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Adjusting Brake Light Switch

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  1. Make sure that the brake pedal is in the normal position.
  2. Hold brake pedal in one hand and press down on the sensor in the frame with the other until the sensor surface is touching the counter plate on the brake pedal.

    Information 

    Between the sensor and counter plate in the basic setting there is a gap of: Adjustment value 1.5 mm +/-0.5 mm  .

  3. Press the sensor in the frame back up by one to two notches until the gap between the sensor and the counter plate has reached the dimension -X-  . A feeler gauge, for example, can be used to adjust the dimension correctly.
  4. Fig 1: Adjusting Brake Light Switch
    G09999237Courtesy of PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
  5. Perform a function test.