truck and light truck category vehicles are increasingly being sold with larger and larger tires along with LED headlights. This causes a huge safety issue as the profile of these category vehicle now sits higher and causes the LED lights to be level with the driver's head. The increased lumen count from the headlights causes night blindness and is greatly exacerbated when the oncoming vehicle high beams are switched on.
2014 Volkswagen Jetta: headlights failing or too dim
23 of the 388 complaints about the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta describe headlights failing or too dim.
- owner complaints
- 23
- of this car's complaints
- 6%
- typical mileage
- 55,500
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 23 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Headlights failing or too dim by model year
What owners say
Last Thursday, we were driving at night when both low-beam headlight went out at exactly the same time causing us to be driving blindly for a moment. Luckily, the high beams still worked, but this issue seems to be some sort of short, and is dangerous. After looking online, it seems this has happened to lots of people with VW Jettas
In the following, lb/hb is low beam, high beam: ' the dashboard indicator for hb is always on, even when the steering column lever is on lb and lights are really lb. ' the turn signal dashboard light blinks fast -- like there is a burnt-out bulb -- but they actually flash fine. ' when the steering column lever is set to hb, all lights on the driver side are dead; or, the hb bulb doesn't light at all and the lb bulb goes faint. ' when I turn the lights off when the engine is running, they stay on ' say I'm driving at night all everything is fine. I turn the car off; when I start it up again seconds later, the lights are messed up finally, the lights usually stay either working or are messed up while driving, but once in a while, they will go from working to messed up or vice versa while driving. But I work at night and live only one mile from my job, so I have not had this car on the road at night for any significant length of time. The most common scenario is that the car has sat for hours; I start it, and the lights are either messed up or working fine, and they stay that way until the car is turned off and started again.
Headlights need to be replaced on . Does not matter the quality of bulbs that we buy they're burning out at least 3 times a year. Sometimes singularly but has happened to both headlights at same time before. This has been going on for several years now
Headlights stopped working on dim. Then tailights went out. We've had the car 2 1/2 years and this is second time the headlights have went out like this. When the headlights went out, the bluetooth also wasn't working the way it had previously. Also, the windows will sometimes not respond properly. They will go the opposite way that I am directing it to do. (push for up and it goes down, for example). These incidences happen both when vehicle is moving and stationary.
The passenger side low beam went out. I replaced the bulb and it still didn't work. Then the driver's side low beam went out too. I tried replacing both bulbs at once, it didn't work. Then I checked the fuses, both under the hood and under the dash. The fuses are good. The high beams are good, the running lights, break lights and turn single lights are good. Just the low beams.
Repeated headlight failure. Driver and passenger headlight bulbs require replacement after 3-4 months.
Low beams failed to turn on. Replaced the bulbs not too long ago and the bulbs are not burned out. All fuses are good. High beams work, daytime running lights work. Low beams are not functioning properly.
The high beams stopped working. No indicator light on the readout, either. It was stationary. Bulbs aren't burned out, filaments are intact in both.
Low beam headlights both went out and refuse to turn on. Bulbs and fuses are fine as well as the brights work just fine. The problem started this morning as I went to leave for work.
The door locks wont work, keeps just clicking, this is a safety feature when driving alone or stopping at red lights, anyone can enter your vehicle at anytime.the key gets stuck in ignition wont turn. Headlights keep blowing
Low beam issue, I have had to replace my headlight numerous times and they keep going out without the bulb being bad
Service bulletins that may apply
- Exterior Lights, Moisture Accumulation
- Exterior lighting moisture in lens updated to exclude LED lighting.
- Adaptive front lighting descriptive
- Condensation and or water droplets visible on inside of exterior light lenses
- Condensation and/or water droplets visible on inside of exterior light lenses
- Update technical bulletin to include all 2017 models
- On-car analysis list of Customer Complaints: Mil?on with fault code P046C, untouched vehicles
- On-car analysis list of Customer Complaint: Mil?on with fault code P046C, untouched vehicles
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta headlights
Is headlights failing or too dim a common problem on the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta?
23 of 388 owner complaints about the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta (6%) mention headlights failing or too dim. The model year with the most reports is 2011.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta?
There are 0 recalls and 23 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta
Stalling 40Check engine light 34Loss of power 21Airbag light 15Fuel pump 14Won't start 13ABS 11Engine failure 10Hesitation 10Jerking 9Oil consumption 9Transmission failure 8No deployment 7Sunroof shattered 5Warning lights 5
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