Steering column. 1979 model. Bought it used in ‘89 and drove it till ‘05. Never had a problem with it or the humonguous keychain I carried due to work responsibilities. Never gave it a second thought.
I’m sure I’m not the only person who’s ever had a really heavy keychain in the past. This can hardly be a new ‘problem’. Why are the switches all of a sudden intolerant of big keychains? Keys are even lighter now than they were in the 1980’s.
Several of my coworkers had even bigger keychains. Nobody wanted the master key to the department as that carried responsibilities we really didn’t want at that point (any time anything came up missing in the department office (money, copier paper, anything) you’d be on the list of suspects if you had a master key. So we didn’t have master keys.
before everyone had power steering and brakes it wasn't a problem.
It wouldn't be a problem today if people had the sense to reach down and re start the engine.
Panic kills and I have no sympathy for people that panic and get killed!