I’m still having a hard time understanding how a defective ignition switch can cause someone to crash their car.
While driving the defective switch easily was moved to “off” shutting down engine, power steering, brakes and disabled airbags.
Many articles have been posted, enter keyword “ignitionswitch.”
Switch turns off randomly...no power, sterling or brakes. Just so I have one of those GM pieces of c$@&. Never again.
I have one of the offending vehicles.
The switch can go to off position shutting down everything.
Its the weight of the keychain. Too heavy keychain can pull down and put the switch in the off position... you loose everything... steering, power brakes.
They recommend people use only the key by itself with no weighty key ring until they can get it fixed.
“I’m still having a hard time understanding how a defective ignition switch can cause someone to crash their car.”
The reason is one loses all of their power assist from the engine when the engine shuts off. Brakes and steering are immediately made very difficult. If the driver never knew anything different, they crashed.
There is a reason Pontiac ceased production and it has to do with ignitions and the PCM (engine/transmission computer). They failed randomly and with age too. I loved my GP GT but after several $thousands trying to fix the electrical system where even factory trained techs did not have the answers I had to sell and buy a Camry. (great car, BTW, and more powerful with the V6)
I would not doubt that there is a symbiosis with the switch failing and a PCM problem in the Chevy’s. If that is the case, then say goodbye to GM.
Ignition turns off, cutting power, locks the steering wheel and turns off the airbags.
You have no power, can’t turn your car and the airbags are off, so you take the brunt of any crash.
Nasty.