NHTSA — Exterior Lighting: Headlights: Switch Problems

2.0

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
82,095 miles

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2001 Volkswagen Passat lights problems

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2001 Volkswagen Passat Owner Comments

problem #1

Apr 112007

Passat 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 82,095 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

On two separate occasions the connector and wiring harness providing power to the driver's side and passenger's side headlights on the 2001 Volkswagen Passat gls melted and the headlights failed. If I did not take immediate action the electrical short in these connectors may have triggered a fire. The driver's side socket/wiring harness melted and the wiring harness was replaced in October of 2004. The passenger's side socket/wiring harness melted and the wiring harness was replaced in April of 2007. While at the Volkswagen dealership to have passenger side wiring harness replaced I observed another Passat owner complaining of the same problem. A google search on the internet resulted in finding many other people that had this potentially dangerous problem as well.

- Rolling Meadows, IL, USA

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