2008 Volkswagen Touareg Exterior lighting Problems

“The headlights of my 2008 Volkswagen Touareg have been burning the bulbs and giving me many problems to condition in the night yesterday april 26, 2019 the headlight burned left I saw smoke coming out and opened the hood and I found that there was a small flame of fire and I turn it off and went to my house without lights when I remove the headlight I find that all the cables are without the cover this is not safe for not boby I want to know where I can go to fix this problem”

“I purchased an '08 vw Touareg 2 v8 with the much lauded bi-xenon afs ii headlights. I fully understand bi-xenon brand headlights and hids in general are in design transition and are supposed to offer more illumination, and thus better safety, than prior halogen headlight designs. However, my real life experience with bi-xenon headlights strongly suggests that NHTSA overlooked something that has placed many motorists, myself included, at risk. Because of the vertical cutoff present in the light pattern of low beam bi-xenons, the uphill side of roadway dips and valleys are not illuminated. …”

“Insulation on wires in headlight assembly falls off wires causing shorts and disables both headlights causing loss of vision at night. This also stops daytime running lights. Also plastic headlight assembly hazes and scratches resulting in poor light before the shorting wires disable all headlights.”

“When changing any of the three bulbs in each headlight assembly, wiring to the bulb holder(s) will be missing insulation and having exposed, or bare, copper wires. Even where the insulation is still intact, the insulation is very likely to be brittle and just the minimal movement of the wires, necessary to replace any of the bulbs, will cause additional insulation to break away from the wiring inside these housings. …”

“While driving, first side marker and right side turn signal began to fail, then while driving at night headlight failed. Upon inspection attempting to replace failed components, insulation was crumbling & non- existent. Immediately checked the left side headlight assembly. Same condition of wire insulation falling off wires, causing shorting out of components. Replacement of headlight housing assembly, bulbs, ballasts and controllers was required to operate vehicle condition. …”