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kmac

Member Since: 07 Oct 2009
Location: Middlesex
Posts: 1309

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black

Brake light bulb on VW Golf Mk5

Have perused the VW forums - loads with this issue but no solutions

The rear right brake light bulbs keeps blowing and the car computer lets me know.

Sometimes its not the bulb though as after a while ( a couple of days) the "bulb not working" sign goes off and the brake light works again

I have checked with a meter and the bulb is getting 13.8v when brake pedal is pressed
I am using Bosch bulbs ( Made in Russia) from Halfords (with the recommended wattage 21W, 12v)

There are other bulbs in the same cluster that work fine and never blow out.

Any ideas?

13th Sep 2015 10:33am

Disco_Mikey

Member Since: 16 Nov 2014
Location: Dundee
Posts: 531

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Keswick Green

Switch to LED's

Much more tolerant to changes in voltage and vibrations etc

Just make sure you get the CANBUS compliant bulbs

13th Sep 2015 4:46pm

Silver Back

Member Since: 11 Jun 2015
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 407

1998 Defender 110 300 Tdi HT Coniston Green

Bad earth?

13th Sep 2015 4:48pm

kmac

Member Since: 07 Oct 2009
Location: Middlesex
Posts: 1309

How do you check for bad earth? At what part of the circuit?

13th Sep 2015 7:35pm

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