NHTSA Complaint #10606338 — 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT

ON THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE 2014, MY 2006 CHEVY COBALT WENT IN FOR THE SAFETY RECALL 13454 (REPLACEMENT OF IGNITION SWITCH). (THIS WAS THE SECOND RECALL THIS CAR HAS HAD.) ON JUNE 19TH, 2014 WITH THE NEW IGNITION SWITCH INSTALLED BY THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP, WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IN TOWN, AT SPEEDS OF 20 AND 30 MPH THE CAR LOST POWER TO STEERING, BRAKES WHICH MADE DIFFICULT EVEN TO STOP AND MANEUVER SAFELY OFF THE ROAD. THE CAR LOST MOST OF THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE BUT STAYED RUNNING. THE CAR WAS THEN TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, WITH DASH LIGHT WARNINGS OF ENGINE LIGHT, TC LIGHT AND A CAR SECURITY EMBLEM LIGHT ON. THE CAR RAN WITH VERY LIMITED POWER AND STRANGE CLICKING NOISE WHICH WAS COMING FROM THE SHIFTER. I HAVE CELL PHONE VIDEO OF THE SHIFTER NOB CLICKING ALONG WITH CELL PICTURE OF THE DASH WARNING LIGHTS THAT ARE ON. CAR HAD TO BE "MAN HANDLED" TO GET IT TO A SAFE DESTINATION. THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED A THEN RECONNECTED, WITH THE THOUGHT OF RESETTING COMPUTER. WHEN BATTERY WAS RECONNECTED THE CAR WAS 100% BACK TO NORMAL. FOR HOW LONG, IS ANYONE GUESS, THIS STRANGE OCCURRENCE HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. THE CAR IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSTICS. THEY INFORMED THAT IT WILL BE A WEEK OR SO BECAUSE THEIR ALL BOOKED UP. WHAT A PAIN IN THE (YOU FILL THE BLANK). IF I HAD ENOUGH $$ TO REPLACE THE CAR, I WOULD HAVE THIS CAR CRUSHED SO THAT I WOULD NO LONGER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACCIDENTS IT MAY CAUSE. *TR