Volkswagen is recalling over 47,000 Jetta sedans from the 2019 and 2020 model years because their ignition switches may fail, especially when temperatures are high. The recall includes only Jettas ...

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 ...

With all the recent uproar about thieves stealing Kias and Hyundais using USB cables, now is the time to discuss a good means of thwarting such thefts: the simple kill switch, which prevents a vehicle ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors Co has reached a $120 million settlement with owners who claimed that their vehicles lost value because of defective ignition switches, which have been linked to ...

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 ...

General Motors is protected from paying punitive damages related to vehicle defects linked to more than 100 deaths. A U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York ruled Tuesday that GM is ...

While studying traditional news journalism in college, Jake realized he was smitten by all things automotive and wound up with an internship at Car and Driver. That led to a career writing news, ...

Lawyers suing General Motor Co. over its deadly ignition-switch defect may have overplayed their hand as a federal judge in New York threw out two more crucial test cases. The plaintiffs failed to ...

GM has agreed to complete all applicable recall repairs. The company in 2014 issued seven vehicle recalls, affecting 25 makes and models, in response to unintended key rotation-related and/or ignition ...

An appeals court ruling this week will allow more lawsuits over GM's faulty ignition switches to go forward. The only good news for investors was that the General appeared to be moving past this ...