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How-To: Replacing Tailgate Wiring Loom

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GTIEagles:
Does anyone else know if you have to remove the high level brake light in order to connect the new loom?

GTIEagles:
I managed to change the harness in mine on Monday, much help to the brilliant guide. No major horror stories to report apart from one the clips breaking on the upper tailgate trim and a couple of broken lugs on the bottom trim when removing.

Regarding the high level brake light, there is no way of connecting the plug without removing the light so what I did instead was cut the old lead that was connected to the light and I crimped in some miniature spade connectors and connected this directly into the plug from the new harness. Bearing in mind I had no idea if the light would work anyway as it hasn't worked since I have had the car I was pleasantly surprised when it worked! Which is great news when I nearly brought a replacement light when it wasn't needed! £50 saved :)

dale.edwards:
Hi Guys,
I found this guide on the forum and changed my tailgate wiring harness this week.
Was so happy with the instructions that I signed up as a member.
The only issue was the high level break light, on the GTi you cannot remove the high level break light without removing the spoiler, which will break, and this is very expensive to replace.
There is a guide to cheat this and break the light out, replacing it all without removing the spoiler, this involves buying a light from VW which will be around £50 inc VAT.
However with a lot of patience I managed to connect the new wiring into the plug of the old light though the small holes in the tailgate using a screwdriver, torch and pair of tweezers. Took me hours but worth it in the end as I did not spend any extra money at all.
Thank you for the guide, I had been trying to figure out why my rear wiper motor was not working for around six months, really happy to have it sorted.

GTIEagles:

--- Quote from: dale.edwards on October 16, 2015, 07:47:56 pm ---Hi Guys,
I found this guide on the forum and changed my tailgate wiring harness this week.
Was so happy with the instructions that I signed up as a member.
The only issue was the high level break light, on the GTi you cannot remove the high level break light without removing the spoiler, which will break, and this is very expensive to replace.
There is a guide to cheat this and break the light out, replacing it all without removing the spoiler, this involves buying a light from VW which will be around £50 inc VAT.
However with a lot of patience I managed to connect the new wiring into the plug of the old light though the small holes in the tailgate using a screwdriver, torch and pair of tweezers. Took me hours but worth it in the end as I did not spend any extra money at all.
Thank you for the guide, I had been trying to figure out why my rear wiper motor was not working for around six months, really happy to have it sorted.

--- End quote ---

@dale.edwards Hats off to you for managing to do this, you must have the patience of a saint! I was lazy so I left the old lead plugged in, cut the end and crimped some mini spade connectors to it and connected that straight into the plug of the new loom. I'm amazed you actually managed to unplug it and connect using tweezers! Nice to see it can be done though.

Rampage:
A massive thank you for this great write up. Replaced my rear loom and took a little over 4 hrs
thanks to this guide  :congrats:

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