Brake Light Switch Problems of Volkswagen GTI

Rear brake light switch failed causing all rear brake lights to fail. This caused extreme danger as it can easily cause a rear-end collision. Part seems to be recognized as failure-prone since other owners also have reported failures. Vw jetta's were recalled, Gti's were not, even though chassis and part are the same. Switch was replaced by dealer at a cost of approx. $110. 00.

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Brake light switch faulty.

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Defective brake light switch, multiple failures (4) in Gti/golf NHTSA campaign id number : 06v183000 the above recall should include the golf/gti since it is the same part that fails repeatedly.

Brake light switch has failed twice in approximately 18 months, so vehicle was operating without brake lights.

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I experienced a brake light switch failure which resulted in my car not meeting safety standards.

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Premature brake switch failure: after 41k miles the brake switch started to fail and burned out my brake lights. A collegue saw that I was driving without brake lights and warned me. Volkswagen customer service had no recall in the computer even I know that the beetle has one going on and is using the same part. No injuries, no crashes but I feel that driving without brake lights endangered me.