>Anybody familiar with this particular situation?

John: I had what sounds like the same problem this past summer on my 1985
with 200,000 km about the same km as yours. Headlights at first started to
switch from high to low on their own. Then they would go off.

I was lucky enough to find a good used switch where I was vacationing in
Newfoundland. I changed both stalks the turn indicator/high-low beam and
the wiper/washer which it is integrated with.

Two days later the same problem recurred and I ended up travelling at night
with either no lights or high beam, by holding the high beam in position.

VW dealer in Charlottown Prince Edward Island diagnosed the problem.
Defective ignition switch. Although the ignition part was never a problem
and the light problem was intermittent.

Worth checking it out my records show the part cost $47.15 CDN

Alan Pickersgill
Ottawa, ON
Canada
'85 Tranporter - Westfalia conversion
'89 Golf Diesel
Alan Pickersgill
Ottawa, ON
Canada