NHTSA Complaint #10143860 — 1998 CHEVROLET S10

MY S-10 PICKUP WILL SPORADICALLY HAVE THE SECURITY LIGHT ILLUMINATE AND FLASH WHEN I *TRY* TO START MY VEHICLE. THE TRUCK WILL THEN NOT START EVEN THOUGH IT CRANKS OVER PERFECTLY FINE. THE SECURITY FEATURE IS NOT A HELP, BUT A HINDRANCE. I AM USING AN OFFICIAL GM KEY IN MY IGNITION WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IF I WAIT AT LEAST AN HOUR THEN THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THE TRUCK WILL THEN START AS IF NOTHING WERE WRONG AND THE SECURITY LIGHT GOES OUT. THIS HAS BEEN LOOKED AT BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND HE STATES THAT IT IS SOMETHING FAULTY IN THE "IDIOTIC SECURITY SYSTEM" THAT WAS STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON THIS VEHICLE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY ROUGHLY $500 TO GET A FAULTY "SECURITY" SYSTEM THAT REALLY IS A USELESS NON-NECESSARY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FIXED SO THAT I CAN SIMPLY START MY CAR WITH AN OFFICIAL KEY! IT IS OUTRAGEOUS. I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TWO REMEDIES SHOULD BE FORCED UPON GM: 1) THEY SHOULD FIX THIS IDIOTIC PROBLEM IN MY "SECURITY" SYSTEM, OR 2) THEY SHOULD BYPASS THE "SECURITY" SYSTEM THAT I DO NOT WANT, HAVE NO NEED IN MY VEHICLE, AND FIND A REAL PAIN IN THE POSTERIOR. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN A YEAR THAT I HAVE GOTTEN STRANDED BECAUSE OF THAT [XXX] "SECURITY" LIGHT WHEN THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY TRUCK. *NM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR