Can't Start My 370
 

This morning when I started my 370 it chugged a little before it turned over. I drove it to work and parked it. Went to go to lunch and the car won't do anything. There's a yellow "key" icon to the left of the gas gauge lit up, and a red silouette of a car with a key in the middle of it next to the tach that lights up. I thought maybe my fob's battery had died so I had my wife bring the extra over that has never been used. Same deal. Still won't do anything. I put the fob into the hole to the bottom left of the steering column, but nothing happens and the same lights still appear. Any ideas? Is it a dead car battery? The fobs still work for locking/unlocking the doors. Doesn't seem like it's a dead fob battery since the extra key won't work either. Thanks in advance.

DIY Replace dreaded steering-lock on 2009s and early 2010s. do a search for this i found it under.... intelligent key light is on . when i did a search and in the first thread are a few things you can try to maybe get it to start bottom of the first post by kenchan

Damn good luck man.. take your car to the dealer if its still under warranty! It sounds like it is the steering wheel lock. :(

So there's something on this forum that will help? Can you just post the url to this thread please?

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

HERE is the link you may need. you can also try to tap it with a hammer to get it started to get to the dealer. :tup:

:icon18: beat u to it haha

Let me help you with that

find thread

My car has 13,000 miles on it, but it's an 09 so it's out of warranty. Am I screwed? What kind of bill are we talking about to get this problem fixed?

Has it been three years since purchase date? The part cost about $500.

Yep, warranty expired last September. I will never buy another Nissan.

Dang Dude, One problem and you're giving up on the whole line... let me see, anyone here know of ANY vehicle or line of vehicles that are absolutely problem free? Please let me know cause I'd want to get one too!

...my guess is this is your first vehicle and you are pretty young/inexperienced with cars...

Welcome to the world of mechanical things that break and you have to fix... :icon17:

failing to address a known/acknowledged issue is not the same as normal wear/tear...jus sayin

This is nowhere near the first problem I've had with this car. It only has 13K miles. And I'm 40 years old.

still does not justify condemning the whole nissan brand, sure you are entitled to your opinion, but personally i've owned 2 altimas and now my Z and have never had a problem with any of them mechanically. little things here and there maybe that were solved by just keeping up on maintenance and one blown power window motor that was replaced no questions asked, but other than that every nissan i've had has been solid. sorry for your problems with your Z, but keep the brand hate to a minimum please.

P.S.

i along with everyone else on this forum acknowledge that the whole intelligent key debacle is a known problem that nissan should have definitely looked into a long time ago for sure :)

from what i have been reading on this forum this isn't funny anymore.....
nissan screwed the pooch on this one....... there should be a recall for all 09-10 models........ makes me glad i bought an extended warranty knowing it's not if but when i get stranded i'm covered..............

I'm well aware of the steering lock and some other hiccups... but it's not stopping me from getting the Z...unless people start/ continue to file complaints with the .National highway safety admin .. it won't...unfortunately most car companies choose to ignore known issues ...it's not just Nissan

I've owned just about every brand of car at this point in my life. I've never had issues like I've had with this car. What's more troubling is that this is, by far, the most I've ever spent on a car and it's the one that has had the most issues, had the worst warranty, and the worst customer service at the dealership. I'm glad you've had great experiences with Nissan, but that hasn't been the case for me. And when you're spending this much money on something, it would be stupid to not learn from your experiences.

If I somehow end up having to spend $1000 or more on this repair just a few months after my warranty expired, and (again) with just 13,000 miles on the car, I'm done with Nissan.

nissan needs to fix this. for free! and give a loaner.

fair enough and again i'm sorry to hear about you having so many problems with your Z and hopefully it gets resolved quickly, i wish you only the best of luck in getting this whole mess sorted out and hopefully your next vehicle after the Z will treat you better :)

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Is it even worth going through the hassle of replacing the batteries in my fobs or trying to jump start it? Or should I just get it towed to the dealership? If I have to pay for it out of pocket, I might as well take it to my local import guy and get it done for half the labor cost.

If you bought the car in September of 09, I think you still have until September of 2012 before the warranty expired. That will be 3 years. Unless you purchased in September of 08, then never mind.

Just what I was thinking, especially since OP joined the forum September of '09!

Jeez, another one. I'm seriously thinking about just buying the part for peace of mind, even though I'm under warranty. Has anyone else done that? I'm seriously afraid to drive my 09 more than 30 miles away from home because of this.

yes, check DIY. i already swapped mine out and have the working original in my trunk with my mini ratchet so that i can replace in the field within 3min. :p

I just replaced mine last night. But I plan to buy another lock in a year. It's not just peace of mind but a hassle getting it on a tow truck, dealer spending weeks figuring out what's wrong then charging $1k for a 5 minute job.

try opening the seized one and see if you can free it. there was a member that actually fixed his RevB. :tup: then keep it in your trunk.
i hear this thing is pretty premative...

:iagree: that's what I'd be doing.

Can we all please start hammering Nissan so they put a damn recall out on these?

Kinda hoping to have a recall before mine goes ;) Warranty ends in... 2 days

I would be nice if a member has a fail part and shift it around to fellow members to put it in their car, and then let the dealer fix it under warranty before their warranty expired.

these things have serial numbers...

Or... you can say yours was acting up and you just happened to get it working again but don't want to risk it happening out of warranty.

And then show the dealer all the issues other members were having

True, but can they punch in the serial # and your car would show up? I doubt that.

If you can't reproduced, bringing it to the dealer will do nothing.

your VIN wouldn't show up at the dealer from your steering lock s/n but the manufacturer will not warrant the part if they get multiple claims of the same s/n...

which means you may not get your freebie replacement that you were entitled to.

Ahh good point, did not think of that.

that would have been nice thoough :iagree:

I worry a bit more now since my 2010 was manufactured in February, do I be proactive or just wait for it to happen at the worst possible time...or who knows, it never happens lol

So let's say I buy a new steering lock and keep it in the trunk with some tools, just for peace of mind in case I get stranded. And then say I get the steering lock fail on my original lock. So I swap it out for the new one, and then what? Can I drive to the dealer with the new lock installed and then present the failed lock to them and try to get it replaced under warranty? Or would I have to drive close to the dealer, get out, install the old faulty lock, and then hope I can get it working long enough to drive into the garage to show them? It seems like I would have to reproduce the problem and since it's intermittent, maybe the old lock will start working again when I show the dealer and then I'm back at square one? I'm confused about the best way to do this.

yeah, you know, I'm not far from this sentiment myself, and I've owned 5 Z's and 8 Nissans total. Nissan is not what it used to be IMO.

My 370 is paid for and running well so I am keeping it, but next time I plan a purchase it will not be with Nissan. At this point, I will never buy another car from them. Time will tell and things change, but that's where I am at right now, after 22 years of nothing but Nissans.