[jazusamo]

As if the key insert was not a poor enough solution, dealerships were advised by GM not to offer the inserts unless the owners of the defective vehicles complained!

This along with the recall of only some models with defective power steering are just two examples of GM trying to keep it quiet but because of exposure of the problems did as little as possible to keep costs down.

They were more concerned with saving a buck than with lost lives and injuries those defects caused.

[TurboZamboni]

The left’s blame will be taxpayers.

“Taxpayers didn’t give GM enough bailout money to fix the problem”.

[dalereed]

There is nothing wrong with the ignition switches.

All makes and models have had the same problem ever since they moved the switch to the steering column.

A friend of mine that had a tune up and dyno shop constantly encountered this 25 years ago with people who had large amounts of keys and other crap hanging from their ignition key!

[cuban leaf]

That solution does not seem ludicrous. It cuts right to the cause of the problem. It insures that the weight of some of those ridiculously cluttered key chains remains centered and prevents it from turning the key.

It’s kinda funny. My keychain contains three keys and nothing else. I have to fit it into my pocket, after all. My wallet also has two credit cards (they each double as ID to get into Costco or Sams Club), a debit card and a drivers license, and that’s it. I rarely even carry money.

And since Obamacare, I don’t even have to carry that old Humana card since I no longer have health insurance.

[Cowboy Bob]

GM was taken over by the US government. The US government was in charge of GM, and knew about these problems, but remained silent. Obama, was in all sense the heard of GM. Obama is responsible for these deaths, and should be held personally responsible.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I guess Lee Iacocca is now off the hook for the infamous five-dollar Plexiglas shield for the Pinto gas tank that he rejected.

[jazusamo]

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[Arrowhead1952]

I had a 1979 Chevy pickup and usually had about a dozen or more keys on the ring. Several years later, I could take the ignition key out of the tumbler and it would continue to run. Tumblers get worn out.

Everyone has called this the ignition switch, but the switch is actually mounted on the steering column about 2 1/2 or 3 feet from the tumblers. Totally different parts.

[jazusamo]

Working link:

http://nlpc.org/stories/2014/04/03/gm-attempted-ludicrous-%E2%80%9Cfix%E2%80%9D-defective-ignitions-2005

[G Larry]

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[The Great RJ]

I wish GM had gone bankrupt and been acquired by Hyundai. Hyundai used to make terrible cars, but the company was turned around when a new CEO fired thousands of bean counters and hired thousands of engineers and implemented a rigorous quality control program. GM’s modified key slot fix was certainly not based on any engineering know how.