The button must be depressed for three seconds to kill the engine, and Woodyard points out that most people’s idea of a kill-switch stems from industrial machinery where one slap of the button ...

Separately, an incident involving a push-button start in a Lexus in 2009 killed 79-year-old Ernest Codelia Jr. and left his companion, Mary Rivera, brain-damaged.

JDi offers easy-to-install push button start and main relay conversions that add reliability and security to your Honda build.

General Motors has not gone all-in on push-button start despite the ignition switch recall, though the feature is expanding.

Ryan Manson's 1968 Chevrolet C10 gets an electrical upgrade with a new 2Go Keyless entry system and a push-to-start button for the car. See how it's done ...

For cars with a push-button start, however, all you have to do is physically put your dead-battery fob in a designated location, and the button will still work.

The id.PUSH keyless ignition system is as easy as it gets: just push the button and go! This basic push-button system features a mechanical push-button start with LED halo lighting.

Her typically reliable 2015 Madza 3 with less than 25,000 miles had stopped working. Specifically, the push-button start didn't start the engine. I first suspected the key fob (weak or dead battery).

Even though push-start ignitions have been around for a while now, it can still be confusing as to why your vehicle won't crank. Here are the common culprits.

Keyless entry and push-button ignitions are becoming commonplace across a rage of electric and hybrid vehicles. But do they pose the risk that drivers will forget to turn their cars off?

Once inside, depress the brake pedal, push the engine start/stop button — located immediately to the right of the steering wheel — and the Cruze springs to life.