NHTSA Complaint #10595691 — 2007 SATURN AURA

THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED MY BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WAS WHILE DRIVING ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY. I WAS PASSING THROUGH THE TOLL BOOTH AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WHEN I NOTICED THROUGH MY REARVIEW MIRROR THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON. I STEPPED ON THE BREAK AND THE WENT OFF. I MUST SAY BECAUSE FEARED IT WOULD BE A COSTLY FIX I IGNORED IT FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL I SAW ANOTHER SATURN AURA WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I DROVE BEHIND THE ELDERLY WOMAN UNTIL WE BOTH AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND I PULLED ALONG SIDE HER TO INFORM HER OF WHAT I SAW. I ALSO TOLD HER MY CAR WAS DOING THE SAME THING. SHE THANKED ME FOR TELLING HER A DROVE OFF. I TOOK MY CAR TO A MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME HE DID BELIEVE IT WAS A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BUT COULD BE ABSOLUTELY SURE UNTIL HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE CAR FOR THE DAY. AGAIN NOT REALLY IN A POSITION TO FIX WHAT MAY BE COSTLY, I CONTINUED TO DRIVE. FINALLY I WAS STOPPED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST AND HE EXPLAINED THAT WHILE DRIVING BEHIND ME HE NOTICED THE BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON BUT AS WE APPROACHED THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WHICH WAS RED I SLOWED DOWN( STEPPING ON THE BRAKE) AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF UNTIL I WAS AT A FULL STOP AND MY FOOT WAS PRESSED FIRMLY ON THE BREAK THEN THE BREAK LIGHT COME BACK ON. AS SOON AS I SAW THE RECALL I CALLED MY LOCAL GM DEALER RIGHT AWAY AND TOLD THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH MY BRAKES AND THE FACT THAT WHEN I TRY TO MOVE MY GEAR OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE I SOMETIMES HAVE TO FORCE IT BECAUSE IT SEEMS STUCK.THEY SAID THEY WOULD CHECK TO SEE IF MY CAR WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW ITS NOT. THIS I FIND VERY HARD TO BELIEVE, THAT MY CAR WOULD BE DOING ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT WAS DESCRIBED IN TWO RECALLS BUT MY CAR(BASED ON MY VIN#) IS NOT INCLUDED. I BELIEVE GM IS TYING TO MINIMIZE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIR OF THE CARS THEY WILLING SOLD KNOWING THEY HAD ISSUES. *TR