2011 Volkswagen Tiguan Exterior lighting Problems

“The fuse box in the engine compartment melted. This caused my front-right headlight, rear-left brake and turn signal light, and middle brake light to stop working. My car is all stock and I've done nothing to cause it to exert excess electrical power. I am reporting this because it seems to be a very common problem with vw and is an obvious design flaw.”

“While driving I received multiple alerts of bulb failures and headlights, turn signals, tail lights would intermittently fail. Cause was a fuse and socket in the fuse box that melted and had to be replaced. I checked the recently announced recall however my VIN was not included so I wanted to bring it to your attention.”

“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.”

“Intermittent check lights cycles through and shows headlights not working, then brake lights. When I take into the dealership, they check the computer and say that there is no hard recorded error. The danger is that this has happened 3 times and once at night to where my car was like a christmas tree blinking on and off. I almost got rear ended when brake lights don't work. This is very dangerous and the dealership says nothing can be found.”

“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.”