How many of you have pulled the steering lock fuse?

dweedlebug

I voted No because I preemptively cut the brown wire last night.

Own a 2011 Nismo w/ 6k miles, lock was rev. C, car build date of Oct. 2010.

Thanks for all the research into this.

Baer383

That doesn't make sense can you elaborate to why you cut the wire?

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dweedlebug

I cut the wire because it was the quickest way (for me) to eliminate the steering lock.

No idea if my rev. C was or wasn't going to fail, but now I know it can't.

Having read a bit on the options, wanted to avoid any possibility of the start-up delay (real or not) with pulling the fuse.

Comparing the time (for me) to pull the connector/cut the brown/tape vs. remove the plastic rivets/moldingtrim/fusebox to pull the fuse, cutting the brown was quicker and involved less pcs.

Took me literally 4 minutes and everything is perfectly normal except no more steering lock.

Baer383

That's sounds good, I just wanted you to know that this delay ,some people have blown this way out of proportion.

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dweedlebug

I can believe that. I considered pulling the fuse, but cutting was just going to be faster.

No idea how real the start-up delay is or isn't, but I don't have to worry about it either way now.

SouthArk370Z

I'm glad to hear you've fixed the problem - no matter which method you used.

The startup delay does not appear to be connected to SLU fuse removal - many who have not disabled the SLU are reporting the delay. Many who have cut the wire or installed the harness are reporting the delay.

The main advantage to the harness and fuse-pull is that you can go back to factory condition very easily and no one can tell. Cutting the wire is permanent (at least cosmetically).

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dweedlebug

Thanks for the info. I've not read every thread from beginning to end and don't have a feel for how many reported delays are attributted to fuse vs. harness vs. cutting vs. stock.

I've wondered if the delay was all in people's heads or if it was just a quirk with their particular car regardless of the SLU issue.

I keep my toys for many years and am not worried about going back to stock. Cutting the wire was just the fastest way for me to eliminate the SLU.

I do appreciate everyone's time and research to come up with these options for the Z community. This place rocks.