NHTSA Complaint #10609832 — 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM

ON 3-14-12 THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD BEEN ON AND I TOOK IT IN TO GET LOOKED INTO AT THE DON LEDFORD'S CAR DEALERSHIP IN CLEVELAND TN. ON THIS DATE THEY RAN TEST AND FOUND NO LEAKS AT ALL. THEY SAID IT WAS OK TO DRIVE THE CAR. ON 07-27-12 I TOOK THE CAR IN TO GET A NEW IGNITION SWITCH BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME AT THE DEALERSHIP I NEEDED A NEW IGNITION SWITCH.THE CAR WOULD NOT START PERIODICALLY AND IT WAS CAUSING PROBLEMS GETTING TO WORK. THEY FIXED OR REPLACED IT AND A COUPLE OF DAYS WENT BY AND I WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR STARTING. I DO HAVE A WITNESS ON THIS INCIDENT THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT START WITH THE NEW IGNITION SWITCH. ON 08-09-12 AND THE ELECTRICAL PART ON THE IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED OUT AND THEY REPLACED THE SWITCH. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPEN IF I HAD GOTTEN IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS DEFAULT. I PAID OVER FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THIS IGNITION SWITCH AND NOW 2014 THEY ARE RECALLING THE IGNITION SWITCHES ON THESE CARS AND FIXING THEM FOR FREE AT NO COST. I DO BELIEVE THEY NEED TO GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK FOR THESE REPAIR COST WHEN THE PART WAS BAD AT FIRST WHEN THEY MADE THIS CAR? I TRIED TO GET A IN TOUCH WITH THE MANAGER OF DON LEDFORD'S ON NORTH LEE HWY. AND HE WILL NOT CALL ME BACK. SHOULD I GET A LAWYER?? *TR