Why didn’t you pull the fuse?

Because I could not get it past LOCK and I didn't have a mallet/hammer handy.

Cut the brown wire and now the car shorts out!
 

Hey guys

So my steering lock failed and so I cut the brown wire. The steering lock has been disengaged and I can go into acc mode with no issues but when I try actually start the car, the whole thing either shorts out and turns off or makes a loud blurring noise (like someone’s being electrocuted constantly). I have also pulled the fuse out and this makes no difference. Im panicking now and not sure what to do as I can’t even start my car

It sounds like the locking pin may not have been fully retracted when you cut the brown wire. If that is the case, you need to reinsert the fuse and reconnect the brown wire, hit on the ESCL until the locking pin actuates the internal switch(es), then pull the fuse (and/or disconnect the brown wire). See link in my sig for more info.

I recently went through this issues. Stuck in the parking lot without the ability to turn the car on. Steering wheel would still turn, so not fully locked, but unable to get car into ACC or ON positions with starter button.

I first did the pink wire grounding trick to start the car to get her home. Once home I pulled the fuse. Was still getting the yellow key light on dash intermittently (tried replacing battery), so figured I should replace the faulty module.

I went with this replacement from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/WATERWICH-Com...ve%2C90&sr=1-1

It worked great, and was a pretty easy swap. Found some instructions on Youtube and followed those. a few things to note:
- I do not think you need to remove the lower plastic piece under the steering wheel, nor the metal shield. I did both, but am pretty sure I could have accessed the module without removing the other pieces.
- Someone mentioned using small needle nose pliers to remove the breakaway bolts. this worked great for me. no need to pull out the Dremel in that tight space
- the replacement piece is larger than the stock one. it fits fine, but it prevents you from being able to access the bolts once installed. It comes with new breakaway bolts, but once installed you won't be able to access them like you can with the stock module. So instead of installing the new breakaway bolts i used the Dremel on the stock breakaway bolts to turn them into flathead screws by cutting a small groove into them BEFORE installing on the car. Now should I need to replace this module later, I can remove those bolts with a stubby screwdriver.

All together about a 2 hours job start to finish. Yellow key light went away upon installation of new module.

My steering lock did not fail. But I want to remove it. I am preparing the car only for competition and the lock is heavy and annoying. Is there any method to remove it and not get an error due to lack of a module? Thank you.