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

Originally Posted by CharlieFoxtro

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!