I have the same issue with my 2006 Aveo. I have replaced that stupid $13.00 brake relay switch, that is under the dash, about thirteen times! I am now getting the 'service engine light ' coming on. I had it coded, yesterday, when it came on again, and it is came up as a short in the brake relay switch. I was told this by my mechanic about eight months ago, when I had my timing belt/water pump replaced, (it has very low miles, but it is a 2006 car). He said the shifter will not shift out of park because there is a short someplace in the brake system!
But it only takes a few minutes to find it and fix it. But I was still getting brake lights. But now I have no brake lights at all, and the shifter will not get out of park. I use the emergency hole next to it, to release the shifter.
I am taking it in tomorrow to be fixed, I hope it is a cheap fix, I am told it is, a cheap fix, it is just a short in a wire someplace.
Well it is now bringing up the 'service engine light'. So it must be a big short now. I have turn signals and the 'emergency lights', work, you know, if you press the red button on the dash. So, I am hoping for a cheap fix. Tired of using that emergency release hole and now that I know I have no brake lights, I do not want a ticket! But I have replaced that brake relay switch over thirteen times, and my mechanic told me he has replaced that switch only one time in his life as a mechanic. It is always a short, easy to fix. So I have wasted a lot of money on that $13.00 relay switch!
Tuesday, April 24th, 2018 AT 9:04 PM