On Sun, 25 Aug 2019 20:24:11 -0400, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article ,
says...

Yep - fur shur - but that doesn't explain why the
old Saturn and the Jetta have this problem - but -
our 4 Taurus and the Olds and F100 and Kia didn't ..
... same drivers .. etc.
The Saturns were famous - you could start it up and
pull out the key while it was still running ..



At one time you could pull the key out of seveal cars with it running.
Dad had a 1950 Chevy that you could pull the key out with the switch in
one position and then turn the switch on and you had to push a buttonon
the dash to start it.. Now you have to hav a FOB to do about the same
thing.
A lot of OLD chevies had that
feature". You could remove the key and still sdtart or shut off the
car - as long as it was not in the "lock" position - where a key was
required. Identifying these was easy - the key fit into a slot in
what was basically a "knob" that could be turnrd with your fingers.