NHTSA Complaint #10568544 — 2006 SATURN ION

RE: THE CURRENT RECALL OF THE IGNITION SWITCH ON GM VEHICLES. I WANTED TO PUT IN A REPORT THAT I WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS DEFECT FROM A DEALERSHIP REPAIR MAN BACK IN EARLY 2008. I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN EARLY 2007 AND A YEAR LATER I WAS UNABLE TO START MY VEHICLE. I CAN'T RECALL THE EXACT SCENARIO BUT THINK SOME LIGHTS CAME ON OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE I KNEW TO CALL THE SATURN DEALERSHIP IN GOLDEN VALLEY MN TO REPORT THE ISSUE AND ASK WHAT THEY SUGGEST. THE REPAIR PERSON SAID THAT HE WAS PRETTY CERTAIN IT WAS MY IGNITION SWITCH, BASED ON THE SYMPTOMS I REPORTED WITH THE CAR. HE TOLD ME HOW TO GET IT STARTED BY DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, AND SURE ENOUGH I GOT IT RUNNING. HE SAID TO BRING IT IN RIGHT AWAY AND THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. WHEN I GOT THERE, HE SAID THERE WOULD BE NO CHARGE, AS "GM SHOULD HAVE MADE A RECALL ON THIS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY AREN'T DOING THAT." FORTUNATELY FOR ME I DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT FROM THIS, BUT INTERESTING THAT BACK THEN, THE DEALERSHIP KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND QUESTIONED THEN WHY NOTHING WAS BEING DONE. *TR