NHTSA Complaint #10378247 — 2006 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT

WHEN I USE THE KEY TO START MY 2006 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT IT WILL NOT START, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS AND THE CAR IMMOBILIZES. I CANNOT START THE CAR FROM 15 MINUTES TO 1 HOUR. THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT. WHEN I CALL FOR HELP ALL ANYONE TELLS ME IS TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT, BUT THIS DOES NOT WORK. I HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM ABOUT 3 TO 5 TIMES A DAY. I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN SEPT. 2010 AND THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERY DAY SINCE I PURCHASED THIS CAR. WHEN I TOOK IT BACK, I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND THE CAR STARTED. THE ENGINE LIGHT ALSO COMES ON AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. AS I WRITE THIS, THE CAR IS IMMOBOLIZED IN MY GARAGE AND WILL NOT START, I HAVE MISSED APPOINTMENTS OVER AND OVER. I WENT ON HTTP://FORUMS.VWVORTEX.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?3656214 TO TRY TO FIND OUT HOW TO CORRECT THIS AND FOUND OUT THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAS OR HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT AND THE SOLUTION SEEMS TO BE TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN. I DO NOT HAVE ANY MONEY TO PAY FOR SUCH A BIG JOB, ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE NOT HAD THIS CAR FOR SIX MONTHS. THIS CAR WAS SOLD WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR