PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCKS. FIRST THE FRONT DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR OPEN CIRCUIT. AT 50,079 MILES NOV 2012. NOW AT 60,000 MILES THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR HAS FAILED. IF MANUALLY UNLOCKED IT WILL NOT LOCK WITH THE FOB OR POWER DOOR SWITCH. IF LOCKED IT WILL NOT UNLOCK. *TR
2008
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I NOTICED INTERMITTENT ISSUES WITH MY BRAKE LIGHTS. THEY WOULD BE ON WHEN I WAS NOT PUSHING THE BRAKE, AND THEN THEY WOULD TURN OFF WHEN I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE. I GOT THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED AT A CERTIFIED GM SERVICE CENTER. TO MY KNOWLEDGE (WITHOUT THE REPAIR REPORT AVAILABLE) THEY APPLIED GREASE TO A PART OF THE VEHICLE AS DESCRIBED IN THE SERVICE BULLETIN. THAT WORKED FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AND NOW I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN WITH MY BRAKE LIGHTS, SO CLEARLY THE SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED BY GM IS NOT CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. DUE TO MY INABILITY TO PAY TO GET THIS FIXED AND THE MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN IT POSSESSES IF DRIVEN I HAVE LEFT IT PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS, WHICH IN TURN HAS LEFT ME WITH BATTERY ISSUES. I AM SCHEDULING SERVICE TO BE DONE ON THE CAR TODAY, BECAUSE I CAN NO LONGER GO WITHOUT A VEHICLE, BUT GM NEEDS TO RECALL THE VEHICLES WHICH ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE LIGHTS. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN THAT COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS WRECKS. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS DUE TO THIS ISSUE AND AFTER SAID CLOSE CALLS STOPPED DRIVING MY VEHICLE. *TR