11. The factory produces tiny magnets for computers, anti-lock brakes, ignition switches and the like. 12. The federal agency originally started looking at fire-prone ignition switches in Ford Escorts. 13. The ignition switch, following Saab tradition, is on the console that divides the two front seats, not on the steering wheel. 14. The ignition switch is on the dash, and buttons for the stereo and cruise control are on the steering wheel hub. 15. The ignition switch has been returned to the console between the front seats, a bow to tradition that should please Saab loyalists. 16. They organized the owners, started keeping records about similar incidents and began to pressure Ford to recall all vehicles that might have a faulty ignition switch. 17. Traditional Saab touches include locating the ignition switch between the front seats and providing a switch that blacks out all the instrumentation except the speedometer during nighttime driving. 18. True, the ignition switch is on the console, which confuses drivers the first dozen or so times. 19. Unbeknownst to the Goldgehns, two days after their pickup burned, Ford announced a massive recall in Canada to replace a faulty ignition switch that caused vehicle fires. 20. United Technologies Automotive Inc., a unit of the Hartford, Connecticut-based conglomerate, made the ignition switches that led to the recall. |