So it finally happened...
03-09-2012, 11:55 PM
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So it finally happened...
My damn key is stuck in the car. Im so pissed. Glad it happened when I pulled into the garage. I know many people run into this problem. Gonna take it to the dealer in the morning. Does anyone know hold long it should take to fix?
03-10-2012, 12:04 AM
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happened to me i couldnt turn my car off. it was running at the dealership for a few hours before they figured out they couldnt get it out. they had it overnight
03-10-2012, 01:16 AM
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glad to see this here i thought it was only my car...
it has happened to me twice...
the first time i started the car and went back home to get somethin as soon as i closed the door the car locked itself...go soo ****** pissed but got the keys out
then the second time was just today...at work..good thing i had the window down
if u get it fixed let us know what they to do it see if i take mine to the dealer!
it has happened to me twice...
the first time i started the car and went back home to get somethin as soon as i closed the door the car locked itself...go soo ****** pissed but got the keys out
then the second time was just today...at work..good thing i had the window down
if u get it fixed let us know what they to do it see if i take mine to the dealer!
03-10-2012, 10:40 AM
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happened to my TC and it only took id say 2-3 hours guy said i had too much weight on the key and when it hangs it pulls on the teeth
never happened on my 07 base model with 70k
never happened on my 07 base model with 70k
03-10-2012, 11:35 AM
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03-10-2012, 11:45 AM
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yepp, heard this was a big problem for 08+ cobalts.. happened to me to. 1 day at the dealership, + power steering pump fix* cough fix* even tho my power steering gets hard as a mug sometimes, going to take it back and tell em to give me a new one. lmao
03-10-2012, 07:20 PM
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never happened to me. i told the dealership it got stuck and asked them to replace it with the new style tumbler.. they did. not sure how long it took. wasn;'t going to wait til that happened to have it done.
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