How many of you have pulled the steering lock fuse?

doesntcount

Man, I wish I knew about this earlier. I need to follow this forum more thoroughly. My steering lock died earlier this week. Towed it to the dealer. $1600 to fix.

The service techs told me the proved that it was in fact the failed steering lock by putting in a steering lock from an altima and "running the tests which pass with the working lock, but fail with my lock."

I told them if they can get it started, that they should pull the fuse then we'll be good to go. They told me something about that not working because of some communication with either the BCM or ECU (can't remember which). I'm a car tech noob.

Does this make any sense, or should I push back on this?

Baer383

They are Nissan techs and they have no Fvcking clue,
My discovery to remove the fuse has been argued since I recommend it and nobody has had any problems(except for a delay in starting which has not been proven to be related)if the Nissan techs studied these cars as much as we do they just may learn something.

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SouthArk370Z

The fuse that we have been removing supplies power to the locking pin drive motor in the SLU. The communication that they are talking about is powered from another source.

If you are comfortable removing a trim panel in the engine compartment, pulling the fuse is a pretty easy DIY job.

The fact that your service department is either ignorant of how the system works or is blowing smoke up your a$$, leads me to suggest finding another dealer - one that has worked on a few 370Zs before. From what I could tell, mine was the first Z my local service dept had seen. I quickly changed to another dealer.

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doesntcount

So I'm confused. I think I'm getting conflicting comments here, but I may just be misunderstanding.

Surfdog are you saying that the idea of putting in the altima lock, getting the car into ACC, and pulling the fuse won't work?

And Baer and SouthArk are saying that it should work?

If it should work, then I'm going to push back on them with this idea.

I'd really like to not have to tow my car to another shop

SouthArk370Z

If they have already replaced the SLU, just follow one of the procedures for removing the fuse.
You have to have a SLU installed, with working electronics and the microswitches in the proper position, for anything to work. Once the locking pin is retracted and the microswitches are correct, you can remove the fuse. This will disable the motor that drives the locking pin and switches. With the pin in the retracted/unlocked position, the system is happy - it doesn't look for a transition from locked to unlocked.

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