Electrical issues - brake lights, cruise, ASR

[stacy & maurice]

Vic - Thanks for sticking with us thus far and providing so much info.

Originally Posted by Aqua Puttana

They apparently didn't care if you had brake lights. They must figure brake lights are a glam add-on.

In defense of the mechanic, he told us that the bypass wire was only a temporary fix so we wouldn't have to use a ball point pen to shift the vehicle out of Park. We knew when we left the shop that we didn't have brake lights, they even made us sign a release. They assumed that we would return to have the problem completely fixed in a few days. We would have done just that but the problem was we didn't have a ton of faith that they would find the answer quickly and we couldn't afford the $150 labor rate while he randomly probed wires.

Knowing the little bit that I know now, it does kinda suck that we spent $900 for a wire that basically just tricks the computer. Guess we should've stuck with the ball point pen method after all