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How many of you have pulled the steering lock fuse?

Originally Posted by MannyD Well, in his defense he didn't know about the steering lock issue. I spent months on this forum reading before I bought my Z so I

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Old 12-28-2012, 06:02 PM   #76 (permalink)
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Well, in his defense he didn't know about the steering lock issue. I spent months on this forum reading before I bought my Z so I knew.

But the fact that they're charging him $1500 is rediculous... told him to buy the part outright and do it himself. From what I read it's not that difficult to replace.
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Old 12-29-2012, 02:00 AM   #77 (permalink)
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My car is already stored for winter but I'm pulling it first thing in spring!
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Pulled it. Thanks for the tip working fine so far. Don't have to worry about it anymore.
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Pulled it. Thanks for the tip working fine so far. Don't have to worry about it anymore.
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I guess I just pulled my lock! And I'm so angry! A week after the slave cylinder gave out on me and cost me 650 dollars to get it fix!! WTF NISSAN, u guys were my heroes now I'm hating the car. So frustrating
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I guess I just pulled my lock! And I'm so angry! A week after the slave cylinder gave out on me and cost me 650 dollars to get it fix!! WTF NISSAN, u guys were my heroes now I'm hating the car. So frustrating
You can't just take the lock out and leave it out try tapping it with a hammer turn the key on then take the fuse out.
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You can't just take the lock out and leave it out try tapping it with a hammer turn the key on then take the fuse out.
My bad I didn't mean I actually took out the fuse yet, ima try it after work.

This sucks, can i get a refund?
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09 pulled at 27k to avoid the possibility of failure. 5k miles later no issues with pulled fuse.

I highly recommend you pull if you have an early model 370.
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09 pulled at 27k to avoid the possibility of failure. 5k miles later no issues with pulled fuse.

I highly recommend you pull if you have an early model 370.
Great to hear it!!!!

Thank you for confirming my remedy works the way I know it should.
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Man, I wish I knew about this earlier. I need to follow this forum more thoroughly. My steering lock died earlier this week. Towed it to the dealer. $1600 to fix.

The service techs told me the proved that it was in fact the failed steering lock by putting in a steering lock from an altima and "running the tests which pass with the working lock, but fail with my lock."

I told them if they can get it started, that they should pull the fuse then we'll be good to go. They told me something about that not working because of some communication with either the BCM or ECU (can't remember which). I'm a car tech noob.

Does this make any sense, or should I push back on this?
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Man, I wish I knew about this earlier. I need to follow this forum more thoroughly. My steering lock died earlier this week. Towed it to the dealer. $1600 to fix.

The service techs told me the proved that it was in fact the failed steering lock by putting in a steering lock from an altima and "running the tests which pass with the working lock, but fail with my lock."

I told them if they can get it started, that they should pull the fuse then we'll be good to go. They told me something about that not working because of some communication with either the BCM or ECU (can't remember which). I'm a car tech noob.

Does this make any sense, or should I push back on this?
They are Nissan techs and they have no Fvcking clue,
My discovery to remove the fuse has been argued since I recommend it and nobody has had any problems(except for a delay in starting which has not been proven to be related)if the Nissan techs studied these cars as much as we do they just may learn something.
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It won't work because your lock has a switch inside which needs to be depressed (lock open) before you pull the fuse. The ultima lock will open and press the switch. Your busted one wont. Sorry dude.
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pulled mine last week it was easy. the tech at the dealer said let him know when i find out what to do .so much for service dept.
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I told them if they can get it started, that they should pull the fuse then we'll be good to go. They told me something about that not working because of some communication with either the BCM or ECU (can't remember which). I'm a car tech noob.

Does this make any sense, or should I push back on this?
The fuse that we have been removing supplies power to the locking pin drive motor in the SLU. The communication that they are talking about is powered from another source.

If you are comfortable removing a trim panel in the engine compartment, pulling the fuse is a pretty easy DIY job.

The fact that your service department is either ignorant of how the system works or is blowing smoke up your a$$, leads me to suggest finding another dealer - one that has worked on a few 370Zs before. From what I could tell, mine was the first Z my local service dept had seen. I quickly changed to another dealer.
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So I'm confused. I think I'm getting conflicting comments here, but I may just be misunderstanding.

Surfdog are you saying that the idea of putting in the altima lock, getting the car into ACC, and pulling the fuse won't work?

And Baer and SouthArk are saying that it should work?

If it should work, then I'm going to push back on them with this idea.

I'd really like to not have to tow my car to another shop
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