NHTSA Complaint #10296117 — 2005 GMC ENVOY

THERE WAS IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES GAVE OUT, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF, AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON. IT RESEMBLED THE CAR RUNNING OUT OF GAS WITHOUT DOING SO. AFTER I PULLED OFF THE ROAD WITH GREAT DIFFICULTIES, I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THE VEHICLE GOT STUCK IN IT. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER AFTER THIS OCCURRED AND NEEDED TO BE TOWED. THERE IS NO RELEASE SWITCH WHICH THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID THERE SHOULD BE SO HE COULD GET IT ONTO THE TRUCK, SO THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE DRUG WITH THE WHEELS LOCKED ONTO THE FLATBED AND THEN PUSHED OFF IN THE SAME MANNER. WE PAID TO HAVE IT FIXED AND IT HAS NOW HAPPENED AGAIN 5 MONTHS LATER. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS ONLINE AND IT IS NOT JUST WITH THE GMC ENVOY DENALI IT ALSO INCLUDES THE CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AND POSSIBLY OTHER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BY GM. THERE WAS ONE PERSON ONLINE THAT SAID THEY KEEP SPARE IGNITION SWITCHES IN THE VEHICLE AND THE TOOLS TO SWAP IT OUT BECAUSE OF HOW FREQUENTLY IT HAPPENS. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PART AND IT IS NOT AVAILABLE AS FAR AS I KNOW, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT RETURNED TO ME. THE VEHICLE WAS A 2005 GMC ENVOY DENALI. *TR