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Pull up your emergency brake just enough to where your brake light on your dash comes on. If this changes anything or even doesn't change anything then let me know and I'll look further into your issue. These are just some of my trouble shooting steps.
I would suspect the bulb is at fault or the connector to the bulb, but you don't say the type of headlights you have so that handicaps my diagnosis. As for aftermarket so called high intensity bulbs I would stay away from them.
This is most likely to be your brake switch near your foot pedal then. They can come lose, or just break completely, rare, but it happens. Get down on the floor and check up behind your brake pedal, it should look fairly obvious where it is then. Good luck with it.
The relay has nothing to do with the tail lights, but replacing the switch sounds like a good idea. There's a nut holding it in place, see http://www.skandix.de/en/spare-parts/electrics/switches/switch-headlight/1027524/ to get an idea of the construction. And the price. This is not worth fiddling about unreliable workarounds... In addition, if fuses 15 and/or 16 burn frequently there might be a problem with the tail light cabling.
I had the same problem. They were on when the headlights were on, but turned off instead of brightening when I pressed the brake. I replaced the bulb and now it gets bright when I press the brake instead of turning off (like it should).
There should be at least 2 bulbs in the light assembly. One light is the light that is on when you turn on your headlights with out the brake pressed, the other light only lights up while you press on the brake. Make sure you are replacing the correct bulb. You may have been replacing the bulb that stays on. Your lights may be set up to turn off the light that stays on when the headlights are on while pressing the brakes.
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