Rear brake light blown - help!

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Rear brake light blown - help!

Post by ajsl » Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:17 pm

My rear passenger side brake light has blown, and the replacement I've got is the wrong one (curse you web sites! :)). It appears that due to the fog light the rear passenger side bulb is different to the rear driver's side one??

So to cut a long story short, can anyone tell me the exact bulb I need to replace the passenger side brake light?

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RE: Rear brake light blown - help!

Post by rikrose » Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:33 pm

it's a 380 bulb. You can also check on Phillips Automotive bulbs site. they're correct. Or consult the full list of bulbs someone posted 6 months back.
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Post by ajsl » Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:13 pm

Thanks, I saw that post, but it's unclear on rear brake lights.

Philips' site is useful, but lists multiple types of bulbs for rear stop lights.. so I'm none the wiser (none of them are the 380 one by the way! :) ).

I also should have mentioned that I have a facelift (year 2000) S4 sedan :).

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Post by g60bv » Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:58 pm

are they really different from side to side.? only both my brake lights blow. and i replaced them but the dash still says i have a brake light out. odd and really annoying.
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Post by ajsl » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:30 am

Rik was right.

Here's a facelift rear light cluster
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Part numbers for the bulbs
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Post by travs » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:44 pm

g60bv wrote:dash still says i have a brake light out. odd and really annoying.
Does the error code have to be cleared by VAGCOM?
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