GM's ignition recall issue explained.
This sums up why GM did what they did. http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=BLOOM&date=20140321&id=17455509
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You know it was all about the size of the hole in the key.
Too long of a hole and the weight of all what a lot of people put on their key chains tipped the key downward. Have you ever seen some of these kids keychains? Everything but the kitchen sink is on them.
All I know is back in the day and I go back a LOT of those days! I was told when I got my first car that no******on a keychain would be allowed in our household.
House key, car key. Which back then meant 2 car keys one for ignition and one for trunk. 3 keys, key ring and one of those miniature license plate dodads with your number on it that the VA mailed you for donations! (so it made it easier for a thief that found you car keys would know "exactly" which car it would start!) That's it.
Dad always said a lot of junk on a key ring puts too much weight on the ignition switch which over time loosens it. Was a mechanic and saw it happen all the time THAT many years ago.
This was the fix from GM. A plug to fit into the hole to make it round so key would not tip from all the weight the OWNER added to a key chain.
The weight being the owners problem IMHO. Just saying.
Too long of a hole and the weight of all what a lot of people put on their key chains tipped the key downward. Have you ever seen some of these kids keychains? Everything but the kitchen sink is on them.
All I know is back in the day and I go back a LOT of those days! I was told when I got my first car that no******on a keychain would be allowed in our household.
House key, car key. Which back then meant 2 car keys one for ignition and one for trunk. 3 keys, key ring and one of those miniature license plate dodads with your number on it that the VA mailed you for donations! (so it made it easier for a thief that found you car keys would know "exactly" which car it would start!) That's it.
Dad always said a lot of junk on a key ring puts too much weight on the ignition switch which over time loosens it. Was a mechanic and saw it happen all the time THAT many years ago.
This was the fix from GM. A plug to fit into the hole to make it round so key would not tip from all the weight the OWNER added to a key chain.
The weight being the owners problem IMHO. Just saying.
