TDI John
Member
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2002
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
I have had an intermittent brake light switch now for two years 2001 Jetta TDI. Two different dealers have replaced the switch 4 times now. The last visit to the dealer, they replaced the switch and the brake lights stuck “on” less than 2 blocks down the road. I took it back and they replaced the switch again along with the bulbs. This lasted for 2 weeks. I also experience grabby brakes when this happens. The forums indicate that this is because the master cylinder bleed hole is not allowed to drain because the bake pedal is not retuning to the stop position. When this happens I lift up on the pedal with my toe and the brakes return to normal. Also during the brake lights sticking on I get the Glow Plug Light flashing alarm on the dash. I have scanned the codes and get 16955 Brake switch implausible signal, P0571-35-10---Intermittent.
Can someone advise if the brake light switch could continue to cause this problem or should we be looking at some other cause?
Can someone advise if the brake light switch could continue to cause this problem or should we be looking at some other cause?