2010 370z Steering Wheel LOCKED!!

JARblue · 03-31-2020, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by happyz

do you have any suggestion on what I should try to do next?

Some more research? If you're pulling the fuse with the car off, you clearly have not read much on the matter. That's the one thing that you can be sure won't work.

Your best bet is to put the fuse back in, beat on the underside of the steering column where the lock is with a rubber mallet or something similar, and then while beating on it, push the start button repeatedly. If you have any luck at all, you can get the car into ACC and then you can remove the fuse.

happyz · 03-31-2020, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Some more research? If you're pulling the fuse with the car off, you clearly have not read much on the matter. That's the one thing that you can be sure won't work.

Your best bet is to put the fuse back in, beat on the underside of the steering column where the lock is with a rubber mallet or something similar, and then while beating on it, push the start button repeatedly. If you have any luck at all, you can get the car into ACC and then you can remove the fuse.

That's what I did originally. The beating of the underside of the steering column was not working so I used the pin trick to get the car ON and put it into ACC and then removed the fuse, but had no success with doing that.

JARblue · 03-31-2020, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by happyz

That's what I did originally. The beating of the underside of the steering column was not working so I used the pin trick to get the car ON and put it into ACC and then removed the fuse, but had no success with doing that.

My apologies. I misread your OP.

You got the car ON, removed the fuse while the car is on and that didn't work? Because it should have. Don't put the fuse back in if you haven't already.

Did you try inserting the keyfob in the fobgina on the left side of the steering column? Might be something else like a battery

happyz · 03-31-2020, 06:32 PM

Yea I did all that while in ACC, and then after tried to start the car but didn't work. I had to use pin to the pink wire trick to have start back up for me, so I could put it back in the garage. Now it's just stuck in lock mode w/ no fuse.

Do you think maybe I should put the fuse back in, and try to do attempt it again?

I had changed my key fob battery and inserted into the fobgina as well lol but no success

SouthArk370Z · 03-31-2020, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by happyz

Yea I did all that while in ACC, and then after tried to start the car but didn't work. I had to use pin to the pink wire trick to have start back up for me, so I could put it back in the garage. Now it's just stuck in lock mode w/ no fuse.

Do you think maybe I should put the fuse back in, and try to do attempt it again?

I had changed my key fob battery and inserted into the fobgina as well lol but no success

This has already been discussed extensively on this site. Yes, there's a lot to sift through. The link in my sig has some of the more helpful posts highlighted.

Or search for it. If this site's search function is not finding what you need, go to just about any web search engine (Google, DDG, Bing, etc) and add "site:the370z.com" to your search string. Eg, "ESCL site:the370z.com".

happyz · 03-31-2020, 09:51 PM

Update: I got it to work after fiddling with it a couple more times. Thanks alot guys! Appreciate the help, and saving me a 1000 bucks lol

JARblue · 04-01-2020, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happyz

Yea I did all that while in ACC, and then after tried to start the car but didn't work. I had to use pin to the pink wire trick to have start back up for me, so I could put it back in the garage. Now it's just stuck in lock mode w/ no fuse.

Do you think maybe I should put the fuse back in, and try to do attempt it again?

I had changed my key fob battery and inserted into the fobgina as well lol but no success

Absolutely you will need to put the fuse back in to try it again.

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Originally Posted by happyz

Update: I got it to work after fiddling with it a couple more times. Thanks alot guys! Appreciate the help, and saving me a 1000 bucks lol

Great news! I assume you were able to put the fuse back in, do the pin trick to get the car on and then pull the fuse successfully?

03-31-2020, 09:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
happyz Base Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: California Posts: 21 Drives: Nissan 370z Rep Power: 11	Update: I got it to work after fiddling with it a couple more times. Thanks alot guys! Appreciate the help, and saving me a 1000 bucks lol JARblue likes this.

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03-31-2020, 06:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
happyz Base Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: California Posts: 21 Drives: Nissan 370z Rep Power: 11	Yea I did all that while in ACC, and then after tried to start the car but didn't work. I had to use pin to the pink wire trick to have start back up for me, so I could put it back in the garage. Now it's just stuck in lock mode w/ no fuse. Do you think maybe I should put the fuse back in, and try to do attempt it again? I had changed my key fob battery and inserted into the fobgina as well lol but no success