NHTSA Complaint #10289513 — 2006 SATURN ION

I GOT AN OIL CHANGE BY MY NORMAL REPAIR SHOP AND WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK FROM THEM THE CAR FAILED TO START PROPERLY. I HAD TO START THE CAR 3 TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD TURN ON AND STAY RUNNING. FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK AFTERWARDS, IT DID THE SAME THING, FAILING TO START AND REQUIRING AT LEAST 2 ATTEMPTS TO GET THE CAR RUNNING. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK, MY GIRLFRIEND GOT HER FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE PROBLEM AND I STARTED NOTICING DIFFICULTY TURNING THE KEY TO SHUT THE CAR OFF. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THEY ASKED ME IF KNEW THE KEY WAS STUCK. I TOLD THEM I DID, BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND FULLY WHAT THEY MEANT UNTIL THEY FINISHED THE WORK THEY THOUGHT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A DIRTY THROTTLE CAUSING THE CAR NOT TO BE ABLE TO START AND REMAIN RUNNING. WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK, I DROVE IT HOME AND FOUND OUT THAT I COULDN'T TURN THE KEY AT ALL. SO MY CAR WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO SHUT OFF. I WENT TO A SATURN DEALERSHIP AND THE TECH WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM, BUT ADVISED ME THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED. I THEN TOOK IT BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE THEM REPAIR IT. I WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WITH THE IGNITION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED, TOTALING $519. RESEARCHING SHORTLY ONLINE I FOUND A 33 PAGE COMPLAINT FORUM ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS WITH OTHERS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME CAR. CAR MAKE : SATURN CAR MODEL: ION 2. *TR