NHTSA Complaint #11230205 — 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU

STARTING LAST WEEK, I'VE NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS TURN ON WHEN I'M NOT EVEN TOUCHING THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS TURN ON WHEN I'M ACCELERATING AND THEN TURN OFF WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES. I HAVE TO REALLY PUSH DOWN HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO HAVE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TURN ON. THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL AND TRACTION LIGHTS ALSO APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD AND THAT'S WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE CAR SHOP TODAY, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY BRAKES, BRAKE PADS OR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. I LOOKED ONLINE TO FIND THE RECALL NUMBER 14V252000 MATCHING THE EXACT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT I'M EXPERIENCING IN MY CHEVY MALIBU. I SEARCHED ON VIN ON THE ONLINE DATABASE, BUT MY CAR DIDN'T APPEAR IN THE SEARCH EVEN THOUGH MY CAR MATCHES THE MAKE, MODEL, YEAR AND MANUFACTURE DATE RANGE (AUGUST 2008).