one of my pet peeves with new cars...what is the purpose of the "backup light". cursing through a parking lot you can find backup lamps on with no one even in the car, no longer being the indication the car is starting to move backwards.
googling for backup switches, finding links that provide the thread size haven't been found by me.
something like this for a VW looks promising
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