NHTSA Complaint #10478547 — 2007 SATURN ION

THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION NOT ALLOWING ME TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE UNLESS I MANUALLY UNLOCKED THE DOORS. THIS WAS HAPPENING FOR ABOUT A YEAR OR MORE INTERMITTENTLY. THEN ONE DAY I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO TURN OFF BECAUSE THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN. AFTER ABOUT A 5-10 SECOND TIME FRAME, THE IGNITION WOULD UNLOCK ALLOWING ME TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND REMOVE THE KEY. THIS OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS THEN WHEN I WAS ON VACATION, THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT AT ALL WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING. I WAS LEFT WITH HAVING TO TEMPORARILY UNPLUG THE BATTERY AND THE FUSE SO THE CAR WOULD TURN OFF. THE MECHANIC I TOOK THE CAR TO WHILE ON VACATION SHOWED ME HOW TO DO THIS AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC ONCE I ARRIVED HOME BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL AT THIS POINT, THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THE IGNITION LOCK WAS BAD, AND APPARENTLY GM HAD BEEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND OFFERED NO RECALL BUT DID RE-DESIGN THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS OF THE IGNITION LOCK. *TR