[bigmac31]

Fitted these last year and put a 12v load resistor on them and have worked upto today when the glowplug warning light came on,got home and instantly checked brake lights ,,,,,not working.......starts her up though and the glowplug light doesnt flash anymore but brake lights still not working,side lights work fine though.....any clues......do i just replace the resistor,,,,and who sells them at short notice as got my original of the web

 

[jasonlister]

Hi mate I'm not and expert but have you checked the lights from another source? to see if it's your lights or something else as it's a bit strange both of them went out at the same time. Could it be a fuse? I just think it's strange that you lost both at the same time being led they should last ages.
Jay.

 

[webs]

Hello there I've had a few problems with my led rear lights and it's always been the break light swich at the top of the break pedal. T:

 

[andy]

yeah what he said ^
Brake light switch most likely

 

[trism286]

have you got the resistor in correctly ie in parallel not series?

 

[bigmac31]

the resistor has been in since i got them and been working fine,just today glowplug starts flashing and no brake lights,,,,,i think its a duff resistor,might cut the resistor out and bridge it with a brake bulb until i get a resistor sorted out

 

[trism286]

if youre resistor failed the led should be fine unless its taken the fuse out,does sound like switch to me but you will have to test it out

 

[bigmac31]

will ring vw tomorrow for switch,failing that where could i get a non vw one from,would halfrauds sell them,also which fuse is it for the break lights on a t4

 

[trism286]

just kampers do them, sorry i dont know the fuses but do a search on the forum its there somewhere

 

[mr-torquer]

Open the switch. Clean the contacts and put it back together.

 

[bigmac31]

It ended up being the contacts on the brake switch,a bit of wd40 did the trickT:T: