If you can find a good, skilled locksmith, it’d be worth paying them to make a house call, to see if they can find a way to ...

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.

Question: It is becoming increasingly more difficult to turn the key of my 2003 GMC Sierra pickup into the start position. A certified auto technician advised me to have the ignition switch replaced ...

General Motors today told the NHTSA it would recall 3.16 million older model vehicles because a combination of too much weight on the key chain and a jarring event like striking a pothole could cause ...

On June 16, GM issued its second major ignition-switch recall, which affects 3.16 million larger cars in the U.S. — the 2005-2009 Buick LaCrosse, 2006-2011 Lucerne and 2005 Regal; the 2000-2005 ...

Nissan has joined the growing list of automakers issuing vehicle recalls this year. The Japanese car company is recalling just over 165,000 vehicles across a range of makes and models. Owners in both ...

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 ...

Editor's note: Keyless ignition will be available on the newly redesigned Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra. An earlier version of this story, which also appeared on Page 28 of the June 4 print edition, ...

GM will replace the ignition keys in its redesigned full-size SUVs and pickup trucks with a smaller key. The company issued a safety bulletin on Nov. 6 because the automatic transmission’s column ...

General Motors is replacing ignition keys in its newest trucks because it's possible for the gearshift lever to bump the key out of position. The move isn't a recall, though, so GM doesn't provide a ...