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Year: 2010

Model: Nismo

Transmission: 6MT

Miles: 52,200

Lock Revision: part manufactured 16.02.10 JF00C-B1-01

City: Fresno

State: CA

Country: USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? Yes (Tried removing fuse, didn’t do anything to help)

Downtime (how long without car)? One week
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Year: 2012

Model: Touring

Transmission: 6MT

Miles:60,000

Lock Revision: Unsure

City: Melbourne

State: Victoria

Province:

Region:

Country: Australia

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? Wasn't able to

Downtime 3 days

Cost: Over $3000 AUD at stealership :eek:

Happened after 10 Years...

Year: 2011

Model: Touring/Sport

Transmission: 6MT

Miles:50K+

Lock Revision: Unsure

City: Covington

State: Louisiana

Country: USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? Wasn't able to

Downtime 1 day

Cost: $540 at Dealership (after applying host of Discounts and Rewards Points!)

I never thought this issue would effect my 2011. I always thought this was a problem with the 2008 - 2010 370's. Boy was I wrong. I was in the fuse box a few weeks ago when I installed my Morimoto headlights with the DRL strips and had to run a new wiring harness with a fuse to them. Had I had an inkling that this was an issue with my car, I would have disabled the SLU by removing it's fuse then. I will be disabling it soonest - first opportunity I have, despite the repair. :shakes head:

MORAL OF THE STORY: if you have an '08 - 011 370Z, PULL THE FUSE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

Well despite having the revised steering lock unit replaced under the recall back in 2010 my 09 370z quit on me as I went to drive home from work yesterday, friday. Despite the steering wheel never locking I still couldn't get the car started. Even unhooked the battery for 15min. So I am getting the royal treatment, overpayed for a tow, combined with taking it to a Infinity dealer. I have a mechanic/friend that works there and he is top notch, they even allow him to use the service area on weekends to do sidework, but I couldn't get in touch with him before the dealership caught wind of my situation. So I am going to be on the hook for a considerable amount of money. Reflecting on this I blame myself for procasting the fuse pull. I only have 58K miles on this car and it's been very reliable, but Nissan and Infinity has probably lost another potential customer. Believe me my mechanic does not like the 3.0 liter TT motor after having worked on numerious Q-50, 60s over the years. In his opinion the old VQ 3.7 is so much less problematic. Well I just had to get this off my chest. Looking forward to a CSC replacement down the road:tiphat: