Can't Start My 370

dinfire

This morning when I started my 370 it chugged a little before it turned over. I drove it to work and parked it. Went to go to lunch and the car won't do anything. There's a yellow "key" icon to the left of the gas gauge lit up, and a red silouette of a car with a key in the middle of it next to the tach that lights up. I thought maybe my fob's battery had died so I had my wife bring the extra over that has never been used. Same deal. Still won't do anything. I put the fob into the hole to the bottom left of the steering column, but nothing happens and the same lights still appear. Any ideas? Is it a dead car battery? The fobs still work for locking/unlocking the doors. Doesn't seem like it's a dead fob battery since the extra key won't work either. Thanks in advance.

03g35coupe6mt

DIY Replace dreaded steering-lock on 2009s and early 2010s. do a search for this i found it under.... intelligent key light is on . when i did a search and in the first thread are a few things you can try to maybe get it to start bottom of the first post by kenchan

Jasonle

Damn good luck man.. take your car to the dealer if its still under warranty! It sounds like it is the steering wheel lock.

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dinfire

So there's something on this forum that will help? Can you just post the url to this thread please?

kellyefields

DIY: Replace dreaded steering-lock on 2009s and early 2010s.

HERE is the link you may need. you can also try to tap it with a hammer to get it started to get to the dealer.

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03g35coupe6mt

DIY: Replace dreaded steering-lock on 2009s and early 2010s.

kellyefields

beat u to it haha

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wheee!

Let me help you with that

find thread

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dinfire

My car has 13,000 miles on it, but it's an 09 so it's out of warranty. Am I screwed? What kind of bill are we talking about to get this problem fixed?

SPOHN

Has it been three years since purchase date? The part cost about $500.

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dinfire

Yep, warranty expired last September. I will never buy another Nissan.

PaulZ370

Dang Dude, One problem and you're giving up on the whole line... let me see, anyone here know of ANY vehicle or line of vehicles that are absolutely problem free? Please let me know cause I'd want to get one too!

...my guess is this is your first vehicle and you are pretty young/inexperienced with cars...

Welcome to the world of mechanical things that break and you have to fix...

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Red__Zed

failing to address a known/acknowledged issue is not the same as normal wear/tear...jus sayin

dinfire

This is nowhere near the first problem I've had with this car. It only has 13K miles. And I'm 40 years old.

Z_ealot

still does not justify condemning the whole nissan brand, sure you are entitled to your opinion, but personally i've owned 2 altimas and now my Z and have never had a problem with any of them mechanically. little things here and there maybe that were solved by just keeping up on maintenance and one blown power window motor that was replaced no questions asked, but other than that every nissan i've had has been solid. sorry for your problems with your Z, but keep the brand hate to a minimum please.

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i along with everyone else on this forum acknowledge that the whole intelligent key debacle is a known problem that nissan should have definitely looked into a long time ago for sure