NHTSA Complaint #10621597 — 2013 CHEVROLET SONIC

I HAVE OWNED A 2013 CHEVY SONIC FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS NOW. THE OTHER DAY I WENT OUT TO DRIVE, SO I STARTED MY CAR WITH MY KEY FOB. AS I WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE AWAY I REACHED UP WITH MY RIGHT HAND TO TURN ON THE WIPERS. I HIT THE FOB FAIRLY HARD AND IT CAUSED THE KEY TO TURN, WHICH IN TURN SHUT OFF THE CAR. LUCKILY I WAS NOT DRIVING WHEN I WENT TO PUT THE WIPERS ON. EVEN MORE LUCKY WAS THAT I WASN'T DRIVING AND HIT IT HARD ENOUGH TO LOCK THE STEERING. I'VE HEARD THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE IN OTHER VEHICLES AND IT WAS RESOLVED BY SEPARATING THE KEY AWAY FROM THE FOB SO THAT THE FOB DANGLED INSTEAD OF CREATING A LONG, SOLID KEY THAT COULD CAUSE THE ISSUE WHICH HAPPENED TO ME. YOU WOULD THINK WITH ALL THE IGNITION ISSUES GM HAS HAD, THEY WOULD HAVE COVERED ALL POSSIBLE PROBLEMS, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT. I FEEL THE ONLY SOLUTION WOULD BE TO SEPARATE THE FOB FROM THE KEY SO THAT IT DOES NOT LOCK AND EXTEND SO MUCH THAT IT BECOMES AN OBSTACLE WHEN USING THE CONTROLS AROUND IT. THE KEY SHOULD BE SEPARATE FROM THE FOB. WHETHER PUT ON THE SAME KEY CHAIN OR NOT, THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE CONSUMER. *TR