Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I was wondering if anybody could help.


My dad has a 2014 B7 Passat estate and the 3rd brake light is constantly lit up. We have removed all of the rear boot paneling looking for water ingress but haven't found any.

When the boot is open the 3rd brake light goes out and brake lights function normally.

I have my dads old Passat B6 Estate and we have swapped out the 3rd brake light but this also stays lit up when connected.

Tonight whilst trying to find the Issue we got the 3rd brake light to work normally for a short amount of time by pressing, wobbling the brake pedal erratically, but then it soon returned.

Possible brake light switch Issue maybe ???? We are struggling to find the issue.