2008 Saturn Aura Lighting Problems

Brake lights and headlights randomly go off mainly the brake light thats in the back window!

BRAKE LIGHTS ACTIVATE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT BEING PRESSED. LIGHTLY PRESSING ON BRAKE PEDAL DEACTIVATES BRAKE LIGHTS. FULLY PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL WILL CORRECTLY ACTIVATE BRAKE LIGHTS. UPON RELEASING BRAKE PEDAL BRAKE LIGHTS WILL DEACTIVATE FOR SOME TIME BEFORE ACTIVATING ON THEIR OWN. AT FIRST THIS STARTED HAPPENING OCCASIONALLY BUT HAS PROGRESSED TO HAPPENING AT ALL TIMES INCLUDING WHEN STATIONARY IN PARK, AND IN MOTION. DUE TO THE BRAKE LIGHTS BEING ACTIVE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE NOT BEING APPLIED OTHER DRIVERS ARE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT I AM DOING, CREATING AN UNSAFE SITUATION.

HEADLAMP, LOW BEAMS KEEP GOING OUT. IT STARTS WITH ONE SIDE THEN I REPLACE IT THEN THE OTHER SIDE GOES OUT. THEY DRIVER SIDE REPLACED WORKED FOR A MONTH THEN WENT OUT THEN THE PASSENGER SIDE LASTED FROM OCTOBER 2017 TILL JAN 5 2018. I KEEP REPLACING THE LOW BEAMS. IT COST 100$ EVERY TIME ONE IS REPLACED. I ACTUALLY TRIED REPLACEING ALL 4, AND STILL ONE LOW BEAM WENT OUT I REPLACED ONE THEN NEXT MONTH ANOTHER ONE WENT OUT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO UNLOCK THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INDEPENDENT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

WHEN I'M DRIVING THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON BUT WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKES TO STOP THE BRAKE LIGHTS GO OFF. I'VE HAD PEOPLE STOP ME WHILE I'M AT A RED LIGHT TO TELL ME THAT WHEN I STEPPED ON MY BRAKES MY BRAKE LIGHTS GO OFF, BUT THEY'RE ON WHILE I'M DRIVING. IT'S VERY SCARY. I'VE TAKING IT TO MY MECHANIC BUT THEY STEP ON THE BRAKES THE LIGHTS COME ON.THEY COME ON WHILE THE CAR IS SITTING STILL IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN I'M DRIVING IS WHEN THE BRAKE LIGHTS DON'T WORK RIGHT. I DRIVE AT NIGHT TIME AND IF I'M AT A RED LIGHT WITH NO BRAKE LIGHTS SOMEBODY MIGHT RUN INTO THE BACK OF ME. I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. EVERYTHING ELSE WITH THE CAR SEEMS FINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TAIL LAMPS REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS INTENDED UNTIL SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL) AT DUNN CHEVROLET BUICK LOCATED IN OREGON, OHIO. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 231,000.

THIS IS A REPEAT PROBLEM FOR A MALFUNCTION THAT WAS REPAIRED BY A DEALER UNDER RECALL # 13036. THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THEY ARE ON (LIT) WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED. WHEN THE DRIVER PRESSES ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKE LIGHTS GO OFF (DARK). THIS IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND CONTINUES TO OCCUR DESPITE A PREVIOUS RECALL REPAIR.

THE EXTERIOR BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN NOT TOUCHED AND GO OFF WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED. I CALL GM AND THEY TOLD ME MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT ON A RECALL, BUT IT SEEMS THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

SATURN AURA 2008 TAIL LAMP MALFUNCTION. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO TUSTIN GM FOR BRAKE REPAIR AND BRAKE LIGHT REPAIR. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH, I WASN'T TOLD ANYTHING ABOUT A RECALL. 2 WEEKS AGO, I NOTICED MY TRACTION CONTROL, ESC AND PANIC BRAKE ASSISTANCE WERE NOT WORKING ALONG WITH CRUISE CONTROL AND A FEW OTHER FEATURES. IT OCCURRED RANDOMLY AFTER AT LEAST AN HOUR OF DRIVING. I NOTICED AFTER A FEW TIMES THIS OCCURRED MY BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE WHILE I WAS IN PARK WITH THE HEADLIGHTS OFF. I TESTED IT, AND THEY INDEED TURNED OFF WHEN I ENGAGED MY BRAKES, ONLY TO ILLUMINATE AGAIN WHEN I DISENGAGED MY BRAKES. I WAS VERY NERVOUS DRIVING IT HOME AND HAD A FEW CLOSE CALLS ON THE CITY STREET STOPPING AT STOP LIGHTS. I BROUGHT THIS BACK TO TUSTIN GM'S ATTENTION AND THEY TOLD ME IT'S BEEN CORRECTED AND IT'S NOW MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR THE CHARGES OF FIXING IT. I REFUSED AND BROUGHT IT TO ORANGE COAST BUICK GMC AND CADILLAC. THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE AND REFUSED TO BELIEVE THAT IT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RECALL, WOULDN'T EVEN CHECK. I MADE A CASE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY SAID MY ONLY OPTION IS TO DRIVE THE UNSAFE VEHICLE UNTIL THE PROBLEM OCCURS AND THEN BRING IT INTO A DEALER SO THEY CAN FIND OUT THE ISSUE. THEY CLAIM MY PROBLEM DOES NOT CORRELATE WITH THE RECALL IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM, AND HAVE DONE EVERYTHING SHORT OF CALLING ME A LIAR. I NOW HAVE A RENTAL VEHICLE BECAUSE I AM DEPENDED ON BY MY ELDERS TO BRING THEM TO AND FROM APPOINTMENTS. I NEED MY VEHICLE FIXED, PROPERLY, AND HOPEFULLY SOME TYPE OF COST ASSISTANCE WITH THE RENTAL VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO CAN'T SEEM TO TELL ME THE EXACT DATE THE RECALL WAS REMEDIED. FIRST THEY SAID JANUARY, THEN THEY SAID AUGUST. [XXX]. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

LOW BEANS NOT WORKING, REPLACED LIGHT BULBS, RELAYS AND FUSE ARE GOOD

EVERY 6-8 MONTHS I AM HAVING TO REPLACE BOTH HEADLIGHTS AS THEY ARE BURNING OUT ON BOTH SIDES. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A MECHANICAL ISSUE BUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND HAVING THE LIGHTS BURN OUT REPEATEDLY, I AM AFRAID OF AN ACCIDENT OCCURRING. HEADLIGHTS SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED SO OFTEN. IS THERE A RECALL ON THE PARTS FOR THE HEADLIGHTS? ARE THERE OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AT NIGHT TIME, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THIS IS AN ISSUE I EXPERIENCE A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE DEALER. IT HAS SINCE RETURNED AND IS GETTING WORSE. REAR BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON WHILE THE CAR IS DRIVING AND IN NEUTRAL ALTHOUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED. CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT FUNCTION ONCE THE BREAK LIGHT TURNS ON. WHEN THE PEDAL IS PRESSED LIGHTLY AND THE BREAKS ENGAGE SLOWLY, THE BREAK LIGHTS WILL TURN OFF. UPON MODERATE TO HEAVY BREAKING THE LIGHTS WILL THEN TURN BACK ON. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE. UPON RELEASING THE BREAKS I WILL HAVE APPROX. 7 SECONDS WHERE I CAN USE THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE BREAK LIGHTS ARE OFF BEFORE THE LIGHTS TURN ON AGAIN AND DISENGAGES THE CRUISE CONTROL. DURING THAT 7 SECONDS LIGHT BREAKING WILL STILL NOT TURN ON THE BREAK LIGHTS. THIS ISSUE IS INTERMITTENT BUT IS APPEARING MORE REGULARLY. DURING A RECENT 40 MILE TRIP I COULD USE THE CRUISE CONTROL FOR A COUPLE MILES, THEN LOOSE IT FOR A COUPLE MORE WITH THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON, THEN REGAIN NORMAL FUNCTIONALITY FOR A COUPLE MORE, ETC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL). HEIDEBREICHT CHEVROLET (LOCATED AT 64200 VAN DYKE, WASHINGTON, MI 48095, (586) 372-6569) REPLACED THE BRAKE LIGHT BULBS, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON WHEN VEHICLE WAS DRIVING ALTHOUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT DEPRESSED. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED LIGHTLY, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OFF, AND THEN IF MORE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKES THEY WOULD COME ON AGAIN. PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE INTERMITTENT BUT WAS OBSERVED REGULARLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND SERVICE TECHNICIAN PERFORMED TSB FIX, WHICH WAS TO LUBRICATE BCM CONNECTOR WITH DIELECTRIC LUBE AND RELEARN BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR IN BCM. VEHICLE TESTED OK AFTER REPAIR. ***NOTE*** THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A LOW SPEED REAR END COLLISION IN SEPTEMBER 2012 WHERE THE OTHER DRIVER HIT THE REAR OF THIS CAR AS SEVERAL CARS WERE BRAKING FOR A STOP LIGHT. IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR SOME TIME AND THAT THIS PROBLEM CONTRIBUTED TO THE EARLIER ACCIDENT. *TR

I WAS FOLLOWED BY A PASSERBY TO MY WORK PARKING LOT NOTIFYING ME THAT THE FOR THE 8 MILES THEY WERE BEHIND ME ON THE HIGHWAY MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON. THE NEXT MORNING I NOTICED IT AGAIN, COULD SEE THROUGH MY REAR VIEW MIRROR THAT MY BRAKE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND THE BREAK LIGHT REMAINED ON. I APPLIED MY BRAKE FOOT PEDAL AND THE LIGHT TURNED OFF UNTIL I HAD THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, AFTER I PULLED MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE THE BRAKE LIGHT WENT BACK ON. I VERIFIED THAT MY PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGED. THIS ISSUE IS NOT CONTINUOUS TO THE POINT THAT IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY CAR BUT INTERMITTENT. THE TIMES I NOTICE IT ARE IN THE MORNING, MOST LIKELY BECAUSE I CAN SEE THE LIGHT ILLUMINATE AT THAT TIME OF THE DAY. THE TEMPERATURE THOSE MORNINGS WERE AROUND 60 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN THIS ISSUE IS OCCURRING MY CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK, WHICH MAKES SENSE CONSIDERING MY CAR THINKS I AM APPLYING THE BRAKE. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED WITH MY DEALERSHIP TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ISSUE AND HAVE ALSO CALLED GM. FROM THE INVESTIGATION I HAVE DONE ONLINE I SEE THAT YOU WERE INVESTIGATING THIS ISSUE AND I HOPE THAT YOU ARE CONTINUING. I CURRENTLY DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR AND WILL BE BORROWING A FRIENDS VEHICLE FOR MY DAILY COMMUTE UNTIL MY SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT. *TR

MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATING LIKE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS BEING DEPRESSED; HOWEVER, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT BEING DEPRESSED. WHEN I DID DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF COMPLETELY. THEN, AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS, THEY WOULD COME BACK ON LIKE THEY WERE BEING DEPRESSED. ALSO, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT WORKING. IT WOULD NOT SET AND HOLD THE CAR AT A SPECIFIC SPEED. *TR

THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT ON HERE FOR THE SAME BRAKE LIGHT ISSUE. I HAD TROUBLE WITH MY CAR BRAKE LIGHTS WORKING BACKWARDS (ON WHEN DRIVING, OFF WHEN BRAKING) ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, HAD THEM FIXED AND THEY WORKED FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AND THEN STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. I TOOK THEM TO A CERTIFIED GM SERVICE STATION ON 4/5/2013 TO HAVE THEM FIXED FOR THE SECOND TIME. I PICKED UP MY CAR FROM SAID REPAIRS ON 4/8/2013 TO ONLY FIND THAT ON 4/11/13 THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE WORKING BACKWARDS AGAIN. I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE SAME GM SERVICE STATION TO HAVE THEM RE-RE-REPAIRED ON 4/13/13 AND PICKED THE CAR UP THE SAME DAY. ON 4/14/13 I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE LIGHTS WORKING BACKWARDS LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED FOR THE 3RD TIME! SO I WILL TAKE MY CAR BACK TO THE GM CENTER ON 4/15/15 TO HAVE THE BRAKE LIGHTS RE-RE-RE-RE REPAIRED. THE CERTIFIED SERVICE CENTER CLOSEST TO ME IS ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY SO EVERYTIME I GO TO GET THEM FIXED TWO VEHICLES HAVE TO DRIVE THE ROUND TRIP (1 VEHICLE TWICE AND MY VEHICLE ONCE). IT IS RIDICULOUS TO HAVE TO PAY THE EXORBITANT GAS PRICES BECAUSE THE PEOPLE AT GM ARE APPARENTLY ICOPATENT (WHICH HAS BEEN CORROBORATED BY THERE INABILITY TO MAKE A SAFETY RELATED REPAIR) THE US GOVERNMENT MUST FORCE GM TO RECALL THE VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THESE FAULTY BREAK LIGHTS AND FORCE THEM TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT WILL FIX THE POTENTIAL DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THE THING IRRITATING ME MOST IS THAT THEY ARE NOT EVEN TRYING TO FIND A PROBLEM THAT WILL ACTUALY CORRECT THE FAULTY EQUIPMENT. AT THIS POINT I WILL EVEN BE WILLING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS IF THEY WILL JUST FIND A PERMENANT SOLUTION! SIGNED, VERY UPSET WITH THE QUALITY OF AMERICAN MADE VEHICLES! *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2008 SATURN AURA IN MAY 2012. I STARTED NOTICING THAT MY BRAKE LIGHT IN REAR WINDOW WOULD COME ON BY ITSELF WITHOUT BRAKING AND WOULD STAY ON FOR PERIODS OF TIME. A T FIRST IT DIDN'T BOTHER ME, BUT LATELY IT HAS BECOME FREQUENT. THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON EVEN WHEN CRANKING THE CAR UP. IT ALSO COMES ON WHILE DRIVING, DOESN'T MATTER THE SPEED LIMIT IT STILL COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. IT IS VERY MISLEADING BECAUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF FLOWING TRAFFIC THE LIGHT WILL COME ON GIVING THE DRIVER BEHIND ME THE IMPRESSION THAT I AM BREAKING. ALSO WHEN THE LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED, CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND OTHERS SAFETY AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT HAPPENS SO FREQUENTLY AND I HAVE HAD A DRIVER TO BECOME VERY IRATE WITH ME BECAUSE OF MY BRAKE LIGHT COMING ON GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT I AM BRAKING. I AM HOPING THAT THIS ISSUE BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED. THANK YOU *TR