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I almost ALMOST, made a post last night about how my car was all fixed. Thank god for waiting, because what a difference a day makes.

So the car went into the dealership yesterday to get whatever was wrong corrected. I ended up having to deal with the service advisor that I dislike the most (she called me a liar when I called in to report a defect with my car three days into ownership) . I will leave her issues to another post, they deserve there own post. When I got the car back the invoice said that they had replaced three parts, a new waterproof brake switch, a cover of  some sort, and a seal. Apparently water had gotten into the brake switch on the ground and destoyed it, thus thoroughly confusing the rest of the safety systems.

This is a known issue, so not sure why the switch wasn’t recalled or something, but that is neither here nor there. What it all came down to was that the switch had shorted and my entire brake system was hosed (Including my brake lights). Picked the car up at about 18:00 and drove home. All systems seemed to work, and the car handled admirably.I went out later that night for  a longer drive, and once again everything was perfect. No glitches to be seen. Same with driving to and from the office today.

Imagine my surprise then when this evening when I was driving on snow covered streets when both the warning lights come on again, and stay on. This seems familiar. So I tested the brakes, once again they are acting strange, and no ABS or traction control. I pull over and turn the car off. Restart it, voila! Working systems again.

Drive off and they disable again. So at this point i drive home. I don’t have a clue if the systems will work in the morning, nor do I really care anymore. Since what is to stop it from failing on me again in teh future once they “fix” the problem again. I can no longer rely on the cars most important safety systems for winter driving. F*CK.