Posted on 03/30/2014 1:19:58 PM PDT by jazusamo
The ignition switch is separate from the “key lock cylinder”. The ignition switch is located on the steering column beneath the dashboard. I believe that jarring and/or wear can effect the internal contacts of the old style switch causing a break in continuity. This may or may not be associated with jarring of or dangling of weight on the “key lock cylinder”.
Thanks for linking, good catch and a most interesting article.
Yet more info that GM is hanging out there a mile. Tuesday and Wednesdays hearings with Mary Barra looks like they’ll be very interesting.
If the part is a safety replacement, then yes, it shouldn’t have the exact same number, for exactly the reason you mention. But it wasn’t clear to me from the article that that’s how this was viewed.
Back in 1979 or ‘80 I flew into Minneapolis and went to claim my reserved rental car at Avis. The gal said it was a blue Ford Granada in slot 14. When I got there, there was a blue Mercury Monarch in slot 14. After reporting this to the counter and being assured that it was the vehicle for me, and upon approaching it from the opposite side, I discovered that on the driver’s side it had the name plates, etc. of a Ford Granada, but on the passenger’s side, from which I originally approached it, it bore all the markings of a Mercury Monarch. Boo-boo on the assembly line.
I haven’t kept up with all the model names. GM actually named a car the Flaw?
Using the same part number for the redesigned switch with redesigned parts doesn't border on fraud. It is fraud!
Will Ray LaHood be advising Government Motors owners of affected cars to not drive their recalled cars??
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