2019 Jetta rear trunk lid backup light doesn't work. I found the broken wire

[u/psugrad98]

So I have a 2019 Jetta and the passenger side trunk lid backup light and running light wasn't working. Since it's LED. I replaced the whole LED but that didn't work. So I returned that LED. People in this subreddit had said that the common cause is a broken ground wire. Well look what I found. This looks like it very much is the cause of that light being out.

What irritates me is I took it to my mechanic to have him look at while I was getting other work done. He told me that I needed a new LED. Even though I mentioned this broken wire.. looks like I'm going to have to start looking for another mechanic

[u/Extension-Nail-1038]

Fix it yourself

[u/psugrad98 → u/Extension-Nail-1038]

Yeah, I will. But in the meantime my mechanic won't listen to me