Most drivers think of the ignition switch as the slot where they insert the key to start their car, but that’s actually the ignition lock cylinder. The ignition switch is a more complex electrical ...

DETROIT - General Motors' (GM) deadly ignition switch flaws emerged from an effort to improve its cars. As the company began developing new small cars in the late 1990s, it listened to customers who ...

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The top component is the switch detent plunger of a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt, which is one of the seven GM models that have been recalled over problems with the vehicles’ ignition switches. The bottom ...

Over time, worn surfaces on keys and internal switch components can mean switch positioning errors and unintended engine startups, the National Transportation Safety Board warns. Switches and ...

CHICAGO – In the brouhaha over the defective ignition switch that prompted GM to recall 2.6 million cars over the last two months, members of Congress and pundits have judged, tried, and condemned the ...

Question: It is becoming increasingly more difficult to turn the key of my 2003 GMC Sierra pickup into the start position. A certified auto technician advised me to have the ignition switch replaced ...

General Motors said on Monday that it will recall 3.16 million midsize and large cars to modify their ignition keys to prevent the problem that triggered a recall of 2.19 million U.S. small cars in ...

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Every month we receive a substantial number of technical questions, many of which deal with electrical problems. Recently we were in Texas visiting the folks at Painless Performance and had the ...

A federal judge has thrown out two cases considered legal bellwethers of what claims will be allowed against General Motors in federal lawsuits over flawed ignition switches linked to more than 100 ...