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Its a great fix but much too much bickering has insued.

Cutting down on comments like this:



To guys with 40 years of experience with electronics (and the right answer) will help.

I had a good poop this morning.

Sounds like a pretty crappy situation... :D

Thanks for contributing.:hello:

if I help just one person understand how electronics work just a little better, I consider my day a success.

me too, but it was just a little wet.

Removed the fuse today. 5 minutes from start to finish. Couldn't be easier!

Good lord

thanks for the fix, did this over the weekend, no issues what so ever.

Your welcome.:hello:

Glad me and Dia could help.

i've noticed slight delay after push-button was pressed and my car is still stock (have not pulled the fuse or cut the brown wire).

that said, this "delay" you guys are talking about might be a normal thing.

the duration of the delay was like 1 to 1.5sec. is that about consistent with those feeling the "delay"?

I had the delay happen once, but it was weeks after I did this mod. And I think it's because my door was wide open and the car was beeping away. It didn't phase me, though.

My wife's 2011 Altima did it yesterday morning moving her car quickly to get my Z out,so speed when starting may have something to do with it.

When I first did this mod, I was getting a delayed start about 1 in every 5 starts.. After about a month I'm getting delays almost every time I start it now. Its not causing a problem or anything though.

i still dont have any delays.... started the car maybe 20 times since i pulled it. hrmm.

glad i found this thread before it was too late !!! repp'd hard for this info and piece of mind.THANKS !! :tiphat:

Yep, 1 to 2 seconds sounds about right.

yah, that's normal then, i think. my car doens't do that all the time (mine is still stock), but after using the acc without starting the car several cycles for some gopro mic tests i did, i noticed it took a split second pause after pushing the button before the engine started the next time. :) (and my battery was on battery manager the entire time so nothing to do with battery cca).

I have noticed that the lights around the push button don't come on when I am experiencing the delay. It's like it doesn't sense the key in my pocket or something... when I get in and the lights are on around the push button, it has no delay at all.
However, if I push the button even with the lights off, it will wait a second or two and then start regardless.

Hummmm... I didn't notice this on my car. I will stare at the button light next time if it's unlit when I encounter the delay.

Awsomeness

sent from my SAMSUNG- SINGLE TURBO SGH-1717

no abnormal delay for me.only piece of mind that i wont get stuck somewhere in the middle of the night out in no mans land if the lock was to go out with the fuse in.even if i had a delay with this mod,fuse is staying out !! :)

Very slight delay for me never more than a second or so. Just long enough for me to think:

"Hmm what's goi... Oh there we go. BRZ HUNTING TIME!!"

I know I know, I guess that last bit was a little unnecessary. I was considering a BRZ when I found my used 09 and now I love taunting them on the streets. (okay I'll take this to another thread)

p.s. I totally made the right choice!

Yesterday I got into the car and it wouldnt start with push button, then it lit up no key icon and blinked a few times, then it told me to place the fob into the slot. I stopped, waited a minute then depressed the clutch and car started fine.

Is this the sign of a steering wheel lock about to fail? I cant find the link with the info... Help Please!!!

Can be a sign of a weak battery in the FOB if it started fine once placed in the fobgina.

Thank you! Having an 09' scares the crap out of me with the steering wheel lock, I am under warranty until September then ill be SOL. Anyone know if the batteries are covered under warranty?

Once out of warranty I gotta buy the fix or follow this DIY

The battery is just a run of the mill button battery that you can buy at a drug store, as a consumable I don't think it is covered by warranty.

yah, as chris mentioned, it's a size D battery. ;)

i see in my notes my 09 takes CR2032 for the fob.

Want to thank you guys ,your fuse fix was genius, took a while for me to do , but it is the perfect solution.
And works great.......

Your welcome glad it worked out for you.
If you can't give money then Rep points are good and they are free.:tiphat:

damnit see frank. i told you we shoulda asked for 1 dollar instead of rep points. I coulda had me alot of taco bell or mc donalds by now.

Just pulled it off...Thanks for the heads up and troubleshooting...You guys saved alot of us some good doe and alot of anxiety... Kudos:happydance:

Thanks guys! I did this a couple of days ago while on vacation in Vegas. Took about 15 minutes in front of an Autozone, haha.

Your welcome :tiphat: don't forget the reps.

Gave both of you guys well deserving reps as soon as I posted here. :) I wish I could give you two reps each. :tup:

You can just rep someone else and it'll let and you may have to wait until tomorrow to rep them again

Thanks :tiphat:

Just for anyone that's still on the fence about this. I pulled my steering lock fuse over three weeks ago and haven't had a single delayed start. The car functions perfectly normally. It just doesn't do that initial jerk of the steering wheel when I start it.

Baer/Dai I sent some much deserved reps your way. Thanks guys.

Thanks :tiphat:

And thanks for posting this, I have been getting allot of flak on the pm side b/c of this, I have been saying this time and time again that no one has had any serious problems b/c of the fuse removal.