DIY: Replace dreaded steering-lock on 2009s and early 2010s.

kenchan

kenchan

hey thechidz- trips mentioned one would need premium membership status to do the poll's...he's willing to help me out but since you already started collecting data if you'd like to do a poll, please PM triples to see if he can help you out instead.

ChrisSlicks

If you end up doing a poll just make it for the failure cases (year and rev), if you add a hasn't failed yet option then we can't change our vote when it does inevitably fail!

Like they used to say about the Corvette steering lock, it isn't a matter of if, it is a matter of when.

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happytheman

It would behoove us to be able to change our vote (if at all possible) in consideration that those of us that have yet to be afflicted...may become so.

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kenchan

spearfish- i would first check to see what kind of steering lock is used on the 2012's. you're still going to need the signal feeding back to the BCM, i thinks...

ChrisSlicks

Anyone seen a 2012 repair manual?

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370zproject

hmmm

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Brake Upgrade Package ate blue, hawk hp ceramic pads, and slotted rotors

kenchan

any update on your car and FREE replacement from dealer?

370zproject

well im going up there today in my dads red roadster gonna mark my old lock if they havent removed it yet then going to go ask them if they have any updattes

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GaleForce

When it comes down to it, these suppliers just build the parts to the Manufacturer's specifications... it's up to the manufacturer to relay corrections to the supplier...

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kenchan

in this case the supplier is not meeting the manfuacturer requirement. ive never heard of a major car manufacturer that specs their product to only work for 1yr or 12k miles. hahaha.

GaleForce

Yeah, but sometimes those blasted engineers are wrong...

Did you hear about the problem GM was having with their Impala? They decided to put on some cheaper parts for the rear suspension, when they did this it made the rear tires wear out in something like 8000 km. They issued a recall for the cop cars but not for the general public... big cluster ____ . Oh did I mention that this was a after a couple of years into build? Damn engineers. lol

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6MT

I must disagree. North American car manufacturers have been making their vehicles to realistically last only about 3 years. They don't want them to last longer because it means customers will have to replace their cars more often. In Europe, this kind of thinking went the way of the record player ...

BTW, rep points for this thread! Great info!

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Andrew

2009 370Z Sport/Touring 6MT sold
2013 Honda Civic Si coupe D/D

wstar

Yeah, the big-picture evidence of mfg shadiness is always that stupid differential between the full car warranty and the powertrain warranty. I don't see how the public has put up with that so long. E.g. when you see a standard warranty offer of 3 years bumper-to-bumper and 5 years powertrain: so the powertrain is warrantied to last 5 years, but the rest of the car, including lots of little stupid OEM-only parts you sell at ridiculous markup, is specced to fall to bits in 3? Why would someone buy into that deal unless they planned to throw out the car in 3 years (in which case, why the 5 year powertrain warranty?).

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kenchan

Guys, my G is 8 yrs old and I am the original owner. Not one problem on the car.

Wat do you say to that?