The intermittent stalling problem was solved by replacing the distributor. This is the sequel to troubleshooting my ‘86 Dodge Aries that defied logic and baffled my mechanic. To be sure, electronic ...

A pre-production report for the 2003 Saturn Ion identifies problems with the ignition switch, which can unexpectedly shut off, and will eventually lead to a recall of 2.6 million cars including the ...

"It's not a heap, dad. It's a classic." That's harder to justify when your classic muscle car won't start. Nothing like a high-compression V8 combined with a battery that hasn't seen a charge for a ...

DETROIT (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - General Motors is recalling another 3 million cars because of a defect that causes a similar problem to one that led to an earlier massive recall of small cars, and is linked ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Faulty General Motors ignition switches are blamed for 13 deaths and have prompted a massive recall, but a Denver engineer told CBS4 Investigator Rick Sallinger she knew about the ...

DETROIT (AP) -- Ignition switches once again are causing problems for General Motors. This time the company is recalling nearly 512,000 Chevrolet Camaro muscle cars from the 2010 to 2014 model years ...

Engines need spark plugs to burn their air/fuel mixture, and the spark plugs need a jolt of electricity to do their work. Older cars with conventional distributor-based ignition systems did it by ...

In the continuing story on defective ignition switches, General Motors has been dealt another lawsuit demanding that the company be held liable for knowing about and concealing the problem before 2009 ...

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday it’s investigating whether certain Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep models contain a defect that could force the ignition key out of the ...

The back and forth motion of inserting and removing the car key in the ignition cylinder means that the car key tumbler (the double rough edges of your car key) eventually become smooth or flat and ...