Those of you who have had Steering Lock Failure

LMBmikeZ

Good thing it was under warranty, that would have been a huge to have happen out of warranty and have to cough up the $$


With the new one are you still going to do one of the three fixes?

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OldGuy

Took my '09 370 in today for the dealership to pull the fuse. They were bewildered. After I showed them copies of posts from this forum, the finally figured it out but are making a big deal out of it and are dragging their feet on doing it. They're now willing, but since they have to remove the surrounding part of the cover out to get to the fuse box on the wheel side of the battery, they are saying it will take "at least an hour of tech's time" and will have to bill accordingly. I have no choice as tomorrow is last day of warranty. But doesn't an hour sound a bit too much time for this simple task, or am wrong? I can't do anything like this myself (lawyering is my trade), so I'm stuck.

bfowlzr33

it literally takes 5 minutes i dont know why you would put yourself through going to the stealership. so now your probably going to have to pay them for doing something you could have done and saved money theres a thread that shows you how to do it

SouthArk370Z

As others have noted, it's a five minute job _if you are confidant_. If you are a bit timid about messing up a customer's car doing a procedure that is not in the manual, up to fifteen minutes. Some shops have a one hour minimum, but it's not a one hour job. Personally, I don't have a problem paying a $50-60 minimum - as long as my problem is fixed.

I'm a bit surprised that they have not at least heard of the yank-the-fuse fix. Small shop?

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OldGuy

Medium sized Nissan franchise but they don't sell many "exotic" cars, like Z's and absolutely no GT-R's here---semi-rural Western Pennsylvania. They really drew a blank and had to read my print outs of forum postings to figure out the fuse location, etc. Werent even aware of the steering lock failure phenomenon. Nice guys though. Hopefully, my corner garage buddy will yank it tomorrow in exchange for a lunch with him at Appleby's!

OldGuy

Nissan was going to remove the fuse from the fuse box located under the hood in the battery compartment on the driver's side. They showed me two black fuse boxes under there, and they claim the steering lock fuse is in the fuse box to the left of the battery (wheel side). Does this sound like they know what they're doing or is the fuse box at another location. They said the other fuse box in that battery compartment did not contain the steering lock fuse., That fuse box was easy to access. To get into the fuse box where they say the steering lock fuse is located, they say they have to remove a plastic framing piece that sort of frames in the battery cover. If they didn't have to remove that whole piece to get to the fuse box, it would only take a few minutes. Do they know what the heck they are talking about? My corner mechanic is following my guidance and hoping to find the fuse in that hard to get to fuse box.

SouthArk370Z

That's it. It's called IPDM-E/R in the service manuals. Fuse is on the bottom left when you get the cover off. Check the cover for a diagram showing each fuse and look for "Steering Lock"

Yes, the frame around the battery cover has to be removed. See one of the DIYs on this site for more info. It's an easy job.

Edit: "on the driver's side" - I'm assuming you meant passenger (right) side.

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OldGuy

Yes, thank you and thank you for your "edit." I did mean passenger side.