Search didn't turn up with much. For the past week or so, people have been saying my brake light has been on when the car is parked. Last night, I saw it for the first time, after the car had been parked for several hours. I tapped the brake and it went off.

Any ideas of why this is doing that? Solutions? Doesn't seem like a hard problem to fix.

 

Mechanic sais it might be the brake light switch. Anyone ever heard of this and know how to change it?

 

I had the same problem mos ago. Check this out...https://www.audiforums.com/m_686919/.../tm.htm#686919

 

Thanks for the link. How easy is it? I looked behind the pedal the best I could and couldn't see much. It looks like there isa plastic panel I need to remove to see more.

 

oh dear god the brake light switch is a pain to get in to
u have to remove the panel and crawl in theres
and its a tight spot

 

Its Def the brake light switch, very easy to change.

1: Pop the side panel of the dash off(where the fuse board is) with a flat head screwdriver.

2: There are two bolts here holdong the bottom section of the dash up...Take these out.

3: Now take out the two bolts in the bottom panel down near the steering wheel....the panel just pops out now.

4: There should be two switches one for the clutch and one for the brake..Just follow the brake pedal to see which one is which.

5:Twist out the old one and disconnect.

6: Now push the new one in and twist it...dont move the brake pedal while doing this...you must hear two clicks...this is the switch setting itself.

7:now recconect the switch and put all the panels back.

8: when your putting the panels back make sure to pop the diagnostic port back into the panel it usually falls out without noticing.

 

Hi All
I have the same problem and my Cruise Control is not working at all.
I have been told that the Brake light sensor causes this.
Is it true that after the Brake Light switch is changed, the VAG-Com needs to reset the Cruise Control system, as it was locked when the faulty switch was detected?

Regards
Adrian Compton