Hi All.

The third brake light on the wifes Fabia has packed up and I was wondering how easy these are to change/test.

Nothing more to say really.

Cheers

the 3rd high level brake light is wired in parallel to the other brake light, so if the others dont work, this one wont either. i suggest checking to see that the wiring harness plug hasn't become loose/disconnected through constant slamming of the tailgate

That's a good point. I'll give that a check, as the other brake lights are fine

IIRC, there was a bit of a spate of these going on new Fabias about 3 years ago. Don't know what came of it, but if the car's new enough it can be fixed under warranty. Don't know if this is related, but I've seen 3 VAG cars with the outer-most LEDs of the 3rd brake light lit all the time - is this the sign of a problem?

Her car's ran out of warranty in October