2002 Jetta TDI Headlights Cut Out

[OldGrayOwl]

My 2002 VW Jetta TDI (with 406000 miles), the headlights cut off. The fog/driving lights stay on. Then, they turn back on without doing anything.
Is there a headlight relay or a wiring harness connector that I should be looking at?

 

[Tdijarhead]

My daughters Jetta did something similar to this, she would flick the hi beams on and the lights would go out. I had to change the hi beam multi function stalk. In your case it sounds like a loose connection which could be the stalk but I would check the connections on the back of the lights first.

 

[coolvdub]

My 2001 Jetta had the same problem, headlights would intermittently go out every so often. I would toggle the high beams via the stalk switch and they would work again. They finally gave out completely, the stalk switch failed, a new one fixed the problem. I'm guessing you have the same problem.

 

[tdidieselbobny]

The insulation on wires inside headlight housing could also be issue. Likes to disintegrate with age, allows bare wires to touch and cause all sorts of fun things....