MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: scopes on May 19, 2010, 01:12:51 pm

Title: LED brake light lights
Post by: scopes on May 19, 2010, 01:12:51 pm

hi all
 :driver:

the led brake lights, light up but are very dim any suggestions on the problem or how to fix it?????   :sad1:
ie.
fuse
loose wire
faulty
?
???

thanks
Scopes

Title: Re: LED brake light lights
Post by: animal on May 19, 2010, 03:57:19 pm

Quote from: scopes on May 19, 2010, 01:12:51 pm

hi all
 :driver:

the led brake lights, light up but are very dim any suggestions on the problem or how to fix it?????   :sad1:
ie.
fuse
loose wire
faulty
?
???

thanks
Scopes

OEM or after-market clusters?

Title: Re: LED brake light lights
Post by: scopes on May 20, 2010, 10:43:06 am

hey there

it is standard OEM

thanks

Title: Re: LED brake light lights
Post by: ub7rm on May 20, 2010, 06:18:01 pm

Are you talking about the single high level brake light or have you fitted the OEM LED clusters on both sides? 

If its the high level brake light, see this guide for replacing it, its a common fault to have this unit fail and the official dealer fix is expensive.

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=121067.0

Title: Re: LED brake light lights
Post by: scopes on May 21, 2010, 10:42:44 am

Quote from: ub7rm on May 20, 2010, 06:18:01 pm

Are you talking about the single high level brake light or have you fitted the OEM LED clusters on both sides? 

If its the high level brake light, see this guide for replacing it, its a common fault to have this unit fail and the official dealer fix is expensive.

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=121067.0

hi ub7rm  

it is on my friends gti
the high level brake light , sorry i should have been more specific...
I will check this thread out & see wot i can manage to do thanks for the info.
I will keep this updated, because if it is a common fault it will let others be more aware....
its the fact that it still lights up but is very faint, thats the part that gets me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks
scopes

Title: Re: LED brake light lights
Post by: golfgti06 on July 17, 2010, 11:27:39 am

the part number given in this guide is it a vw part from dealer

Title: Re: LED brake light lights
Post by: ub7rm on July 17, 2010, 03:44:41 pm

It is  :happy2: