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Originally Posted by zzyzzx
http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/sh...06&postcount=1
The solution won't be a new ignition switch at all, it will be sending additional detachable key rings to owners (allowing drivers to disconnect their car key from the rest of their key chain to reduce strain on the system) and/or inserts designed to fit within the ignition key head itself to alter the keyring attachment loop from a slot to a hole (because the slot can cause the weight of the keychain to hang asymmetrically, thereby increasing the amount of torque on the key and as a result, the switch.
I do not understand the second solution (more like a band aid).
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In other words it's what a lot of GM enthusiasts have been saying when this issue first arose that the problem is not the ignition switch but the owners that hang janitor keys, pictures of graduation and their newborns on the keychain. So their solution is to make the key detach from the keychain or center the key ring so the weight won't pull the key down and accidentally turn it. Although the flaw with this is that the weight of the keychain will pull the key down eventually, even if it's centered and no one will actually detach the key from the keychian and if they do they will probably forget the key in the car or lose the key. So it's more like placing gauze on the cut until it starts clotting.
It all boils down to what I've been saying for a while, that if GM is forced to replace the ignition switch because the weight of the key has made it non functional then a lot of manufacturers will have to do the same thing, so part of this ends up being the precedent it sets if GM changes all ignition cylinders because owners are dumb enough to keep 500 pounds worth of keys with the car key instead of using the remote as the keychain and leaving the key be on the ring with the remote.
We all know that the Grand Am, Alero, and Malibu have a bigger issue with the ignition and it goes by the name of passlock but they will not address this, nor VATS (the earlier keys with the pellets in them) although they pose a greater safety issue than the car turning off by a bump since in the case of the Cobalt, the car can be restarted but if the security system prevents it from starting, you can easily be in the middle of a interstate with no way to move the car thus making you a big target for a rear end collision.