NHTSA Complaint #11102752 — 2015 CHEVROLET CAMARO

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET APPROACHING AND INTERSECTION WITH A GREEN LIGHT AND MADE A MOVING RIGHT HAD TURN ONTO THE PERPENDICULAR STREET. AS I PROCEEDED THROUGH THE TURN AND STARTED TO ALLOW MY STEERING WHEE RETURN TO CENTER IN WHICH THE STEERING WHEEL IS MOVING IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE DIRECTION, THE "PADDLE SHIFTER" LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL CAUGHT IN THE CAVITY / VOID IN THE KEY FOB / REMOTE ENTRY FOB AND PREVENTED THE STEERING WHEEL FROM RETURNING TO CENTER. I HAD A CAR ON MY REAR WHILE MAKING THE TURN SO I COULDN'T JUST STOP, THE CAR WAS NOW HEADED TO THE RIGHT CURB AND A CONCRETE RAILROAD BRIDGE WALL. I PULLED ON THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT TO TRY TO CENTER THE WHEEL AND STRAIGHTEN THE CAR BUT THE WHEEL WASN'T MOVING TO THE LEFT. I GAVE A VERY HARD PULL TO THE LEFT AND HEARD MY KEYS GO FLYING ACROSS THE CAR AND THE WHEEL WAS NOW FREE AND I REGAINED CONTROL OF THE CAR. AFTER I HAD CONTROL OF THE CAR AGAIN I NOTICED THAT THE KEY HAD BROKEN FROM THE EXCESSIVE FORCE I APPLIED TO FREE THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS ALL HAPPENED IN A FEW SECONDS IN MOVING MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. AS SOON AS I WAS ABLE I PULLED OVER TO ACCESS WHAT HAPPENED. I CONCLUDED THAT NOTING WAS WRONG WITH THE STEERING LINKAGE OR POWER STEERING SYSTEM, BUT RATHER THE REMOTE ACCESS KEY FOB HAD CAUGHT ON THE PADDLE SHIFTER AND LOCKED UP THE STEERING WHEEL FROM RETURNING TO CENTER WHILE MAKING THE RIGHT TURN. TYPICALLY MY TEENAGE SON DRIVES THIS CAR. I DISCUSSED THIS WHIT HIM AND HE HAD ALSO HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE PADDLE SHIFTER GETTING CAUGHT INT HE REMOTE ACCESS KEY FOB, BUT NOT IN MOVING MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I REPORTED THIS TO GM CASE # 8-4304277679, BUT THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE NOT GOING TO INVESTIGATE IT AND WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS OR A A SIMILAR PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. PLEASE ADVISE. SEE PICS. *DT