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What should you check next if the fuses and bulbs are good but the brake lights will not work on a 1999 VW Beetle?
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Your brake pedal, when pushed down activates a switch, usually located up under the dash fixed to a stationary point, where the brake pedal arm is hinged, making contact with the brake pedal arm at some point. When the brake pedal is pushed down, the switch activates and allows current to flow to the brake lights. Most likely, your switch has vibrated loose from its mounting, and or it is stuck. Locate the switch and check its function. It may need to be adjusted..a simple task which may clear up your problem. Hope this helps.
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2001 VW Beetle and the brake lights do not work. The fuses and the bulbs are all fine you just replaced the brake switch and the brake lights still do not work what else could it be?
a crappy car. my 99 beetle has the same problem. brake light switch new, bulbs and fuses new. brake lights just work whenever the heck they want. this is one of the many reasons my car has a for sale sign in the window. good luck.
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