Brake Light circuit short - blows fuse immediately - 1998 Cabriolet
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Brake Light circuit short - blows fuse immediately - 1998 Cabriolet
Brake Light circuit short - blows fuse immediately
This was an intermittent problem for about 2 years, but has now progressed to every time.
Up until now I thought it might have something to do with the Shift lock solenoid, because that was when we would notice the problem, but I now I am beginning to question that. I use to be able to replace the fuse and go for a little bit without needing to replace it. Now I can only get it out of park once and need to replace the fuse again. The car has been in the garage for the winter and I would like to try and fix this myself and get it back on the road for the summer.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
This was an intermittent problem for about 2 years, but has now progressed to every time.
Up until now I thought it might have something to do with the Shift lock solenoid, because that was when we would notice the problem, but I now I am beginning to question that. I use to be able to replace the fuse and go for a little bit without needing to replace it. Now I can only get it out of park once and need to replace the fuse again. The car has been in the garage for the winter and I would like to try and fix this myself and get it back on the road for the summer.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Definitely a short to ground. Now comes the fun part: you have to track it down. If you have been changing fuses for two years w/o trying to fix it, methinks you need a newer cabrio that is not an audi. These cars unfortunately have many quirks that require much tinkering in-house, i.e. very few indy shops are competent And even fewer have the tools to work on them. I have about 12 years working on B4--- and still run into oddball things that are beyond all logic. Only audi would design an AC system without a low side port, for example. Go figure. Common sense tells me to check the operation of your brake switch.
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This was my wife "summer only car" I think it blew twice two years ago, once last year, then my wife lent the car to her God Son. I had to go help him get it out of park at 2 am and its been in the garage ever since.
I just bought the factory service manual and plan on doing the fiddling myself. I have an friend who works on Porsche's that will help me if I run into anything big. But he suggested that I put a question on on the forums to get my feet wet.
I was looking at the wiring diagrams last night for the first time.
I just bought the factory service manual and plan on doing the fiddling myself. I have an friend who works on Porsche's that will help me if I run into anything big. But he suggested that I put a question on on the forums to get my feet wet.
I was looking at the wiring diagrams last night for the first time.
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