golf gti high level brake light not working

[kellya]

Hi,the high level brake light is not working on my gti, vw quoted £105 to replace. Is there a simple thing i could check 1st before paying this out

[herby0001]

Could be the brake pedal switch.

[kellya]

If it was the brake pedal swich wouldn't all the brake lights fail

[tornadored7]

If it was the brake pedal swich wouldn't all the brake lights fail

Not necessarily, since internally the brake switch is actually comprised of two separate switches;

See the following thread for more detail;

Re: No brake lights or cruise control!

In particular posts 3 and 4 (which relates the VAG COM brake switch diagnosis procedure).

Further, comparing the price of a brake switch change compared to the price you were quoted ...

TR7

[kellya]

Thanks for that info. I had it scaned with vag com,that only bought up 1 code and that was to do with the cayalyic converter which i have had replaced and no more fault codes found. If it was the switch would it bring up a fault code. I dont want to replace the whole high level brake light as people have said the spoiler has to be removed for that and they usually mess it up