2020 Volkswagen Tiguan Lights Problems

Your dashboard lights, brake lights, and turn signal lights are going out while you're driving, though the engine keeps running. You'll see a "check starter system" message and a "pull over immediately" warning appear when this happens. This has occurred multiple times in the two weeks you've owned the car and seems to happen more often when it's hot outside. Losing your brake lights and turn signals while driving is a serious safety concern, and the underlying issue may involve the electrical system, battery, or starter connections that a mechanic will need to diagnose and repair.

You installed aftermarket headlights from a Chinese manufacturer (AKD Aokeding) that failed almost immediately — the left low beam went out within minutes of driving. When you inspected them, you found the internal components were loose and fragile, the wiring was unusually thin, and the right headlight was generating excessive heat. These headlights appear to have serious safety and quality issues that wouldn't meet standard automotive safety specifications.

Center overhead console had a catastrophic failure of the brackets holding it in place on the ceiling of the car. This resulted in the full console dangling from the ceiling of the car by wires only. This blocks driver view, the rear view mirror, and swings into driver and passenger headspace. Contacted the dealership and was told this is a common problem. There was no warning before this occurred.

The car was parked outside during the summer. Opened the car door and noticed the entire overhead console above the driver had detached, and was broken, hanging head high by the wire connections. The plastic is broken around the screws that usually hold it into place, so it cannot be reattached without getting a replacement part installed. Driving is dangerous when this occurs as the entire console sways back and forth in front of the driver, hitting them, which in turn obstructs visibility through front windshield, internal and exterior rearview mirrors and is an overall distraction/hazard to the driver. Also cannot utilize overhead lights and other functionality while the overhead console is detached. No warnings or way of predicting this from occurring. This is the second time this has occurred in the span of 1 year to this vehicle. Had dealership install new overhead console after this happened the first time.