Technical Brake Lights and ABS!

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Technical Brake Lights and ABS!

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so, supposed to be driving back from Italy tomorrow, however, went to check all the lights… neither brake light came on, and then we noticed that the ABS light was on too.

fuses aren’t blown and the bulbs look fine.

are the brake lights and ABS linked?

what do we think the best plan is, change brake lights and see what happens?

David
 
so, fixed the abs by removing the connector and reconnecting it… brake lights still out… gunna try n hunt some bulbs...
 
on the vws they have 4 wires ,2 for brake light and 2 for abs,does your car have four if so could through up a fault code also. check bulbs also,if you have one in window and not work either,guessing brake switch faulty.
 
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so, update on this (sorry for not posting at the time was all rather rushed!!), we fixed the ABS but disconnecting and reconnecting the connector (found a vid on youtube), and then changed the brake lights which fixed them.

drive back was, of course, totally wonderful! and car’s been fine since, however, noticed the brake lights were both out again today, tried changing the bulbs with no luck :(

so, the ABS light is out, no worries there. But any ideas on the brake lights not working? any idea where I could find a wiring diagram maybe?

David
 
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