Brake light switch from model year 09 — VW
Brake light switch from model year 09 on VW: 16 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Phaeton (3D)
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- While the brake light switchF is being released, the plunger must remain pushed in.
- The plunger adjusts itself automatically when the brake light switchF is installed.
📋 Procedure
- Remove driver side footwell cover General body repairs, interior68Compartments, covers and trims; Removing and installing fuse box cover (driver side).
- Remove steering column Running gear, axles, steering - Front and four-wheel drive48Column tube; Removing and installing steering wheel with steering column.
- Pull connector off brake light switchF .
- Push the plunger of the brake light switchF (B) all the way in with a finger.
- Turn the magenta-coloured rotating element on brake light switchF anti-clockwise as far as it will go, while pressing in plunger (arrow A), in order to release the brake light switchF . [Note: While the brake light switchF is being released, the plunger must remain pushed in.]
- Let go of plunger of brake light switchF once the switch is released.
- Push the release tool T10462 through the opening onto the plunger of brake light switchF.
- Then, turn the release tool T10462 on the plunger until the release tool T10462 can be pushed onto the brake light switchF .
- Now, press the release tool T10462 against the brake light switchF in order to release the 3 locking lugs on brake light switchF at the same time.
- Then, pull brake light switchF out of mounting (C). [Note: The plunger adjusts itself automatically when the brake light switchF is installed.]
- Push the brake light switchF through the assembly opening of the mounting (arrow A) until it audibly engages with all 3 locking lugs in the mounting (C).
- Turn the coloured rotating element on brake light switchF clockwise (arrow B) as far as it will go in order to latch it into place.
- Plug in brake light switchF connector.
- Check the functioning of the brake light.
- Install steering column Running gear, axles, steering - Front and four-wheel drive48Column tube; Removing and installing steering wheel with steering column.
- Install stowage compartment on driver side General body repairs, interior68Compartments, covers and trims; Removing and installing fuse box cover (driver side).
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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