Steering lock. Another one down. WTF
 

Year:

Model: (Base or Touring)

Transmission: (6MT/7AT)

Miles:

Lock Revision:

City: Charlotte

State: NC

Province:

Region:

Country: US

Towed: Not yet. It stranded me, nearly froze to death walking for three hours on a deserted road with no cell signal.

Did You Disable SLU? Not yet. Going to try beating on it with a hammer.

Downtime (how long without car)? So far one day. Need to go back with some tools. Will be fun climbing under there with it pouring rain outside.

Year: 2010

Model: (Base or Touring) Sport

Transmission: (6MT/7AT) 6MT

Miles: 105k at the time (it happened in 1/2017)

Lock Revision: C I believe

City: Charleston

State: SC

Country: USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? No

Downtime (how long without car)? 3 days

I had forgotten about this until I received a notification on my phone from the site. My original bill from Nissan was $1,200+/-. I called Nissan North America who told me to file a claim in writing. I filed and they responded quickly telling me that my particular VIN # isn't included in the 2009-2010 recall. I was PO'd and told them I didn't care if it was in the VIN range or not, that I had the same issue thousands of others are having. They escalated my claim and have offered to reimburse me for the parts by NOT labor. So, they are willing to pay me about $800. I guess I should take it but wanted to see what you all had to say. Let me know, thanks!

another failed unit
 

Year: 2010

Model: Nismo

Transmission: 6MT

Miles: Around 40,000

Lock Revision: Whatever the newest is

City: St. Augustine

State: Florida

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? No

Downtime (how long without car)? Couple Hours, I was very fortunate that I work for Nissan, was able to get the part for 25% discount, and a friend in the shop was able to swap out the parts in 20 minutes. Paid around $450 total

Year: 2009

Model: (Base or Touring) base

Transmission: (6MT/7AT) 6MT

Miles:87K

Lock Revision:

City: CHICAGO

State: IL

Province:

Region:

Country: US

Towed: YES

Did You Disable SLU? NO

Downtime (how long without car)? 3 days

Year: 2010

Model: Base

Transmission: 6MT

Miles: 67,000

Lock Revision: part manufactured 28.01.10

City: Elmhurst

State: IL

Country: USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? No

Downtime (how long without car)? One week

Year: 2010

Model: Nismo

Transmission: 6MT

Miles: 52,200

Lock Revision: part manufactured 16.02.10 JF00C-B1-01

City: Fresno

State: CA

Country: USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? Yes (Tried removing fuse, didn’t do anything to help)

Downtime (how long without car)? One week
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Year: 2012

Model: Touring

Transmission: 6MT

Miles:60,000

Lock Revision: Unsure

City: Melbourne

State: Victoria

Province:

Region:

Country: Australia

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? Wasn't able to

Downtime 3 days

Cost: Over $3000 AUD at stealership :eek:

Happened after 10 Years...
 

Year: 2011

Model: Touring/Sport

Transmission: 6MT

Miles:50K+

Lock Revision: Unsure

City: Covington

State: Louisiana

Country: USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? Wasn't able to

Downtime 1 day

Cost: $540 at Dealership (after applying host of Discounts and Rewards Points!)


I never thought this issue would effect my 2011. I always thought this was a problem with the 2008 - 2010 370's. Boy was I wrong. I was in the fuse box a few weeks ago when I installed my Morimoto headlights with the DRL strips and had to run a new wiring harness with a fuse to them. Had I had an inkling that this was an issue with my car, I would have disabled the SLU by removing it's fuse then. I will be disabling it soonest - first opportunity I have, despite the repair. :shakes head:


MORAL OF THE STORY: if you have an '08 - 011 370Z, PULL THE FUSE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

Monterey Blue
 

Well despite having the revised steering lock unit replaced under the recall back in 2010 my 09 370z quit on me as I went to drive home from work yesterday, friday. Despite the steering wheel never locking I still couldn't get the car started. Even unhooked the battery for 15min. So I am getting the royal treatment, overpayed for a tow, combined with taking it to a Infinity dealer. I have a mechanic/friend that works there and he is top notch, they even allow him to use the service area on weekends to do sidework, but I couldn't get in touch with him before the dealership caught wind of my situation. So I am going to be on the hook for a considerable amount of money. Reflecting on this I blame myself for procasting the fuse pull. I only have 58K miles on this car and it's been very reliable, but Nissan and Infinity has probably lost another potential customer. Believe me my mechanic does not like the 3.0 liter TT motor after having worked on numerious Q-50, 60s over the years. In his opinion the old VQ 3.7 is so much less problematic. Well I just had to get this off my chest. Looking forward to a CSC replacement down the road:tiphat: