Volkswagen Jetta Exterior Lighting Problems
- 191
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 19
- Years with records
- 1999–2019
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 191 stored complaint records:
- 6 indicate a crash
- 4 indicate injury
- 3 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- stopped working · 19 records
- passenger side · 18 records
- beam headlights · 14 records
- high beams · 11 records
- failure mileage · 10 records
- side beam · 9 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 66 |
| 30–60k mi | 51 |
| 100–150k mi | 17 |
| 1–30k mi | 15 |
| 150–400k mi | 4 |
Complaint evidence
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Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
Driver side of my jetta lighting went off , i went online to see what can be wrong with it and i see many people having the same problem, thats unsafe, should be recalled, its not a fuse or light bulbs ,so its the wire in, i think this is no safe to be driving and should be check , like i say its many people having the same problem, thanks
ODI 11300579
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other
Head lights are on when temperature is cold. It happens every time and killing the battery. I believe the issue with light switch because when i unplug it at night from the car and re-plug the light switch in the morning, it all works without any issue.
ODI 11287898
Electrical System · Engine · Exterior Lighting
After exiting the freeway and got to the overpass i had to stop, after a accelerated the engine shut down, lost all electrical power except for the radio, fortunately after the overpass was a downgrade so the car was able to coast to safety on to the shoulder. This has not been the first incident where the vehicle has lost complete power while driving in city streets. This is my wife's car, she had complained to me…
ODI 11281687
Exterior Lighting
Interior ambient lighting issue on 2019 jetta gli autobahn: the ambient lights inconsistently light up during some starts. In some cases, none come on. In other cases, some # of the 6 zones will come on. Attached are pics where the driver side panel and center console lighting zones are off while all others are lit. I've taken it to the dealer twice without any resolution. The first time one led was out (in front of…
ODI 11279285
Exterior Lighting
Headlights are constantly failing while driving. !st time in feb 2019 both lights failed at the same time while driving at night on the highway. Replaced both bulbs. Sept 09, 2019 left bulb failed while driving at night on the highway. Again replaced both bulbs. Left bulb failed again sept 12, 2019 while driving at night on the highway. Research shows many other vw jetta owners are having the same issue.
ODI 11255338
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
The vehicle caught fire in the engine bay by the front driver side headlamp. The low beam of the headlight kept going off and on prompting a broken headlight or headlamp bulb signal on dash board. After replacing the bulb the issue was not resolved it continued periodically for about one month . While driving i smelled burning plastic after which i noticed flames from the front driver side headlamp. I pulled over…
Fire reported
ODI 11252366
Exterior Lighting
Passenger side headlight and rear brake light not working. Also the passenger signal lights not front and rear not working. I was driving from homedepot and made a right turn, notice the dash right turn indicator was flashing rapidly than when i entered my garage i notice that the passenger headlight wasn't on as well. The rear backup light not working a well on the passenger side. I drive into orlando for work and…
ODI 11244648
Exterior Lighting
Headlight and daytime running light wiring melted have to replace the whole headlight assembly
ODI 11252375