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I would have bet my forum membership that nobody would have figured this one out (good thing I didn't, huh)? Then again I didn't count on Paris bringing in a ringer like her husband, Scott.

The culprit was the 3+ pounds of keys, keychains and other junk on the key ring. When a hard stop was performed, the keys flew forward and switched off the ignition. This is why the problem couldnt be duplicated when Mr. Smith brought the van in - his key ring was much lighter.
 

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Understandable, but who carries that much crap on their keychain?

My brother... We think he's secretly a janitor serial killer and keys are his trophy.

He keeps them on a carabiner though so no mass in the ignition.
 

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I've never heard of a bunch of keys causing one to turn the key off. Just causing increased wear on the lock cylinder from the weight


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I've never heard of a bunch of keys causing one to turn the key off. Just causing increased wear on the lock cylinder from the weight


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That's a fairly common problem when aluminum tumblers are used in the lock cylinder. Brass tumblers are far less suceptible.
 

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I broke my wife of that habit when we first met. I've always had my truck key and house key on one ring and everything else on another


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That's amazing
 
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