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Finally got around to pulling the fuse today and all works well. One thing I noticed was a kind of whirring coming from under the hood when I shut the

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Old 12-07-2014, 11:00 PM   #811 (permalink)
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Finally got around to pulling the fuse today and all works well. One thing I noticed was a kind of whirring coming from under the hood when I shut the car off. My guess is that I never noticed it before and am just hyper-sensitive, since I was worried I would screw something up by pulling the fuse.
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Radiator fan? TBs? VVEL? Could be a lot of things - all normal. Of the dozens of people that have pulled the fuse, none have reported any problems.
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Radiator fan? TBs? VVEL? Could be a lot of things - all normal. Of the dozens of people that have pulled the fuse, none have reported any problems.
Thanks, SouthArk. I figured as much. I appreciate the reassurance.
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I have a 2010 and the key light came on the other day. But its off now. The car starts fine. Should i pull the fuse or wait? Only Pull the fuse while the car is in 'ACCESSORY' MODE?
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I have a 2010 and the key light came on the other day. But its off now. The car starts fine. Should i pull the fuse or wait? Only Pull the fuse while the car is in 'ACCESSORY' MODE?
Pull the fuse. Follow these instructions: Steering lock problem solved (for real)
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I have a 2010 and the key light came on the other day. But its off now. The car starts fine. Should i pull the fuse or wait? Only Pull the fuse while the car is in 'ACCESSORY' MODE?
Yes, pull the fuse now. If you wait until the unit fails, it may require a tow to the dealer and a ~$1200 fix. Several DIYs on this site - see link in my sig.
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I pulled the fuse.... it took me about 30mins to take things off and put back on. Thanks for the help guys! =)
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Another victim here. Came across this problem about a month ago, used the "tap" technique and everything started working fine for a couple of weeks. Problem came back like expected, so I tapped the SL, didn't work.... then hit it with a hemmer and nothing....
So I had to take the SL off and take of the hex screw part off the SL.
With the SL connected but hanging in my hands I was able to push down on it with a screw driver and put the car in ACC.
Then I pulled the Fuse out.

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Old 03-23-2015, 06:55 PM   #819 (permalink)
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I think that my sterring lock failed today. It wont do anything when i press the start button and i have the key light on the dash. The steering wheel is unlocked right now so if i pull the fuse will it start?
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I think that my sterring lock failed today. It wont do anything when i press the start button and i have the key light on the dash. The steering wheel is unlocked right now so if i pull the fuse will it start?
Nope. Follow one of the DIYs to try and fix it yourself (i.e. beat on it). Or take it in for the recall. You have to remove the fuse when the car is in accessory mode (ACC).
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Nope. Follow one of the DIYs to try and fix it yourself (i.e. beat on it). Or take it in for the recall. You have to remove the fuse when the car is in accessory mode (ACC).
Ah ok thanx for the info. Looks like I'll be putting my hammer to use.
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Pulled the steering lock fuse (quadruple checked). Still hear the damn thing unlocking when I go to ACC and car still won't start every time. How the hell is this possible?

Something else I've noticed is I don't get the key warning in the cluster. I get a clutch warning. WTF!

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I've never really had the steering wheel lock failure issue, probably since my car is 2014, but having the wheel lock IS a pain in the *** when trying to move the wheels whilst doing work near fender liner...Anyways I was going to remove the fuse and noticed the I don't even have a fuse in the slot for the steering wheel lock fuse. Anyone else notice this in a 2014?
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this is new.. i thought they completely removed that feature on the 12+. the 14's have a different steering lock somewhere?
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I've never really had the steering wheel lock failure issue, probably since my car is 2014, but having the wheel lock IS a pain in the *** when trying to move the wheels whilst doing work near fender liner...Anyways I was going to remove the fuse and noticed the I don't even have a fuse in the slot for the steering wheel lock fuse. Anyone else notice this in a 2014?
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this is new.. i thought they completely removed that feature on the 12+. the 14's have a different steering lock somewhere?

they removed it since 2011
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