# 2003 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `1127430` · 2014-11-05 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** MONTE CARLO
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- **Miles at failure:** 70,000
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT, WHERE I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WAS SHAKEN AND UNAWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED AS IT HAPPEN EXTREMLY FAST. AS I HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME I HAD NO CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT IT WAS SECONDS AFTER THE IMPACT WHICH I THOUGH WAS VERY ODD. WHEN I TREID TO MOVE MY VEHICLE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I NOTICED THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULDN'T TURN. AFTER PLAYING WITH IT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. I JUST THOUGHT IS WAS BECAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. SINCE THEN MY IGNITION SWITCH HAS LOCKED UP 2 DIFFERENT TIMES, MAKING ME CONNECT ALL THE DOTS BACK TO MY ACCIDENT. I BELIVE THIS IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED MY ACCIDENT.  *TR
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