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JARblue

If your issue is the steering lock, then I'm going to guess you have an ESCL Revision D (still very prone to failure) and that Nissan will not do anything for you. Only Rev A, B, and C are covered under the recall notice. Your best bet is to bring a rubber mallet with you to wherever you had the car towed. Beat on the underside of the steering column while trying the start button. If you get it started, pull the fuse immediately!! Good luck.

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Rodd

Thanks for that, was thinking that my model did not have an ESCL but I believe they were not fitted from 2012 and onwards.

So I am correct in saying that with the recall they fitted Rev D Units in all earlier cars (09/10) and most have pulled fuse/cut power wire anyway as new unit (rev D) still plays up anyway? I would think Nissan would have needed another fix if this was the case or it perhaps no one bothered as they did the own fix and new the unit?


One final question, if I cant get car started by hitting the ESCL could I remove the unit, fit a second hand one (assuming its working), start car and then pull fuse?

Sorry for going over old ground but this is all new to me and quite overwhelming with tall pages and pages of info out there,
Cheers again,
Rodd

Rodd

woo hoo,smacked the Steering unit, pushed start button once, it went into ACC mode, pulled the fuse and drove the hell of the Nissan workshop-should have their faces-gold! Especially after their comments "that wont work", "you will need to buy a new unit "etc Too funny.

I'll just add that this is the beauty of having special cars, none more so than the mighty Zed, in that there are many excellent people willing to share knowledge and experiences and pass that on. This job could have ended very badly for me without help from fellow Z forum users so thank you all very much once again

Long live the Zed

JARblue

Haha I love it! Right in front of them, too Nicely done!

Congrats. Now go



Background story is Nissan did a recall after the first three revisions were all failing. Then the rev d had similar issues. So instead of issuing another recall (those cost $$$), they just stopped putting the ESCL in the Z. That way they wouldn't have to document more failures that could lead to another recall.

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Rodd

Yeah I did hear about no ESLU in the 2012 + models. So is there some other type of steeering lock? Surely there must be something?

JARblue

No. There is no form of steering lock in the Z as of 2012.

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Alienpoker

I just experienced the ESCL problem in Feb 2020 after 55,000 trouble free miles in my 370Z

I found a $70 part to fix the problem yourself. It’s Nissan OEM part that fits in the same place, but no longer locks the steering column. Part number is:
48708-9N00A check your favorite discount Nissan parts supplier (I found it on eBay for around $63 shipped. I was quoted a ‘discounted’ price of $743 to replace my steering lock at the Nissan dealer where I bought and had always serviced my Z.

Differences are - it has a plastic top and metal bottom, it has no ‘deadbolt’ that moves up & down. Although it came with them, I see no need to use security bolts as it doesn’t lock the wheel.

I prefer not to hack my wiring harness or have a steering wheel lock (ESCL) box I have to beat on. If the switches go open again.

The new part closes the internal switches, provides all the correct signals to BCM / ECU, so you get no starting delay. I DID experience starting delays after ‘banging’ on the old ESCL unit and ‘pulling the fuse’.

There’s a write up on page 39 near the end of this post: DIY: Replace dreaded steering-lock on 2009s and early 2010s.

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JARblue

A Nissan OEM part purchase gives money to Nissan regardless of the vendor you purchase it from. Don't support Nissan by giving them money and pull the fuse instead.

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blackbird

There is a recall on the part. Go to the dealer and they will replace it for free.
1 I paid for and got a refund from Nissan.The second time I used the recall and all was fixed for FREE.

SouthArk370Z

Last I heard, the recall was limited. Some folks on this site have reported that they were denied replacement under the recall. But, yeah, at least give them a call if you are experiencing ESCL problems - they'll never say yes if you don't ask.

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Desert Rat

Add mine to the list. Light came on and wont turn off. Car is a 2014. Changed fob battery. No luck.

blackbird

Contact Nissan Customer Service. I have a 2009. It went out and got replaced by me paying for it. Complained to Nissan and they relayed me. Then issued a recall. Mine went out a 2nd time but was replaced free due to recall. You need the “E”version.

MacKaris

Hi all,

Now having the same issue myself. I'm driving what I THOUGHT was a 2013 370Z Coupe, but I'm not sure when it was actually built since it evidently still has that steering lock which has now failed.

I just hit 66 666 km on it (which could be the reason, hehe), and actually it failed the first time already a couple of weeks ago. Took it to a Nissan dealer and they had apparently never seen anything like this, but said it was apparently some electrical grounding issue in the steering wheel lock control unit(?). They did some shady fix on it without actually changing any parts, but warned that since they didn't know what the root cause was, it could fail again and then it's probably best to the change the whole unit. And sure enough it did fail on Saturday, and had to be towed for a 100km. Glad that was at least covered by the Nissan Road Assistance or whatever it's called.

So I guess I'll try to argue the official recall in order to try and avoid paying for the repair myself? Anyone else had this issue recently? Were you successful in avoiding to pay the costs yourself? I'm Finland, and the 370Zs are exceedingly rare here, I got mine second hand 2 years ago, and I've seen like TWO other 370Z on the roads since then.