Think of the ignition switch as your Mustang's sentry. It acknowledges only the key you were given with the car, bringing your Mustang's engine and all of its accessories to life with a twist.

GM has announced it has begun shipping new ignition switches, cylinders and key sets for the 2.6 million vehicles affected by the massive ignition switch recall. Earlier this month, GM sent out ...

Think of the ignition switch as your Mustang's sentry. It acknowledges only the key you were given with the car, bringing your Mustang's engine and all of its accessories to life with a twist.

Chrysler has now recalled more than 1.7 million vehicles for ignition-switch problems. In June, the company added 696,000 minivans and SUVs to a 2011 recall to fix faulty ignition switches.

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When the ignition key is turned, it rotates a plastic disc inside the ignition switch. A small metal part, called the detent plunger, slides into notches, or “detents,” in the plastic disc.

But after considering the time, cost and effectiveness, those changes were shelved. In 2005, dealers were told to offer inserts for keys to keep the weight of key rings from moving the switches.

The change, which apparently occurred in 2006, increased the size of the detent plunger and spring, a pair of parts that hold the ignition key in position – a change that an engineer hired by ...