Just to give some inside...
As far I can remember, GM had this issue with the Pontiac Solstice about the Ignition Switch that cut the power off. The inmediate cure is to tell the drivers to remove all heavy stuff from the key rings. Common sense dictates, that if you hang 5 kilos (of course, I am exaggerating) worth of keys your ignition switch will break; the ignition swicth is not a place to hang all your keys. With that been said.... GM suggestion was to take the car to the dealer and separte the ignition key from the owners key ring and hand it to you on a separate key ring. No work performed, no repair done, no removal of Cylinder Lock. Just a Key Ring.
The problem migrated to other models, surprisingly, older models, speacially Pontiac.
I think the problem had an unintended consequence. I have 2 older GMs; one is an 01 and 03. Never had any drama with the switches and they are in their recall list. Anyway, apparently, and this is my take. People went to the dealers for the recall and GM figured out that brought people to their dealers. So from one car, magicaly went to all cars from the Old GM.
At the end, you want the recall to be performed? Come to the dealer and we will give you a brand new Key Ring free of charge.
Now can you imagine you take your VE to Holden and the bloke at the counter, break the foldable key, throws it in the trash, cuts another separate key and puts it in a Key Ring along with the fob and say.... Have a nice day and thanks for coming.
GM Recall #:
N140445
NHTSA Recall #:
14V540
Date Issued:
Sep 04, 2014
Recall Title:
Unintended Key Rotation
Recall Description:
General Motors has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in 2011-2013 model year Chevrolet Caprice and 2008-2009 Pontiac G8 vehicles. There is a risk, under certain conditions, that some drivers may bump the ignition key with their knee and unintentionally move the key away from the run position.
Safety Risk Description:
If this occurs, engine power, and power braking will be affected and power steering may be affected, increasing the risk of a crash. The timing of the key movement out of the run position, relative to the activation of the sensing algorithm of the crash event, may result in the airbags not deploying, increasing the potential for occupant injury in certain kinds of crashes.
Repair Description:
Dealers will separate the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) Transmitter from the key blade and housing assembly. Dealers will then discard the original key blade and housing assembly, ensuring that it is not retained by the customer. Dealers will then cut and fit the revised key blade and housing assembly, in which the blade has been indexed by 90 degrees, to the original RKE transmitter assembly. This will be provided free of charge. Until the recall has been performed, it is very important that drivers adjust their seat and steering column to allow clearance between their knee and the ignition key.
The sad rallity is, GM cuts a separate Key with a Chevy Bow Tie since no Pontiac Keys were produced for this recall.
