There's enough...

Right. I understand.

I think it's time we Z owners looked into this. Would anyone else be interested in persuing this?

Just retired from practicing law for nearly 40 years. Sorry...

My link is "key" light went on

UPDATE: I just heard from nissan this morning. I pleeded my case to them stating that I was unaware that this part is ONLY covered under the bumper to bumper warrenty. As my car has already passed the 36,000 mile warrenty coverage, it will cost me $1135,29 to get my car back!!! That is with a discount too. rev2 to rev4 re-programmed

Steering lock module: $850
Labor: $300
Re-programming: $400
towing: $185

REMOVE YOUR FUSE BEFORE YOU END UP WITH THE SAME BILL!!!!

see if you can revive your steering lock by tapping at it. then pull fuse or cut the brown wire.

or buy your steering lock from courtesyparts or similar online for about $500. follow DIY 'how to replace dreaded steering lock.' there's nothing to program. just remove, plug new one in, and start car.

i know from experience as i replaced mine to RevC when i made the DIY from RevB.
i will be cutting the wire and use revb when my revc dies.

towed mine in today, parts $790 labor $290 overnight shipping for parts $80 tow bill $75

should be ready tomorrow:ugh2:

:( hope you get her back soon for another 100K of :driving:

hope you get it back soon :ugh2: ............and another bites the dust!

hate to say it but you should have known better! you have been around here long enough :shakes head:

Pulling my fuse right before warranty runs out. Unreal that its not under recall.

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:iagree: :bs:

I should have done this before I put the car away for winter...oh well, I guess this is spring time modification #1

All I can say is wow. First off, that module is only around $500, so I'm not sure what the $350 dollar mark up is all about. Labor is literally a 30min job. There is a DIY thread on here about replacing the steering lock, so $300 dollars in labor?!?! Please. As far as I know there is no re-programming involved. There has been several people on here that replaced the lock their self, and I don't recall them ever having to re-program anything, so $400 dollars? Really? Sounds like the dealer is screwing you over :shakes head:

http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...rly-2010s.html

You guys who are being charged $800-$850 for the lock module plus $300-$400 labor are getting screwed about like the 53% of us that pay taxes are about to get screwed by Obama and the Democrats.
It's a $500 part and about a half hour in labor. The warranty on my car expired in September even though I only had about 26K miles on it. I installed the $50 harness in just a few minutes time before the lock had a chance to fail.
If I had been stranded somewhere and had to pay towing fees plus outrageous repair charges I would have invented some new 12 letter words.

As far as I can tell, the only "re-programming" required is clearing any DTCs that may have been set. But I have only been able to find the installation procedure for SLUs in GT-Rs.
All I can find in the 2009 370Z FSMs is "replace SLU" but no detailed procedure. Whether that's because the info is not there for security reasons or my mad search skillz have failed me, I dunno.