NHTSA Complaint #10605601 — 2006 SATURN ION

ON OR ABOUT 9/12/2012, I WAS DRIVING IN MY SATURN ION GOING 45 MILES AN HOUR, IN HEAVY MORNING TRAFFIC, WHEN IN AN INSTANT MY CAR DECELERATED AND WAS AT A SLOW CRAWL. I COULD NOT GET ANY ACCELERATION EVEN WHEN PRESSING THE GAS. I WAS ONLY A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY FROM WORK, SO I COASTED UNTIL I GOT THERE. I WAS ALMOST HIT. BUT I COULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. I WAS AFRAID TO TURN OFF THE CAR FOR FEAR THAT IT WOULD NOT START UP AGAIN. I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AND I CALLED TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. HENDERSON CHEVROLET LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THAT IT WAS THE COMPUTER MOTHERBOARD OF THE CAR. THIS WAS REPLACED AT A COST TO ME OF $800.00+. IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON 11/20/12. THE CAR WENT FROM 30 TO 5 MILES PER HOUR IN A SPLIT SECOND! NO WARNINGS. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WANT GOING ON WITH IT NOR WHY IT WAS DOING THIS. THEIR SUGGESTION TO ME WAS TO GET ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHAT MY SATURN DID IS THE SAME THING DESCRIBED IN THE IGNITION RECALL. WHEN THIS HAPPENED TO ME , THERE WAS NO RECALL. NO ONE THOUGHT OF LOOKING AT THE IGNITION. WHEN I LOST POWER, MY THOUGHT WAS NOT GEE, MAYBE MY KEYS ARE TOO HEAVY & MY CAR TURNED OFF! ME SEE IF MY IGNITION TURNED OFF WHEN I WENT OVER THAT BUMP. HAD THE RECALL IGNITION PROBLEM HAD BEEN SOMETHING THAT GM WAS AWARE OF AT THE TIME AND NOTICE WAS RECEIVED, THE MECHANIC WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. BUT I REPLACED THE BRAIN OF MY CAR AT $800 WHEN IT WAS NOT NEEDED. NOT WANTING IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN (SAY ON THE FREEWAY), I TRADED IN THE CAR. I FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COSTS I PAID TO REPAIR MY VEHICLEWHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY THE RECALL. MY EXPERIENCE HAPPENED BEFORE ANYONE KNEW ABOUT THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENING TO THESE VEHICLES. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 07/28/14