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Whatever occured to the old fashioned steering wheel lock. Remember, turning car off and slight turn of wheel would lock the steering wheel.

Is this not to US specifications? I ask as I my previous cars here inc Z do not have this ( useless ) function.

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Nissan made four different revisions and issued a recall before finally removing them from the US models altogether.

So its a us spec thing i take it.
I've owned or had access to approx 6 different cars since being here and none had them.

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This question is not to he confused or jaded with the 370z steering lock known issue. Okay ;-)

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What is the purpose for this lock? Safety?

I don't know. (Older 370Zs had it, and they broke all the time leaving people stranded) All my other cars have it and they never had an issue with the old fashion type...


And to answer cooltoy's question. I think it was/is a safety feature so that anyone cannot turn on your car, you need to move the steering wheel off the "locked" position to start it.

The old fashion steering lock was designed to help reduce thefts. It is to prevent someone from stealing a car by put the vehicle in neutral and "rolling" off with it. With the lock in place, it prevented the thief from steering the vehicle.

That too

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It is not only US spec. The steering lock is required by law in the EU (possibly other countries as well). I believe they are all using the Rev D model.

It is not required by law in the US, so Nissan made the smart decision to just remove them in 2012, I think.

^ My Z is 2011 i don't have this safely steering locking mechanism. Fyi

OK it was sometime mid-2011 then. Because I have a 2011 with Rev D.

Nah man, that isn't a dumb question. No worries there.

Now a real dumb question would be "Der, where do I put the gas in???"

all 2011 370Z's with a manufacturing date of June 2011 and above do not have the steering lock, my previous Z was part of the June production run and did not include the steering lock, but i have heard from quite a few people with Z's with a manufacturing date before June 2011 that have them.