2009 SATURN AURA Electrical System Problems

THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR THIS VEHICLE, ORIGINALLY STARTED OVER A YEAR AGO BUT HAPPENED VERY RARELY, NOW IT IS HAPPENING NEARLY EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. OCCASIONALLY THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL TURN ON AND STAY ON. THIS DISABLES THE CRUISE CONTROL. WHILE THE LIGHTS STAY ON IF THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED THE BRAKE LIGHTS FLASH OFF AND TURN BACK ON, REMAINING ON. THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT FLASHES OR REMAINS ILLUMINATED WHILE THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. RANDOMLY THE ISSUE WILL RESOLVE ITSELF WHILE DRIVING. TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURNING BACK ON DOES NOT ALWAYS FIX THE BRAKE LIGHT ISSUE. *TR

I OWN A 2009 SATURN AURA XR. MY BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ENGAGED WHILE IN MOTION BUT DISENGAGE WHEN I STOP. TAPPING THE BRAKES WILL TURN THE BRAKE LIGHT OFF BRIEFLY WHILE IN MOTION BUT IT WILL COME BACK ON WITHIN SECONDS. REAR DRIVERS CANNOT DETERMINE WHEN I'M STOPPING USING THE BRAKE LIGHT AS AN INDICATOR. MY CRUISE CONTROL NO LONGER WORKS WHICH I'M TOLD IS ALSO TIED TO THE BRAKE LIGHTS. THE ESC WARNING LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY AND WILL DISENGAGE. THE ONLY REMEDY I'VE FOUND FOR THIS HAS BEEN TURNING THE CAR OFF ON. I'VE SOMETIMES HAD TO DO THIS 5 TIMES WITHIN A 20 MINUTE DRIVE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IN THE RECENT PAST WOULD GO OFF AND ON UNWARRANTED BUT AS OF LATE JUST STAYS ON. *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK BOSS BEHIND ME IN HIS CAR FLAGS ME OVER TOLD ME MY BRAKE LIGHT STAYED ON EXCEPT WHEN I BRAKE THEY JUST BLINKED THEN I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING. *TR

AS I AM DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND OFF ALONG WITH THE ECS LIGHT. ALSO WHILE I'M DRIVING THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON AND I HAVE TO EITHER TAP THE BRAKE OR DRIVE WHILE LIGHTLY PRESSING THE BRAKE TO HAVE THE LIGHT TO GO OFF. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH REPLACED TWICE AND IT STILL DOES NOT SEEM TO WORK. *TR

THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON ALL THE TIME UNLESS I RIDE MY BRAKE PEDAL. THEY WONT COME BACK ON WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TILL I ALMOST LOCK UP THE BRAKES. LOTS OF ELECTRICAL GREMLINS IN THIS POS CAR. *TR

CRUISE CONTROL DROPPED OFF UNEXPECTEDLY AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ON THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DRIVE. THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON WHEN PASSED 4TH GEAR AND THE SATURN SHIFTS UNNATURALLY BETWEEN 4TH AND 6TH GEARS BETWEEN 50 AND 70MPH. *TR

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON RANDOMLY AND WOULD TURN OFF WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED. THEY WOULD OPERATE IN THE OPPOSITE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE VEHICLES BEHIND YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU ARE BRAKING. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY FOR MONTHS NOW. *TR

STOPPED AT A DRIVE-THRU WINDOW. WAS IN GEAR AND UNDER BRAKING. TWO LIGHTS CAME ON AT DASH: SERVICE ESC AND SERVICE TRACTION. LIGHTS RESET WHEN VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. LIGHTS HAPPEN AT RANDOM TIMES DURING OPERATION. WHEN SERVICE LIGHTS OCCUR, BRAKE LIGHTS REACT OPPOSITE OF NORMAL OPERATION. *TR

(1.) I PURCHASED 2009 SATURN AURA XR ON 5/22/10 WITH 17,458 MILES AT CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. (2.) ON 1/20/11 TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR AN ISSUE OF INTERMITTENT WIPER FAILURE DURING OPERATION; THE MILEAGE ON VEHICLE WAS DOCUMENTED AT 46,563 MILES. (3.) DEALERSHIP PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC AND FOUND A BODY CONTROL MODULE (BCM) INTERNAL FAILURE. DEALERSHIP QUOTED REPAIR COSTS OF $514.10 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE 100K MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. DEALERSHIP DID STATE THAT THE 36K MILE OR 36 MONTH BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY WOULD HAVE COVERED THE REPAIR BUT THAT THE VEHICLE'S 36K MILE OR 36 MONTH WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED DUE TO THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. I ELECTED NOT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE REPAIR AT ITS CURRENT MILEAGE. I DID PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC FEE OF $117.82 ON 1/20/11. (4.) I THEN CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER...