http://news.yahoo.com/video/road-testing-gms-ignition-switch-185643059.html

video is in link showing what he found it takes to make the ignition switch turn off

Thats about what i expected

Lol you should ask me and the other couple hundred thousand people that only had 1-3 house keys and the car key that had it turn off. Multiple times

Obv older higher mileage cars were more prone, as it probably been turned over a couple thousand more times.

This is bs in other words lol. Day to day use, in day to day activities that may cause enough stress to pull it back is why it's recalled. I mean the death count is 20+ now


Lots of people get recall letters and simply never bring it in and never have issues. Some don't make it 5k miles, etc etx

the guy that owns that sky said he actually did have it to shut down on him once and he simply turned the switch back to run and it came back on. of course its a manual so thats no biggie but the fact is that car had the recall issue happen to him. thats why they used that car

Which side of the argument is he on then? He loaded the shit out of that key ring to try and shut it off. And it didn't, and he says that's what I thought basically, it isn't that bad.

Iunno some are worse then others. I've had issues since dah 1. Some gone years without a hitch.

hes not on either side hes doing a real world test of a vehicle that has had the ignition problem to see what he might experience. thats why he started with bare key then kept adding more and more stuff to it. from what he found if someone has one of those lanyards it might be more prone because it could snag on your knee or something and pull the key backwards. also if you had enough weight on it a bounce could jar it enough to shake it back. im sure a car with 150k+ miles and a more worn out ignition switch could have the weight pull the key back easier than this sky.

if anything he proved gms bologna about more keys being the issue to be incorrect.

Do this test on my car hahaha

but to JD I didn't watch the video close enough I guess. I'll watch again when I have some free time. But lanyards are in my experience the biggest nono. My girlfriend put one on her set whenergy I first bought the car. Baadq

if theres enough weight and they pull down at the right angle they very easily could be causing these. the fault is the switch itself the guy stated how hard it is to turn to start the car but how easy it is to turn it backwards. its just that with all the shit people put on their keyrings the weight makes it a lot easier for the switch to turn itself off.

its really not the first time to hear more keys = bad for cars. all that added weight can wear the tumblers out of your switch from the weight pulling down. those switches are meant for the weight of the key, not the 5 pounds of crap that you have connected to your key.




yeah ive never put a lanyard on mine. i have a carabiner that connects my car keys with my set of truck keys but i just have maybe 8 keys all together. i have 1 key that is dedicated to staying in the ignition of my truck at all times. the keysets go into my lower cubby hole while im working.

More keys is Always bad. I feel bad using the keyless remote and a house key on mine. But I got a quick cheap fix for those waiting on the recall....Just key a key with the hole in the middle rather than a slot. Or modify your key.