There's nothing more frustrating than when you're rushing home to the sanctity of your own toilet and you're hamstrung by a seemingly simple snag like a car key that won't come out of the ignition.

Here's a frustrating hypothetical: you return home from a long day of work, turn your car off, and move to pull your key out of the ignition. Only, instead of the quick click and removal that usually ...

The purpose of the ignition system is to ignite, or fire, the spark plugs in order to generate power to run the engine. To do so, the battery sends current to the ignition coil. Then that high voltage ...

Push-button start may be common today, but it wasn't always the dominant way to crank an engine. Push-button start systems and ignition key systems activate the same process in different ways. Do you ...

General Motors continues to come under fire for its handling of a large-scale ignition switch recall. Published reports have shown that faulty switches were known to be in production for years, with a ...

Do you have several sets of keys and other items hanging from the keychain you use to start your car? Our sources agree that a heavy keychain can damage your car’s ignition over time. That’s because ...