Automobile ignition systems have never been more reliable, but when not, how does one troubleshoot? and is it really an ignition issue? This simple test setup costs only about $1 and may easily be ...

This article deals with flame rectification as it applies to direct spark ignition (DSI) modules. They are manufactured by a few different companies — Fenwal, Honeywell, Robertshaw, and White Rodgers, ...

In the continuing story on defective ignition switches, General Motors has been dealt another lawsuit demanding that the company be held liable for knowing about and concealing the problem before 2009 ...

Successful troubleshooting combines a thorough understanding of the process and equipment, application of chemical engineering basics to problem solving, and good field techniques and data ...

Dear Doctor: My son-in-law has a 1997 Chevy pickup truck with the 4.3-liter Vortex V6 engine. He has replaced the distributor cap several times because of corrosion and a miss. We live in Wilmington, ...

U.S. auto safety regulators—who have been raked over the coals by Congress for failing to detect a broad pattern of ignition defects in General Motors Co. cars—are turning up the heat on Fiat Chrysler ...

The back and forth motion of inserting and removing the car key in the ignition cylinder means that the car key tumbler (the double rough edges of your car key) eventually become smooth or flat and ...