General Motors (NYSE:GM) enlisted the help of a team at NASA to conduct a review of the automaker’s ignition-switch testing, according to a source familiar with the recall investigation. The nation’s ...

A battery in a traditional car cannot directly create engine spark. It’s only rated at 12 volts, after all, so it needs a little help boosting the signal to the spark plugs. To make that happen, a car ...

Back in the day, point-triggered ignition system tune-ups were routine and happened roughly every 12,000 miles, along with a set of spark plugs and an ignition timing adjustment. These days, we’re so ...

An ignition coil takes voltage from the battery and multiplies it to create a spark at the spark plugs, which in turn ignites the engine. Cars have been using some form of the coil ignition system for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan said on Tuesday he will not alter, for now, a plan to try five more early test cases this year against General Motors Co over faulty ignition switches ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday said he does not intend to alter, for now, a plan to try five more early test cases this year in federal litigation against General Motors ...

A GM engineer who approved a change to faulty ignition switches in models that have now been recalled also appears to have signed off on not issuing a new number for that changed part, according to an ...

Last time we covered how the C4 Passive Keyless Entry (PKE) system works, how to program the PKE transmitters, how to test the alarm and how to program the different options for the PKE system. This ...

At least one GM engineer had the problem while testing the new car%2C which went on sale in 2004 GM advised dealers in a 2005 technical service bulletin to install the part if owners complained In the ...