“GM is requesting that dealers no longer place rigid items, such as leather or plastic tags, on vehicle key rings,” the automaker wrote in a notice to dealers, saying the request applies to ...

Sure, I'd Let My Son Drive a Chevy Cobalt, GM CEO Barra Says GM's CEO would have no problem with her son driving a recalled car like this -- as long as there's nothing else on his key ring.

Instead, to fix the problem, GM will add an insert to the ignition keys of the recalled vehicles to close the slot and leave a 4 by 6-millimeter hole through which the key ring could be attached.

GM is recalling 788,000 Cobalt and Pontiac G5 sedans for a potentially deadly problem with the ignition system. When the vehicles' keys are connected to heavy key chains (or, say, key rings laden ...