DIY: Steering Wheel Lock Failure FIX!

fritz

Hi,

Interesting that the Infinitis have the same lock.
No, the lock will not have “inhibited itself due to lack of physical restraints”. (Said with confidence from numerous tests with the lock, in various states, hanging from the column, to get an answer.)

Maybe you touched that one external screw…and it is absolutely NOT resettable and clever too!

Go back in these posts to mine of around Feb to March 2012. The post was … er…poohed….but there

is a way to operate without the lock, using an “eyeglass case” (search for that) for the electronics
which you have to take out of the lock. …There’s later ones for a lock rebuild.

Your lock now probably has the projection/plunger extended (locked position) which can be pushed in against a spring. When retracted, not against the spring, it sits flush with the unit.

a)Message me with your e-mail address as I’m not on this very often and we can “do it” you may be near enough…(I have a working butchered version) and I’ll dig back my records and --- or
Send me your original unit and, no charge, I’ll fix it…..probably.
b) This (excellent!) site has the Technical Service Bulletins (“TSBs”) from Nissan re their first “voluntary recall” on GTRs in March 2010 …. And their second for GTRs but including 370Z in March 2013….both for that infamous 48700 part.
……..Show that to the Infiniti folk…if you are still under warranty….and even if not.
Once one can get past all the “no” bureaucrats, Nissan can be helpful. Infiniti should kow-tow!
c) If you are only concerned with an instrument warning light,…when all is OK just dis the battery neg for a minute which works for a 370Z ….but you have to read the owners manual to stop the windows
misbehaving thereafter.

My guess is you have innocently put a tool near that solitary screw…and that’s screwed it!

Best regards,

Fritz