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Car won't start!...and it's not the Steering Lock...

ISSUE FIXED see this post: http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...ml#post2389402 Anyone else having this intermittent issue? I have done the steering lock fuse delete on my 2010 Z. After that, I occasionally had a

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Old 07-01-2013, 03:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Exclamation Car won't start!...and it's not the Steering Lock...

ISSUE FIXED see this post:
http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...ml#post2389402

Anyone else having this intermittent issue?

I have done the steering lock fuse delete on my 2010 Z. After that, I occasionally had a delay in starting the car. Get in, push the clutch in, push the start button and noting happened for a couple of seconds and then... vroom, away she goes.

Now, I get in the car, push the clutch in and then push the start button. The car goes to Access then does nothing. I push the button once more and it goes to On, but no starting. I push again to Off and the cycle repeats three or four times with no luck. Then, for no apparent reason, it will start either from the Off position with one push, or from the Access position with another push...

what gives? I have changed the key fob battery, tried putting the key in the fobgina, no difference!

Reflash the ECU? I have UpRev but I really don't think it's the issue here. I am thinking maybe it is the push button Start switch itself.

Ideas anyone?? I am tired of sitting in the car with the dome lights going off and on for five minutes trying to get the car to start!
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Old 07-01-2013, 03:42 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Check your clutch switches?
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have you tried putting the steering lock fuse back in the car? try that first.
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Check your clutch switches?
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i wonder if the IPDM is broken?

i remember early on dealers were swapping IPDM before the steering lock.
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really off topic...but i LOL'd when i read Fobgina
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Check your clutch switches?
Forgot to mention I adjusted the pedal switch to make sure it was making full contact.
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have you tried putting the steering lock fuse back in the car? try that first.
This is next. I have a new steering lock waiting for me at the dealer too. Just need an appointment. Was hoping to eliminate this problem first.
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i hope it's not the clutch switch...not that it should cost that much out of pocket anyway. i can almost see the dealer telling you "you MODIFIED the clutch pedal return spring, thus causing the failure, warranty is denied" lol
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then you get pissed and start calling nissan consumer affairs....

then get a stupid canned message lady on the other end of the line...
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This is interesting. I will point Pintsize towards this thread because she is having what seems to be a very similar issue except in a 7AT. Push brake, push start button, car goes to ACC instead of turning over.
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When I removed my steering lock fuse, sometimes my car wouldn't start when pushing the start button, only when I would put the key into the fob was when it would finally start. I bought a new REV D lock, installed it and put the fuse back in, no more starting issues. Maybe yours could be related?
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...so are we starting to see the initial failures of the 'remove steering lock fuse remedy'?

and you guys know baer's long gone with his new nismo that doesn't even have the steering lock...
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wheee!, had the same problem as JARblue mentioned above. Has not happened in a bit over a week but I am now experiencing the "normal" start delay more frequently.
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wheee!, had the same problem as JARblue mentioned above. Has not happened in a bit over a week but I am now experiencing the "normal" start delay more frequently.
Did yours always fire up the next round? Or did it take a few cycles, like wheee! mentioned?
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