NHTSA Complaint #10243183 — 1998 ISUZU OASIS

I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY CAR WAS SUDDENLY SHUTTING DOWN WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE, EVERYTHING WENT BLANK, THIS STARTED TO HAPPEN MORE AND MORE OFTEN UNTIL THE CAR COULD NOT START. I HAVE TRACKED IT TO THE IGNITION SWITCH WHERE I HAD TO SOMETIMES HOLD IT HALFWAY IN STARTING POSITION IN ORDER TO START THE CAR OTHERWISE IT WOULD NOT START (IT WOULD CRANK BUT WOULD NOT START) I HAVE CHECKED FOR RECALLS ON NHTSA.GOV WEBSITE AND IN FACT IN FOUND THAT THERE WERE RECALLS FOR IGNITION SWITCH, I CALLED HONDA DEALER FIRST AND THEY DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS CAR AND STATED TO CALL ISUZU MOTORS BECAUSE IT WAS SOLD THROUGH THEM. I CALL ISUZU MOTORS AND WAS TOLD THAT IN FACT THIS IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED AT THE END OF 2002. I SPOKE WITH THE REP ABOUT THIS ISSUE CLAIMING THAT OBVIOUSLY THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, THEY HAVE DECLINED TO REPLACE IT AND STATED I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS IF I WANT TO HAVE IT DONE. I AM ASKING AND DEMANDING THAT ISUZU REPLACES THIS BAD IGNITION SWITCH AT THEIR EXPENSE. *TR