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Thanks for the reply,i too have heard similar regarding these switches one can be good another make can be useless,but hopefully i have sorted this now,i can only live in hope because it was making me lose the will to live.lol

I have ordered a new one and will fit when it arrives,as for wire from hatch to body spent too mutch time there i know where every bloody colour wire goes,if it is in tailgate,i havent got a cat in hells chance of getting to it without breaking the metal apart,so i am backing this brake switch until some other gremlin rears its head.cheers wino. Hope my problem maybe helps some one else who maybe suffers the same symptons.

News flash took brake pedal, brake switch off again to get numbers off to order new one put it back on again all 3 brake lights working, no light or beep on dash and no warning message, how good is that,never give up,there aint a problem without a solution,only taken 3 weeks but glad i am done, thanks for caring.

Ordered a new one can only try,half way there maybe just maybe new one might solve problem,who knows with this sort of problem, elimination i guess is the way to go. thanks for at least trying to help it aint easy this type of problem,good on you.

Just been and taken out the foot brake switch off,sprayed with wd40 put the wire connector back on switch turned key on, low and behold,no warning message no yellow bulb light on dash and no beep, refitted switch in situe , tried brakes no high level brake light low level working ok, have i found the problem could it just be the foot pedal brake switch that is the problem.?

First thanks for the replys ,yes lights are standard,exon headlights 7 or 8 push in for high levelbrake light even bought another high level brake light to try to no avail still got the problem,had car for near 7 years no problems till high level brake light went out,searched wiring left hand rear connectors all seam ok then started working again ok,but left with the problem light on dash beep and warning message,so there must be another under lying problem somewhere.

Well that line of searching has come to a dead end but what i cannot understand why then doe's the wiring diagram in the hayne's manual show the wiring for the brake lights coming from battery through battery fuses to relay plate and then to ignition switch then to fuses at drivers side then to brake pedal switch and onward to rear brake lights,doing my head in trying to find reason now all 3 brake lights are working ,why the warning brake light not working comes on still and the yellow bulb and beep are all coming on,had it on 2 scanners and can't find a problem.

I realise this may seem a mundane question but i am clutching at straws,2003 skoda octavia 1.9 tdi laurent and klement should the brake lights come on when the pedal is pressed without turning the key on in the ignition,confused.!!!

2003 skoda octavia 1.9 tdi , high level brake light stopped working,took it off wired it to battery its ok works,wired it to low level brake wire it works,but still getting warning light and annoying beep and warning message,checked wiring under cd holder in left hand side of boot the connector wich i think is the one that shoots off to high level brake light dont seem to have power,so i guess must be some where else if i piggy back the wire to low level do i have to take it to garage and have the code delated so it stops the beeping and warning or am i on the wrong track.thanks for any help given,boy do i need some.

I realise it is over a year later but did you find a fix for you're high level brake light not working because i have the same problem light works by connecting to battery and connecting to low level brake lights so light is good,any help would be great.cheers.2003 1.9 tdi hatch octavia.

checked the wires with multi meter when brake pedal was pressed no sign of life,the light works when connected with wire to low level brake lights,keep getting warning buzzer saying brake light fail,low level are working,thanks for replying micmac,could be a break in wire some where,that will be fun finding,the high level brake light won't go through a relay will it,clutching at straws here.

both low level brake lights work,high level stopped working checked all fuses drivers side ,wired the high level unit to the car battery and lights came on,put it back on car still not working .2003 skoda octavia hatch 1.9 tdi. any help appreciated.