numberplate lights

[beneast]

My numberplate lights have filled with water!

All the inners have rusted away to nothing.

The seals work great at keeping in the water!

Is this common,or is this a know fault?

The housings are obviously letting in the water from above how can this be fixed?

[Ben]

need to remove them and have a look. to do this have a look for my towbar guide in the how to section, in this guide you will learn how to remove the lights.

[beneast]

need to remove them and have a look. to do this have a look for my towbar guide in the how to section, in this guide you will learn how to remove the lights.

There out and on my desk!

My question again, is this a common thing with the housings failing and leaking water?

Its a brand new car and the numberplate light units have failied!

The seal is great round the lenses! keeps all the water in!

[elPaulio]

Hi there,

I had exactly the same thing with my Golf a couple of weeks ago.

I took it straight back to VW and kicked up stink, they replaced the lights units and the wiring for me.
I thought I might just have been unlucky but it looks like it's a bit more common than I thought

Paul