Removing and installing brake light switchF, LHD vehicles with diesel engine — VW
Removing and installing brake light switchF, LHD vehicles with diesel engine on VW: 10 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 Jetta VI (16, 2010–2018)
📋 Procedure
- Remove engine cover 10Engine cover; Removing and installing engine cover.
- Remove intake hose from air filter 23Air filter; Assembly overview - air filter housing.
- Remove connections on turbocharger 21Turbocharger; Assembly overview - turbocharger.
- Remove noise insulation General body repairs, exterior66Noise insulation; Assembly overview - noise insulation.
- If fitted, unscrew bolt (arrow).
- Unclip pipe (1) for preheater from retainer and remove it.
- Release connectors (1) and pull off.
- Remove bolt (2) from brake master cylinder.
- Pull base of brake light switch(3) off brake master cylinder and top of switch out of clip (4).
- Insert brake light switch into clip.
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Who makes these pages, and how
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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