NHTSA Complaint #10566213 — 2006 SATURN ION

#1. KEY. IN 2008 THE KEY STARTED GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE CAR OFF. THE CAR KEPT RUNNING. IT WOULD TAKE UP TO 10 TRIES BEFORE THE ENGINE STOPPED. EVEN THEN I COULD NOT ALWAYS GET THE KEY TO COME OUT RIGHT AWAY. I COULD NOT GET THE KEY TO TURN WHEN TRYING TO START THE CAR. THE KEY OFTEN WOULD ALSO GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND I COULD NOT GET IT OUT AND WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE IT IN. 2014 I COULD NOT GET IT TO COME OUT AT ALL AND AT ONE POINT THE CAR WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. MECHANIC REPLACED (AT MY EXPENSE) THE IGNITION. #2. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR AN ADD ON OFFERED WAS A PASSIVE KILL SWITCH CALLED ID SYSTEM. REPEATEDLY THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON, AND THE ON-STAR SYSTEM ALSO NOTIFIED ME. IT WOULD GO BACK OFF. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN 2006 AND 2007 WAS TOLD SINCE THE LIGHT WAS NOT ON THEN THAT THEY COULD NOT/WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. IN 2013 THE LIGHT WAS ALWAYS ON. I WAS ALSO HAVING OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS (SEE #3). I WENT TO AN AUTO ELECTRICAL SHOP. WHILE DIAGNOSING THE INITIAL PROBLEM THE SHOP FOUND THAT WHEN THE KILL SWITCH WAS PUT IN THE COMPANY HAD TAKEN OUT THE RELAY FOR THE AIR BAG AND PUT THE PUT THE ID SYSTEM RELAY IN IT'S PLACE. THE RESULT WAS THAT NEITHER WORKED. THE SHOP PULLED OUT THE KILL SWITCH RELAY AND REPLACED THE AIR BAG ONE. WHICH I PAID THE BILL FOR. NOW THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS STARTING TO COME BACK ON AT TIMES. I ASSUME THE AIR BAG IS NOT WORKING. #3. IN 2013 THE ALARM ON THE CAR STARTED GOING OFF BY ITS SELF.THAT DAY IT WENT ON AND OFF 5 OR 6 TIMES TILL I REALIZED IT MIGHT BE MY CAR. THE NEIGHBOR SAID THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND IT AT THE TIME. I DON'T TURN ON THE ALARM. I ENDED UP DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP (SEE #2) BUT SINCE IT WAS NOT DOING IT THEN THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. #4 I HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED BY GM THAT OTHERS WERE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS. *TR