Beetle tail light socket melting

Am I the only one that has constant problems with the Beetle tail light socket melting?

Mrs Roundhouse drives daily in Atlanta traffic so the brakes are on alot when sitting in traffic, but Ive owned dozens of cars over the years and never had brakelight sockets melt

Ive replaced the sockets several times,
tried to switch to LED bulbs but that freaks out the on board computer,

anyone know exactly which resistors I need to use to keep the computer from freaking out with LED bulbs?

Im planning on drilling a hole in the back of the tail light and installing a universal metal socket, with an LED bulb, and maybe use the incandescent bulb in the new metal socket and put the LED in the VW socket that melts.

Or maybe just let the incandescent bulb dangle behind the housing in the empty space and splice on a LED bulb to go in the tail light

Beetle tail light socket melting