Interesting that you too had brake light failure caused by the switch. I had one fail in 2022 on my 2014 Pus 4 GDI; in my case severe pitting of the internal contacts.
When I looked for a replacement mine was a switch manufactured by APEM. I managed to get some of the part number off the old one (it was 1212) but on looking at the manufacturers info I noted that there is the same model but with uprated contacts to silver to increase the current rating at 12V from max 3A to 8A. So I bought the higher rated version (a 1212A). Anyway – all is good now but I now carry a spare !!
It was fairly easy to change the switch – remove wired connectors, remove the metal bracket and switch, replace switch , replace switch and bracket and then reconnect wires. When replacing switch I had to make sure that some of the plastic casing was ‘nibbled’ off to replicate that on original switch removed so that it fitted (high-tech engineering !). So if carrying a spare suggest this is done on the spare at home in garage before using as a spare as it would be very difficult to do at the roadside/in car park or wherever….
Last edited by RichB; 15/04/26 05:06 PM.
