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.
See my post 7.
This “non problem” is going to cost GM a lot.
Its not unreasonable to expect that the switch works regardless of the weight of the keyring. Clearly they need to perform some real life beta testing of these systems, preferably using real life people and real life keyrings.