Ignition Recall - 9/2/2014

[Adam]

The info is based off of an issue I have had since 2009 when I bought the car brand new. 1st stall and shop visit was 92 miles. My car has stalled out while in the hands of 4 different dealers who could never fix it. Recently I lost power, hit the corner of the front bumper as well as taking a chunk out of my tire and screwing up alignment when there was another loss of power that locked my wheel in a parking lot making me bump a curb before getting it restarted in time. The reports read a minor accident recently with no injuries... The whole lock of the wheel, loss of power steering, lack of power brakes, are nearly word for word what I told them would happen when it would stall. I would have to throw it into neutral start it, put it in gear, and make a turn, stop, go... just in time to avoid an accident.

They said they would work on these cars, for that reason, but could not help me if it was not the ignition. (Not jumping on a bandwagon, I brought it to their attention back in 2009 with my car) I doubt it is the key though. Never a knee to key issue, but you may not want to show your cards if at fault if you were GM. They told me to keep driving the car, I told them I was putting them on notice, and that it was documented on a corporate level of which I would hold them responsible with any issues resulting from this stall issue. I have the 3 10+ minute conversations recorded, because they said things like they realize my car is dangerous, sorry they could not fix it but now its out of warranty and out of their hands. One person told me to trade it in and make it someone elses problem. Things of that nature for the corporate office staff. Less than one week later it reads that 1 minor accident results in an entire lineup recall.

Sorry if this is a problem for anyone. GM never made right on my car that I love but cannot depend on. My car has about 40,000 miles now and while under warranty spent roughly 16 months in the shop. Still keeping the same problems it went in with. I do feel that this is in direct correlation with my concerns and issues I have had with my car literally since day 1.

[djo165]

My 2009.5 GT engine died one time like that almost immediately after making a U-turn on a pretty busy street. So of course the steering lost all power assist and I had no power brakes, but I shifted into neutral and cranked the ignition and it fired back up just fine. That happened the second year I owned the car, and it freaked me out because I've never had a car just die while driving like that before. So far, that's the only time it ever happened. It would be really scary if it happened in the middle of a turn, or around pedestrians.

[Gordon Freeman]

The only car that I’ve ever had that just shut off was a 1996 2 door Buick Regal GS with a 3.8L V6. It went on for months. Didn’t matter if the weather or the car was cold or warm, at idle or freeway speeds it would just shut down. Never a misfire or rough idle never an indication the car had an issue. Sometimes I’d start it to let it warm up on a cold morning and come out to find it shut its self-off. Or I’d be on the freeway at 70+ MPH and all of a sudden nothing. Didn’t set a code, had it to the dealer many times, hooked it up to a Tech II and everything was fine. Finally traded it in on a 2003 Monte Carlo SS, that I still have and is my DD. I was afraid the Buick was going to stall sometime while passing on a 2 lane road or while making a left turn at an intersection. I got to the point where I would automatically put it in neutral restart and back in drive without thinking. Now I wonder if the ignition switch was bad that far back. BTW it might not happen for a month then it might do it 2 or 3 times in a week totally random.

[LDM]

Got the letter today...

[Phil@PnP Tech]

Got the letter today...

Me too... placed it right into file 13.

[-Ray-]

I got mine yesterday. I'm gonna frame all 3 of my gm recall letters.

[Kermit]

Yup, mine came yesterday. Round filed it.

[Matt82]

Got mine today, going in the circular file.

[mot76]

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I plan to trade in my fixed key and tell them I lost the other. I'm also taking good transmitter and button pad

It's January and they still haven't come up with a fix yet. In my case, I don't see an issue with my ignition.

[J Wikoff]

I had an Acadia as a rental recently. It had the 10-15 year old looking key fob and seperate key. I'm pretty sure my in-laws' 14 Traverse has a flip key. I figure the same "fix" will apply to G8s.