ATTENTION!! 2009-2010 owners with steering lock/wont start issues

Fuzz · 11-25-2018, 03:39 PM

My 2009 Z wouldn't start yesterday & I had to have it towed to the Nissan dealership. I had the recall work done on this car back in 2013. They replaced the P3208 steering lock. But now, it appears the problem is this new part. As the car would do nothing when trying to start it. The new part they put in back in 2013 is: D8700-JF00D.
Anyone have any information about this?

SouthArk370Z · 11-25-2018, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Fuzz

My 2009 Z wouldn't start yesterday & I had to have it towed to the Nissan dealership. I had the recall work done on this car back in 2013. They replaced the P3208 steering lock. But now, it appears the problem is this new part. As the car would do nothing when trying to start it. The new part they put in back in 2013 is: D8700-JF00D.
Anyone have any information about this?

You have a revision D ESCL. All revisions of the ESCL are prone to failure. There are several DIYs on a possible fix to your problem (in a nutshell: beat the crap out of it until it unlocks and then pull the fuse). Search this site for "ESCL", "steering lock", "pull the fuse", etc. I prefer to go to DuckDuckGo (or any other major search engine) and add "site:the370z.com" to my search string (eg, "ESCL site:the370z.com").

Fuzz · 11-25-2018, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

You have a revision D ESCL. All revisions of the ESCL are prone to failure. There are several DIYs on a possible fix to your problem (in a nutshell: beat the crap out of it until it unlocks and then pull the fuse). Search this site for "ESCL", "steering lock", "pull the fuse", etc. I prefer to go to DuckDuckGo (or any other major search engine) and add "site:the370z.com" to my search string (eg, "ESCL site:the370z.com").

The vehicle was towed to the Nissan Dealership late in the afternoon yesterday. If in fact, the ESCL has failed (I am almost 100% sure this is the problem) do I have any chance at all of having part, or all of the repair covered? My car is at the same dealership that replaced the first ESCL.

SouthArk370Z · 11-25-2018, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Fuzz

The vehicle was towed to the Nissan Dealership late in the afternoon yesterday. If in fact, the ESCL has failed (I am almost 100% sure this is the problem) do I have any chance at all of having part, or all of the repair covered? My car is at the same dealership that replaced the first ESCL.

I doubt it but you need to ask the dealer. If you don't like the dealer's answer, contact Nissan USA.

Fuzz · 11-26-2018, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

I doubt it but you need to ask the dealer. If you don't like the dealer's answer, contact Nissan USA.

Will let you guys know what happens.

11-25-2018, 03:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Fuzz Base Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: NJ Posts: 5 Drives: 09 370Z Rep Power: 14	My 2009 Z wouldn't start yesterday & I had to have it towed to the Nissan dealership. I had the recall work done on this car back in 2013. They replaced the P3208 steering lock. But now, it appears the problem is this new part. As the car would do nothing when trying to start it. The new part they put in back in 2013 is: D8700-JF00D. Anyone have any information about this? Last edited by Fuzz; 11-25-2018 at 03:48 PM.

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