NHTSA Complaint #10514799 — 2006 SATURN ION

MY SATURN ION HAS HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION AND OR THE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS SINCE 29,000 MILES .IT CURRENTLY HAS 143,000 MILES AND HAS ISSUES ONCE AGAIN. EACH TIME EITHER THE KEY WOULD CLICK BACK ONLY ONE NOTCH AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED, THE CAR COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF AT ALL DUE TO THE KEY BEING "FROZEN" IN THE CYLINDER OR THE KEY WOULD NOT SPRING BACK FROM THE STARTING POSITION TO THE RUN POSITION THUS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE AFTER CAR STARTED. THE LAST DEALERSHIP SAID THEY WERE GOING TO REPORT THE INCIDENT TO GM AS THEY HAVE DONE FOR OTHER CAR OWNERS BEFORE, BUT WITH NO RESULT. EACH TIME IT HAS COST ME ANYWHERE FROM $350. TO $700.00 NOT INCLUDING TOWING AND RENTING OF AN ALTERNATE VEHICLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT TECHNICALLY NOT A SAFETY ISSUE BUT I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AND RECALLED SO IT DOES NOT BECOME ONE WHEN A LITTLE KID CLIMBS INTO A CAR THAT CAN NOT BE TURNED OFF OR THE KEY REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION AND GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OR WORSE. *TR