I think you have 2 pressure switches on the master cylinder, I would
check these if bulbs and connections appear okay.

When one of the pressure switches fails you still have brake lights
until the second one fails.

Good news is: they're cheap, easy to find (usual sources or even
locally in my case as they are also a Beetle part) and can be replaced
without even having to bleed the brakes afterwards if you're nimble &
dextrous.

You may think at first there's no way to replace one of them with all
the stuff around it (hard to even see it) but with a bit of
'dashboard limbo' you can get a wrench on it.

Geo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Donna Skarloken> I found out last night my brake lights aren't working.  About three years
> ago I had a switch replaced because I had no brake lights.