NHTSA Complaint #11297546 — 2014 CHEVROLET CAPTIVA

KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND NO POWER RELATED EQUIPMENT WILL COME ON. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY AND SEEMINGLY RANDOMLY. SHIFT WON''T MOVE WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND TURNING KEY BACK INTO START POSITION DOES NOTHING. DOORS WON'T LOCK WITH KEY FOB AND NO DASH LIGHTS COME ON, OR ANYTHING. SOMETIMES PUSHING WIRES INTO NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL WILL CORRECT IT AND SOMETIMES NOT. KEY RELEASE LEVER ON STEERING COLUMN DOES NOT RELEASE THE KEY WHEN THIS HAPPENS, NOR DOES TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO UNLOCK IT. THIS IS AN ANNOYING ISSUE AS THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY RELIABLE FIX FOR THIS, OR ANY RECALL, OR KNOWLEDGE ON THE PART OF THE DEALERSHIP AS TO HOW TO REMEDY THIS. THIS ISSUE MAKES THIS VEHICLE VERY UNRELIABLE AND UNSAFE, AS WELL AS COSTLY TO OWNER IN FINDING ANY PERMANENT FIX. THIS VEHICLE HAS MANY OTHER UNSATISFACTORY ISSUES AND IS VERY POORLY MADE IN GENERAL. IT'S SURPRISING THERE ARE NOT MORE RECALLS AND COMPLAINTS!