General Motors approved a torque specification of 10 to 20 newton-centimeters for the ignition switch installed in the Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5, the resistance needed to keep a driver’s key ...

GM’s ignition-switch recall may have reached new heights Thursday, with one auto-safety group declaring that 303 people have died as a result of airbags failing to deploy in two of the six cars ...

Newly released internal GM documents reveal that the company in 2001 considered -- and rejected – an ignition switch design that two prominent safety advocates say could have avoided the problem that ...

Every month we receive a substantial number of technical questions, many of which deal with electrical problems. Recently we were in Texas visiting the folks at Painless Performance and had the ...

WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - Among the most critical unanswered questions in General Motors' mounting crisis over a defective ignition switch that led to crashes and at least 13 deaths is who, eight ...

Saab put its ignition key between the front seats not just to be different. Safety, security, and Swedish ingenuity led to ...

An ignition coil is a vital component of a vehicle's ignition system. It is responsible for converting the low voltage from the battery into the high voltage needed to produce sparks at the spark ...

Car keys have changed dramatically since the 1950s. What began as a simple metal key used mainly to operate an ignition ...