That should be the faulty part, I would think. That just means the electrical part contains the transponder info.

On your Cobalt? I can sit in my car, parked and fairly easily move the steering wheel from lock to lock. I have had the power steering suddenly cut out on and old (1976) Impala and could barely move the steering wheel at speed. Same with my 1984 Cutlass. Of course, my Cobalt is just a base sedan with little 15 inch…

Well, is that the switch or the lock cylinder? They are 2 different things.

True. It should still be enough to start slowing it down. Besides that, the steering still works and with any form of competence a driver should be able to slow down and pull over and restart.

That and they were pretty quick for what they were. Especially with a manual like my sedan is. It's not fast but it will get out of it's own way and there isn't much fear in passing. That and the Ecotec engines have proven quite reliable.

HEY! I own an 05. :) Has 164000 mostly trouble free miles (two failed thermostats)and still puts up with my lead foot. As an aside, I have driven fast on my wash boarded gravel roads here in northern Colorado and it has never done this to me. I even have a ton of keys and the fob to my wife's VUE on it.

Maybe in regards to quality but not in liability. You and I both know the PR nightmare that would ensue. They may be dumb but not THAT dumb. :)

The weird part to me is leaving out the Saturn Ion and Chevy HHR.

That is something to say for the rack. The just have an electric motor next to the column under that dash to assist. The steering rack itself is the same as you would see years ago without hydraulic power steering. It is really light and easy to steer at a standstill.

Not necessarily. The key head is similar but the actual key shaft is completely different. The lock cylinder is different in the more expensive models (Impala, G6, Trucks). I know that from working at a GM dealer as a tech and in the parts department. Numbers are different and if you look at the groove(s) in the…

Most cars, GM especially, with vacuum power brakes have a "vacuum reserve" that give you one or two presses of power assist before the vacuum in the booster is gone. Now on my 81 Silverado with power master brakes (boosted with power steering fluid from the power steering system) quit as soon as the truck is shut off.…

I wonder, did the key roll back two positions and physically come out of the lock cylinder? That would be the only way the column would lock on these cars. How much of this could be incompetent drivers? Just like the Toyota fiasco.

Kind of my exact thought. Unless the key came all the way out. Then, maybe. But even then, shouldn't they have noticed before that point and tried to turn it back on? I think that even though there is an issue that GM most definitely should fix, there is fault to lie at the feet of the driver too.

They will as pertaining to quality. I don't think they will as far as liability. I would be too much of a PR nightmare if they tried.

And the column doesn't lock until the key is removed. And with them having electric power steering the rack is really light and easy to steer. Even at a stand still. I own one and have driven fast on a lot of washboarded gravel roads in rural Colorado and not even a hint of this happening.

Me either. I am surprised the Saturn Ion isn't in it as well. The ignition lock/switch is identical and so is the car.

No. I have an 05 Cobalt. It only lock the wheel when the key is completely removed from the ignition. From what the complaint states the key just rotates back to "ACC" and kills the engine.

That was probably the single grossest think I read today.

I sense snark.

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