Hello! Would really appreciate some help. I dug myself into a pretty deep hole. First off the problem occurred on a MT 2009 370z that has a touring package with the push to start button.
Just going to hop straight into it, but lately starting my car has been a bit of a hassle. With the clutch fully depressed I push to start and it will cycle to ACC mode. I will tap the push to start again and it will cycle to ON mode but the engine will not try to turn over. After repeating the process about 10 more times the engine will decide to turn over for some strange reason.
Today I got an inspection at Nissan and found out I had a bad battery so i got that replaced thinking it may help the problem in which it didn't really. A friend at Nissan said it may be the interlock switch on the clutch. So i decided to take that off and open it up to clean off the contacts that had a little corrosion on them. I re-installed it and now the lights on my push to start button do not turn on (ex. ACC, ON). The problem still persists and now engine doesn't turn over at all sadly.
Now a bit worried I decided to turn towards the steering lock. I opened up the fuse box and removed the steering lock fuse while the car was in accessory mode and reinstalled everything and the problem is still there. I'm pretty worried about my car and would really appreciate some help. Thanks for reading.
