NHTSA Complaint #10211467 — 2006 SATURN ION

I HAVE A 2006 ION, WITH AROUND 38,000 MILES O IT. LAST WEEK WHEN I LEFT WORK LATER IN THE EVENING AND TURNED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE LIGHTS AND RADIO CAME ON, BUT THE CAR DID NOT START. I THOUGHT I NEEDED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE BUT WHEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN WHEN I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THEM THE CAR THEN STARTED, WHICH WAS ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT I TOOK IT TO MY SATURN DEALER TODAY (SATURN OF MONROEVILLE) AND WAS TOLD THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE INTERNAL SECURITY SYSTEM IN THE IONS. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH AND REPROGRAM THE INTERNAL SECURITY CODE. IF THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE, WHY ISN'T A RECALL ISSUE? WHAT CONSISTITUTES AN ISSUE THAT WARRANTS A RECALL? IF IT'S SAFETY RELATED AND ARGUMENT COULD BE MADE THAT IF MY CAR DOESN'T START IT OR EVEN SHUTS DOWN (NOT SURE OF THE EXTENT OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED) THAT IS DEFINITELY A SECURITY ISSUE. *TR