Do you have a new Beetle?

Question

I have a 2005 VW Beetle and the lights keep burning out. It's ridiculous, I'm changing bulbs every 2 or 3 months... or the light sockets need to be changed. Thankfully, the sockets are covered under warranty, but my warranty's almost expired! Does anyone else have this problem? If so, how are you dealing with it? Have you figured out a fix for it?

Answer 1

I had a 2003 New Beetle. I had similar headlight issues until I installed a higher quality bulb. I went with Sylvania Silver-star They cost a bit more, but will give you a better light. The H1 set up in the 99-2005 New Beetle was not the best. They made some improvement in 2006+ headlights going with H7 & H11 bulb for the fogs. We have different headlight issues now, which I wont go into since you don't have the newest Beetle issue.

Try a better bulb. Good Luck. Dont touch the glass part of the bulb, that will cause premature bulb failure.

Happy Bugging!