I know what you mean,I spent the $435 on the Steering lock and went out yesterday and bought a GTM Supercharger kit.:tup::roflpuke2:

That's the way to do it, really. :tup: this issue is the least of my worries at this point. :D

Got my car back this past week. Originally they told me the part was on back order and that I wouldn't get my car back until the end of the month, but I'm not complaining.

As for the Autobarn, I would give the service department 9/10. Everyone I spoke with was helpful, polite, and professional. They got the tow truck out to me, the car in the shop, and fixed the issue in a timely manner without any BS that you can get from some dealers.

My only complaint, and why I gave them a 9 and not a 10, is that when I originally spoke with them on the phone to have my car brought in they assured me that they would keep me up to date on the car as it spent it's time at the dealership. They said they would call to let me know when it had gotten there, when they started looking at it, when they found the problem, and when they got it fixed.

I had to call them to find out that it had actually arrived and to find out they had started inspecting it, but after I reminded them that they had promised to keep me up to date they were very apologetic and did a much better job of keeping me in the loop.

It's wasn't a huge deal, but no one wants to be kept in the dark waiting and wondering whether their 40K paper weight has be turned back into a car. My biggest gripe was just that they told me they were going to do something and they weren't doing it.

That aside, they were a great shop to work with and I would definitely recommend them to anyone that needed to get some warranty work done.

dimer- good to hear you got your car back. btw, did you check which revision they put in the car? i would double check just to be sure. you'll want 48700-JF00D. :)

OK after reading most of the thread, what is sent to the ECM to tell the car to start? If it is just a switch on the lock, remove the lock and hotwire the switch, now you don't have to deal with it. If the ECM is looking at the motor for movement, that will be harder to fool the system, but could still be done. Point is to build a bypass and never give Nissan the $500 for something that should be a recall. I know we must have some EE's on this site.

Another idea would be to run 24V to it before your warranty goes out and get it replaced?

Can a forum please email me where to buy this part online? The 'D' version.
I called Courtesy, sold out. Another online vendor, i supplied my year, VIN, on their
contact form, never heard back. Local dealers in VA said it's special order only..



I have 'C' part, and want to buy the 'D' as insurance policy since I would hate to be stranded or wait wks from the dealer.

Much appreciated.

The "D" lock is on restricted order and will be difficult to get ,I got my "D" lock thru a dealer I know and had to give them alot of information and then get it approved by Nissan before he would order it.

Thank you for response.. Seems like sourcing out this part will be harder than i thought :shakes head:

Seems like collusion on the part of North American Nissan dealers. They know there's a problem, they have held back the inventory of the part. Which ultimately means owners will have no choice to bring their cars via Towed to dealer and shell out to pay for labor + part from the Nissan Dealer.

That's why I bought mine and put it in myself:tup:

Thanks
 

Thanks kenchan and everyone else who participated in this and the other steering lock threads!

I got my 09 in for steering lock replacement just days before the warranty expired. Although the lock did not fail when I took it in for service, with kenchan's DIY in-hand I was able to show the tech what the problem was. He hadn't seen the problem before but understood it after reading the DIY. It took 10 days to get a replacement lock and I checked; it's a "D".

If I hadn't read this DIY and about the tapping technique temporary solution, I'd have been SOL!

Good for you man:tup:

Glad to see you have a dealer that is open minded enough to listen to you.:tup:

wow thats awesome. warranty work on a part that will fail in the future. :tup:

Well, not quite. I experienced lock-up and managed to start the car with the "tapping technique". It started after that, which got me to the dealer without a tow-truck escort. The question then was when it would lock-up "hard" next. That would most likely have been outside my 36 month warranty.

Charlie- glad I (and rest of the people who contributed) could help. :tup:

Not as glad as I am! If you're ever in NC. I owe you a beer!