NHTSA Complaint #10597241 — 2005 PONTIAC G6

MY GRANDDAUGHTERS CAR WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WHERE IT WOULD NOT START AT TIMES, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN PARK. I DROVE THE CAR HOME AND PARKED IT IN MY DRIVEWAY TO TRY TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF, THE CAR STARTED ROLLING DOWN HILL IN MY DRIVEWAY. I STOPPED THE CAR FROM ROLLING AND WHEN I TRIED TO START IT, I FOUND THAT IT WOULD NOT START. I THEN SHIFTED THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND IT WAS ABLE TO START. I WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THIS PROBLEM BY PUTTING THE CAR BACK IN PARK. SOMETIMES IT WOULD GO INTO PARK AND THEN START AND OTHER TIMES IT ONLY APPEARED TO BE GOING INTO PARK AND THEN WOULD NOT START AND ALSO WOULD ROLL BACKWARDS ON AN INCLINE. I TOOK THE CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT THE GOOD NEWS WAS THE THERE WAS A GM RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL VEHICLE. I CALLED GM TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS AND THEY SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THIS MODEL AND YEAR CAR HAD A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE, THE VIN NUMBER FOR MY GRANDDAUGHTERS CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. IT IS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THIS CAR HAS THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART AS THE RECALL ALONG WITH ALL THE SAME SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING A STARTING ISSUE IN PARK AND THE ABILITY TO ROLL DOWN HILL AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT GETTING HELP WITH THIS REPAIR? *TR