2006 Chevrolet Malibu Exterior Lighting

WHILE ON A TRIP TO LONG ISLAND, NY, HEADING HOME, A TRUCK DRIVER PULLED UP NEXT TO THE CAR AND SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE CAR, WHEN DRIVING THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAYED ON, WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKES THE LIGHTS WENT OFF. WE PULLED OVER TO CHECK THE BRAKES, DID NOT SEE A PROBLEM. WE CHECKED THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE LONG DRIVE HOME BUT WE GOT SEVERAL HORNS BEEPING DURING STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. SEVERAL DAYS AFTER WE GOT HOME A LADY FOLLOWED ME TO A THE DOCTORS OFFICE TO TELL ME ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. MY HUSBAND TOOK IT TO HIS MECHANIC, HE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. WE CALLED THE NEAREST CHEVY DEALER, DROPPED THE CAR OFF AND IT TOOK THEM SEVERAL HOURS TO SEE THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT. THE PART THEY PUT IN WAS #15940467, MODULE 2.560, COSTING ME $533.48. THE CAR, A 2006 CHEVY MALIBU LS, HAD SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 36,000 MILES AT THE START OF THE PROBLEM(WHILE WE WERE ON OUR TRIP), WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY DEALER IT HAD ABOUT 37000 MILES, JUST PAST THE WARRENTY. TO ME THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD, SINCE THIS A NEWER CAR THERE MUST BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE INJURY HAPPENS.

CLEAR PORTIONS OF BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DUAL COLORED (I.E. CLEAR/RED) TAIL-LIGHT LENSES HAVE SUCCUMBED TO SPONTANEOUS APPEARANCE OF CRACKS. CRACKS ARE LARGELY PARALLEL AND DO NOT YET COMPLETELY REACH THE OUTER SURFACE. CONJECTURE: APPEARS AS THOUGH POSSIBLY DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL EXPANSION/CONTRACTION OF SURROUNDING RED PLASTIC PORTION OF LENS. *TR