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This has happened to me more than once and I am getting tired of it.  I have a MB keychain and ChargePoint mini card attached to the key.  As I normally have kids in the back, I have the seat up so my right thigh is under the steering wheel but comfortable.  I know that you are supposed to be back away from the airbag.  So when I am parked at a traffic light and if the ChargePoint card is straight up and down above my thigh, sometimes when I lift my right leg to move from brake to accelerator, it literally torques the key and pops the ignition off.  A couple of honked horns later, after I step back on the brake, put the car into Park, and turn the ignition, I am off.  A little embarrassed but no damage.  It has never happened thank goodness when I am driving at speed.


So what to do, first I moved further away from the wheel.  If that does not work, off with the ChargePoint card even though it is tres convenient to have it on the keychain.


I just read in another post that the 2015 has a keyless ignition so they won't suffer from this form of user error.  But you 2014 owners, beware of this kind of user error.


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