2018-2025 Volkswagen Touareg SUV Lights -> Problems and solutions User Manual

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Lights -> Problems and solutions for Your Volkswagen Touareg SUV Third Generation (2018-2025)

Further information can be found in the relevant  
section of the website. Volkswagen recommends  
that you visit a Volkswagen dealership for this.  
Headlamps  
L i g h t range adjustment  
The dynamic bend lighting and dynamic high  
beam assistant do not function when the travel  
mode is activated. In this case, only the  
automatic activation and deactivation of the  
high beam function.  
When the headlamps are switched on, the  
headlamp range is automatically adapted to  
the vehicle's state of charge →  
.
Do not use the travel mfor long periods  
of time. If you wish to
If the headlamps are permave  
them checked by a specialist
Volkswagen recommends that
If the dynamic headlamp levelling system  
malfunctions or does not work properly, the  
headlamps could dazzle and distract other  
road users. This can lead to accidents and  
serious injury.  
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Volkswagen dealer for this  
Immediately go to a specialist workshop  
and have the headlamp levelling  
adjustment checked.  
Problems and olutions  
indicator is f one of the  
r trailer's directidicators →  
does not work, the indicator light  
twice as fast as normal. Check the  
cle and trailer lighting → page 278.  
Modify headlamp aiming (travel  
mode)  
If you travel to countries where you drive in the  
opposite direction to your home country, the  
asymmetrical dipped beam may da
oncoming traffic. It is theref
change the headlamp alig
travelling in one of thes
ng  
ere is a total or partial failure in the  
le lighting. Replace the relevant bulb  
p5. OR: There is a fault in the  
vehicle's lighting system. If all the bulbs  
are working, contact a specialist  
workshop.  
Depending on the equ
of the headlamps can
Switch on the ignitio
infotainment system:  
CAR  
Press the  
infotain
ight range adjustment  
Settings  
Press the  
functi
There is a fault in the headlamp levelling  
system. Contact a specialist workshop.  
Lig
Sthe mu option  
Adaptation to left-hand traffic  
ick on  
Adaptation to right-hand traffic  
in order to activate  
or deactivate the function.  
Brake light  
There is a total or partial failure of the  
fre- quency lamp. Replace the  
corresponding lamp  
→ If all the lamps are working, contact a  
specialist workshop.  
hen travel mode is activand then each  
e the ignition is switcheagain, the  
cator light flashes as a firmation and a  
mge may appear in the trument cluster  
dispor a few seconds
On vehicere tadlamp alignment  
cannot be chand in the menu, certain areas of  
the headlamps must be covered with stickers or  
the headlamp alignment must be changed by a  
specialist workshop. In a specialist workshop,  
the headlamp alignment can be  
Number plate light  
The number plate lamp does not work.  
Replace the corresponding bulb p. 295.  
If all bulbs are OK, if necessary, replace  
the bulb p. 295.  
go to a specialised workshop.  
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Instruction manual  
 
Curve light  
There is a fault in the dynamic bend  
When the lights are switched on, the intensity of  
the illumination of the instruments, controls  
and ambient lighting can be infinitely adjusted  
by turning the dimmer fig. 110.  
lighting. Contact a specialist workshop.  
The dynamic bend lighting does not work when  
the travel mode is activated p. 134.  
Press the adjuster; the adjuster will jump out  
for adjustment.  
If the bend lighting is faulty, a message appears  
in the instrument cluster display. Contact a  
specialist workshop.  
Set the desired intensity and reinsert the  
dimmer.  
The illuminatioinstruments (needles and  
scales) is on whre on.  
Dynamic High Beam Assistant  
There is a fault in the Dynamic Light  
Assist system. Contact  
workshop  
The lighting is switchon is  
switched on. As ambie
the illumination of the sically  
dimmeand eventually s
compl. This function ied to remind  
the drivewitch on the dd beam in good  
time,  
a
specialist  
p. 131.  
In the following situations, the dynamic high  
beam assistant behaves like a normal high  
beam assistant and switches the high beam on  
and off automatically:  
. when goinough a tunn
If the dynamic curve light is deactivated.  
If the travel mode is activated p. 13
Interior lighting  
Illumination o
controls  
Fig. 110 Next to the ring wheel: dimmer for  
instrument and contighting.  
Light  
135