told me there are no recalls for this. I see recall 97z9 for exterior lighting. She tells me I'll have to pay to fix it and if there is a recall in the future I can get a refund. Great customer service.

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Headlight went out on a car with only 30,000 miles on car. Had to replace right high intensity discharge bulb with ballast at a cost of $305. 36!!! I have heard there have been many complaints regarding headlights failing in 2011 vw Tiguans. Wanted to add my name to the list of complaints.

While driving my car, the right low beam headlight went out and the dashboard warning light came on - I stopped the car and looked to see what headlight was out and noticed the right side low beam was out. I went back into the car to head home (only about three miles away 0 but at night), and the other light went out as well - both headlights (low beam) stopped working - I made an appointment with the dealership Monday morning. I had previously received a recall letter and made an appointment two weeks ago to have this looked at - was told it was taken cared of but experienced issues there after. I just wanted this information recorded and make sure the lights do not fail because of a recall issue and safety concerns while driving with the family.

Warning message "check front left headlight". Tested the light and it was not working. Purchased a new bulb, replaced the bulb and the new bulb was not working. Tested the bulb and it was good. Opened the fuse box under the hood and noticed the 30 amp fuse (top left corner of box) was burned/melted. Attempted to remove and was unable to remove. In addition the corresponding 15 amp fuse was burned out but not melted. Contacted the dealership and was informed that my particular vehicle was not involved in the NHTSA investigation for faulty fuse box. Researched further and discovered that Tiguan models from 09-12 were under investigation. In addition to the front headlight I also replaced the right rear light which was also out. I did not test the existing bulb on this light. Just replaced. I would like for this to service a formal complaint to the NHTSA regarding what appears to me as an unsafe condition in the fuse box.

We had a partial loss of exterior lighting on our 2011 vw Tiguan at roughly 61,000 miles. We lost passenger side headlight, rear driver side blinker, front passenger blinker, reverse lights, and tag lights. We tried to replace the bulbs but bulbs were fine. I also checked all fuses and all were ok none were blown. We then took the car to an import specialist since the car was no longer under warranty. They found a circuit under the fusebox that overheated and melted. They replaced the circuit and the lighting was restored, however they said that it would most likely happen again. The replaced circuit only lasted about three weeks and now we have lost the same exterior lighting as before. We contacted vw service and they said based on our VIN # there was no recall for our vehicle.

While driving the fault indicator light came on saying that the right front headlight was out. After parking for a period of time and restarting the car, the mmi was indicating numerous faults with about half of the lighting on the right side of the vehicle. I took the vehicle to a vw dealer that did a diagnostic test and the result was that a fuse had melted into the fuse block and that was causing the light outages. The entire fuse block needed to be replaced and the total repair with labor was just over $600. 00. I called vw north America on 12-6-2013 and they say there is no recall for that issue on my VIN and that of course if there is one in the future that I could possibly be reimbursed at that time for some or all of my expenses.

For the 2nd time in less than a year, we had a front headlight go out, the bulb wasn't bad but the fuse was. The first time the fuse was blown and looked like it had slightly been melted. The most recent time this happened on 10/19/13 the fuse was almost totally melted and also slightly damaged the fuse next to it. This is a 2009 model and we've already had to replace the O2 sensor, accelerator coil and now two fuses for the headlights.

Warnings and errors showed up on the dash board concerning headlight, blinker and brake-light outages. Researched online, turns out the fuse box started melting causing one of the fuses to melt which caused the electrical malfunction with the lights. This can apparently cause a fire.

Burned out headlights and taillights.

My headlights and daytime running lights would intermittently work and not work. Sometimes I would turn my car on and all of my lights would work, and other times all of them would fail, or just one side. Sometimes they would fail while driving. I took the car into royal automotive group in san francisco and they initially claimed it was bad bulbs, it took them 2 weeks to work out it was a faulty main fuse box. This was replaced under warranty but I have still had continuing problems with my headlights, indicators and day time running lights going out constantly dying out and requiring replacement.