i was driving home from work today and pulled into my drive way pulled up the parking break and went to go pull out my keys and they will not turn backward (towards me) only forward. ive tried hitting the break, the clutch, its not in gear, the break is up. i wound up pulling the "crank/run" relay in the electrical box under the hood then disconnecting the ground from the battery, putting the relay in and hooking the battery up but at no point will the key even turn. any one have any ideas? thanks for any help.


-RJ

 

Ignition cylinder recall. Take it to a dealer.

 

thanks man

 

Also, if you really wanted to turn the car off you could of just let the clutch out and stall out.

 

yeah, well im a sucker for doing things the hard way.

 

haha welcome to the club.. although i got mine done before it became an issue.

 

Man this pissed me off when it happened to me. Had the car for a week and it locked up at the grocery store. Im auto so I just pulled the fuel pump fuse but I was so pissed off Luckily I had extended warranty

 

After you get the recall fixed give it another 3 weeks then your key will get stuck again or either in my case take you 40 mins to turn over and start the car.. Recall on the recall FTW

 

Doesn't matter whether it has an extended warranty or not.. it's a recall.

 

just got mine fixed like 2 weeks ago, better not happen again haha.

 

Yeah it sucks ass, just stall it out and unplug the battery if it's late and the dealer is closed. Fire it up tomorrow and take her in.

 

pretty sure its only a recall on the 09's and only certain ones.

 

On an 08? If so then I got Fu**ed over. I was charged $100 which is my deductible

 

I think it covers 08-09 and I was even covered and I'm an 10.

 

thanks for all the help guys, im pretty new to this whole thing so i really appreciate it. ive got an '09 so hopefully it wont be too much of a problem.

 

Well either way they did trans work the next day and slapped it on the same tab so it wont do me any good to bitch about it

 

Either way if its not considered under warranty it should be fixed for free since its a very common thing.

 

Hmmm Wonder why GM went bankrupt?

 

^ if they put quality into their work they would be fine. They have more cheap pieces plastic than a box of 90s barbies

 

This seems to be quite a common issue recently

 

If you would like for me to check to make sure your vehicle is under the recall, feel free to get me the last 8 digits of your VIN and I'll do that (and send you warranty information as well).

Regards,
Sarah
GM Customer Service

 

Really, I did not know that happened to Cobalts

 

Just happened this morning to my wifes 09 cobalt. She went to leave to go to work and put the key in the ignition and it won't turn.

 

Just happened to me yesterday on my 2010 ss. Wont turn back and is stuck in the on position. Dealer time after work. Hopefully will be fixed today too. How long it take for some of yours to be fixed

 

Finally after lightly jiggling the lock for 30 minutes I finally got the car cranked and running. I leaving it running and waiting around for the dealer to open to see about getiing it fixed.

I'll keep you guys updated.