Brake light/defrost issue *video included*

[jza80king]

Hello guys, so I posted a thread back in December regarding my brake lights and 15 amp fuse blowing out. I thought I had fixed the issue after I took the tail lights and brake lights bulbs and replaced them all, I used dielectric grease, and I tightened all the grounds to make sure everything was good. Everything had been good up until about a week ago I started blowing the 15 amp fuse again thus my brake lights stopped working but if I push the defrost they work fine even if the 15amp brake light fuse is blown. After searching more I found several people had an issue similar to mine, where my defrost is triggering my brake lights to come on and off if I turn my defrost on or off. I have already removed the front left and right inner fenders plastics and made sure all the wiring was intact already as someone suggested. I have found the wiring coming from the hatch on the passenger side is causing the problem and I'm unsure as to how to get to those wires to check them out. I need help guys, check out my video below.

Brake light/Defrost switch issue:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emvN6imJ ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]

[RicerX]

I'm going to try and get one of our electrical gurus in here and get you some help.

My heart goes out to you - I HATE troubleshooting electrical issues. I still have PTSD from working on the Jetta that I used to have.

[jza80king]

Yeah man I would really appreciate it. Electrical is not my strength hopefully someone can shed some light.

[jza80king]

anyone else have ideas? gonna have to wait until the weekend to start digging into it but i'm hoping someone has had this issue and can chime in.

[jza80king]

*Update*

Sorry for the late update but I just got around to digging into the issue. The wires inside the rear hatch grommet on the passenger side had some nasty exposure. Wires were shorting out causing sparks and s*** but I found the problem and will be splicing some wire and heat shrinking the wires. Here's a video hopefully this helps others diagnose their issues.

https://youtu.be/09a-RahB3mc