[T3] Meyle brake light switches

[Jim Adney]

Some of you may remember that the subject of brake light switches 
came up a little over a year ago, when Brian, I believe, bought some 
that we finally realized were made wrong. Soon after, I got some of 
those same switches and found the same problem.

At that time, someone here came up with the name and email of the US 
Meyle rep and I contacted him. He was very helpful and passed our 
info back to Meyle. Well, the feedback has worked and now Meyle has 
recalled all the old stock and has replaced it with correctly made 
switches. The rep sent me some new switches, to replace the bad ones 
I sent him last year, and I'm happy to report that they are now made 
with the correct pinout so they will work correctly on our cars. 

They are MEYLE part #100 890 0021 (ref VW #113 945 515G.) The Meyle 
part number has not changed, but the rep has assured me that their 
distribution system has been purged of the defective switches.

I don't have any quick way to determine whether these will last any 
longer than the usual Brazilian switches which are common today, but 
they look good, and I hope to put some of these to work when warmer 
weather makes it to Wisconsin. I have these in stock if you need 
them.  

I am grateful to Robert Castro, their rep, for his persistence in 
getting this fixed, and for remembering us more than a year later.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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