Third brake light not working but no error light or error code in VCDS

mirceaculita

Active Member
May 1, 2024
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Romania
Hello,

As the title says,

My third brake light stopped working. I have no lights on the dash and no errors with VCDS in central electronics. I tried the output test for brake lights and they do not work.
I have no idea why this is happening. One thing that comes to mind, but might be unrelated, i enabled cornering a while back following a tutorial on this forum... maybe i changed something i shouldn't? Can't explain why there is no error code or light.

What would you check to diagnose this issue?
 

cairus

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Jun 4, 2024
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Circuit diagram. The marking is the additional brake light. As far as I know, this is not monitored.
 

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Walone

Active Member
Feb 10, 2016
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Near Heathrow
Hello,

As the title says,

My third brake light stopped working. I have no lights on the dash and no errors with VCDS in central electronics. I tried the output test for brake lights and they do not work.
I have no idea why this is happening. One thing that comes to mind, but might be unrelated, i enabled cornering a while back following a tutorial on this forum... maybe i changed something i shouldn't? Can't explain why there is no error code or light.

What would you check to diagnose this issue?
Firstly, I think I would remove the lamp and check feed and earth with a multimeter.
 
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