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First thing I'd do is pull the steering lock fuse like people are recommending. Second thing I'd do is call up Nissan Corporate and make them refund the steering lock costs. There is a recall that should have covered 100% of your costs. If your vehicle is not listed under the recall, be an a$$ about it and tell them they should reimburse you anyway.

You want to bleed the clutch first to clear out any contaminants in the fluid (they aid in causing slave failure).

I did call corporate but they said the previous owner already had the steering lock unit replaced in 2013 and that they would not give me a refund. They said my VIN was not covered under the voluntary service bulletin...

I plan to change/bleed the clutch fluid this weekend.

In the event that my CSC/CMC fails and leaves me stranded on the road, what should I do? Have it towed to the dealership and have them store it until I can get an aftermarket CSC shipped in? I really don’t want to take it to them again but I don’t want to take it to any random repair shop to do the work.

Well, there are plenty of small shops that can do the job. If it's not under warranty, I'd never let the dealer see the car again. Go to your local sub forum here and ask for independent shop recommendations.

What kind of adjustments over time does the z1 kit need? Because I was thinking about getting that when my csc fails. I would get the misweifht flywheel full face clutch and csc elimination kit. But I don’t know what I would need to do over time as you mentioned and how much of a pain it would be?

A jack, jack stands, and a couple of wrenches are all you need to adjust the Z1 kit. I typically do any adjustments while the car is already in the air (e.g. oil change). I plan to switch over to the ZSpeed CMAK when I change the clutch here soon.

I changed the clutch fluid with Motul 600 and the clutch seems to be back to "normal" now. Thanks everyone :)

My CSC failed at 22k mi it was 100% covered by warranty.
it definitely was feeling soft for a few weeks before it failed, and there were a couple times I felt like when the pedal was released the clutch itself hadn't engaged or was slipping.

I will discourage you from replacing only the master cylinder as has been recommended in this thread, if there is a bad part in your system any dirt showing up in your system because of it, will just ruin the master cylinder again. You will find the advice quite often here, if you replace the CSC replace the master too. I was really suprised that even the dealer insisted on replacing both, when I expected to have to convince them to do the extra work.