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Year:

Model: (Base or Touring)

Transmission: (6MT/7AT)

Miles:

Lock Revision:

City:

State:

Province:

Region:

Country:

Towed: Yes or No

Did You Disable SLU? Yes or No

Downtime (how long without car)?

Year: 2009
Model: (Base or Touring) touring
Transmission: (6MT/7AT) 6mt
Miles: failed at 33K
Lock Revision: B
City: St. Louis
State: Missouri
Province:
Region:
Country:
Towed: Yes or No Didn't need a tow
Did You Disable SLU? Yes or No... Nope
Downtime (how long without car)? 2 weeks. part rev d was on backorder. But they gave me a rental the 2nd week

Year:2009

Model: Touring

Transmission: 6MT

Miles: 41,000

Lock Revision: B

City: Los Angeles

State: CA

Province:

Region:

Country: USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? No

Downtime (how long without car)? Now 2 days

Year: 2009

Model: Touring

Transmission: 6MT

Miles: 29,xxx

Lock Revision: A

City: Exton

State: PA

Province:

Region:

Country: USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? No

Downtime (how long without car)? 2 weeks

Year: 2010

Model: Touring

Transmission: 7AT

Miles: 19,xxx

Lock Revision:

City: Houston

State: Texas

Province:

Region:

Country: USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? No

Downtime 3-5 days. (Don't really remember. But I believe 3 days above. But got a loaner car from them and covered by Nissan.)

Year: 2009
Model: Touring
Transmission: 6mt
Miles: 71k
Lock Revision: Rev B
City: Huntsville
State: Alabama
Province:
Region:
Country: USA
Towed: Yes
Did You Disable SLU? Yes
Downtime (how long without car)? 5 days.

Year: 2009

Model: Touring

Transmission: 6MT

Miles:59000

Lock Revision:

City:Brentwood

State:California


Province:

Region:

Country:USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? Yes or No

Downtime (how long without car)? going on a week!

feel free to use the info from my thread in this one, I haven't been compiling it lately

Year: 2010
Model: Touring
Transmission: 7AT
Miles: 26k
Lock Revision: Rev B
City: St. Louis
State: MO
Province:
Region:
Country: USA
Towed: Yes
Did You Disable SLU? No
Downtime (how long without car)? 4 days.

Year:2009

Model: (Base or Touring)Touring

Transmission: (6MT/7AT)7AT

Miles:36000

Lock Revision:A

City:Glendale

State:CA

Province:

Region:

Country:USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? No

Downtime (how long without car)? 2 weeks

Year: 2010
Model: Touring
Transmission: 7AT
Miles: 36500
Lock Revision: ?
City: Madison
State: AL
Province:
Region:
Country: USA
Towed: Yes
Did You Disable SLU? No
Downtime (how long without car)? 10 days

Year: 2009
Model: Base With Sport
Transmission: 6mt
Miles: 56k
Lock Revision: Rev B
City: Tulsa
State: Oklahoma
Province:
Region:
Country: USA
Towed: No
Did You Disable SLU? Yes
Downtime (how long without car)? 3 Hours

Year: 2009
Model: (Base or Touring) Touring
Transmission: (6MT/7AT) 7AT
Miles: failed at 30K (during cold weather season)
Lock Revision: B
City: Pittsburgh
State: PA
Country: USA
Towed: Yes
Did You Disable SLU? No - none of the suggested remedies worked
Downtime (how long without car)? 2 weeks.
Notes: I brought the car in for the same problem while under warranty 10 months prior, but because the vehicle started up eventually, the dealer claimed it was "poorly attached battery cables", i.e. my fault. Upon bringing the vehicle in this time (out of warranty), the dealer immediately identified it as the SLU.

Year:2009
Model: Touring
Transmission: 6MT
Miles: 45,100
Lock Revision: A?

(as it reads on the unit)
48700
9N00A-B1-01
T 4601101C
E08 M01
31.03.09

City: Philadelphia
State: PA
Country: USA
Towed: Yes
Did You Disable SLU? No (failed in unlocked position)
Downtime: 1 day
Failure Date: 1/24/13

Year:2009

Model: Touring/Sport/Navigation

Transmission: 6MT

Miles:42000

Lock Revision:?

City:Gastonia

State:NC

Province:

Region:

Country:USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? No

Downtime (how long without car)? 4 days

Mine failed last night
 

2009 370Z
83K miles
Touring & Manual Trans
Sacramento

Year:2009

Model: (Base or Touring) TOURING

Transmission: (6MT/7AT) 6MT

Miles: 47000

Lock Revision: A

City:OTTAWA

State:

Province: ONTARIO

Region:

Country: CANADA

Towed: YES

Did You Disable SLU? YES

Downtime (how long without car)? 5 DAYS

Year: 2009

Model: Touring

Transmission: 6MT

Miles: 21K

Lock Revision: ?

City: New Castle

State: DE

Country: USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? No

Downtime (how long without car): 2 Days

Year: 2009

Model: Touring

Transmission: 6MT

Miles: 38000

Lock Revision: N/A (I opened the SLU and aligned the small pin and gear, then reassembled) :happydance:

City: Winthrop Harbor

State: IL

Province:

Region:

Country: USA

Towed: No

Did You Disable SLU? Yes

Downtime (how long without car)? 2 days

Year: 2009

Model: Base

Transmission: 7AT

Miles: 27,442

Lock Revision: B

City: Chicago

State: IL

Towed: No

Did You Disable SLU? Yes

Downtime (how long without car)? 1 day

Year: 2009

Model: NISMO

Transmission: 6MT

Miles: 35xxx

Lock Revision:

City: Pennsauken

State:nj

Province:

Region:

Country:US

Towed: ..yes

Did You Disable SLU No

Downtime (how long without car)? 4days

Year:2009

Model: (Base or Touring) Nismo

Transmission: (6MT/7AT) 6MT

Miles:22500

Lock Revision:

City:Somerset

State:NJ

Province:

Region:

Country:US

Towed: Yes or No NO

Did You Disable SLU? Yes or No NO

Downtime (how long without car)? 6hrs

Year: 2010

Model: Base

Transmission: 7AT

Miles: 46,000

Lock Revision:

City: Knoxville

State: TN

Province:

Region:

Country:USA

Towed: Yes, Flatbed.

Did You Disable SLU? No

Downtime (how long without car)? 5 Days.

Note: Nissan USA reimbursed me for 1/2 of the repair cost.

Steering Lock Failure in 2010 Nissan 370Z
 

Year: 2010

Model: (Base or Touring): Touring

Transmission: (6MT/7AT): 6MT

Miles: 34,361 (at time of failure)

Lock Revision: 48700-JF00D

City: San Pedro

State: CA

Province: Los Angeles County

Region: West

Country: United States

Towed: Yes or No: Yes, flatbed

Did You Disable SLU? Yes or No: No

Downtime (how long without car)? 1 day

Year: 2009

Model: Touring

Transmission: 6MT

Miles: 13000 approx

Lock Revision: B

City: Calgary

State:

Province: Alberta

Region:

Country: Canada

Towed: No

Did You Disable SLU? Yes

Downtime (how long without car)? 3.5 months (left in garage and drove other car until DIY fix worked)

Year: 2009

Model: Touring

Transmission: 7AT

Miles: 44,000

Lock Revision: I'll check another time


City:

State: New York

Province:

Region:

Country: United States

Towed: No

Did You Disable SLU? Yes

Downtime (how long without car)? my buddy was able to shake the steering wheel enough to get unlock it and then get the car to start again. I pulled the steering lock fuse a few minutes ago and no issues so far. (this is my gf car, but I will be pulling my steering lock fuse as well)

Year: 2009

Model: Touring with Sport

Transmission: 7AT

Miles: 33,000

Lock Revision: A

City: Seattle

State: WA

Country: USA

Towed: No, I was able to start the car one more time using the 'tapping' method then drove it to the dealership

Did You Disable SLU? No

Downtime: 4 days

Repair Cost: $1335

Got me this weekend while I was visiting family in Clearwater (I live in south Florida).

Year: 2009
Model: Touring
Transmission: 6MT
Miles: 78k
Lock Revision: I don't know what this means
City: Clearwater
State: FL
Country: USA
Towed: Yes, to Nissan dealership
Did You Disable SLU? No
Downtime: 3 days
Repair cost: $1370

Add me to the Club!
 

Year: 2009
Model: Touring with sport pkg
Transmission: 6MT
Miles: 67,669
Lock Revision: probably B
City: Fort Worth
State: TX
Country: USA
Towed: Yes
Did You Disable SLU? No
Downtime: 2 days, would have been 1 but the window switch shorted out and needed to be ordered in. (no charge)
Repair cost: $1085.90 before tax

Year: 2009
Model: NISMO
Transmission: 6MT
Miles: 44,000
Lock Revision: ?
City: Anaheim
State: CA
Province:
Region:
Country: USA
Towed: Yes
Did You Disable SLU? No
Downtime (how long without car)?

Year:2009
Model: (Base or Touring) Base
Transmission: (6MT/7AT) 7AT
Miles: 52,000
Lock Revision: Not Sure
City: Battle Creek
State: MI
Province:
Region: SW
Country: US
Towed: Yes
Did You Disable SLU?No
Downtime (how long without car)? 2Days

Nissan repaired my car for free because they said a recall has been posted.

Model: Base plus Sport package

Transmission: 6MT

Miles: 8900

Lock Revision: I don't know, my car is a 2011

City: Hawthorne

State: NJ

Province:

Region:

Country: USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? No

Downtime (how long without car)? 6 days including weekend.

Year:2009

Model: base

Transmission: 6MT

Miles: 37,000

Lock Revision: ?

City: chandler

State: az

Province:

Region:

Country: USA

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? No

Downtime 1 day

Year: 2009
Model: Base
Transmission: 6MT
Miles: 50,000
Lock Revision: ?
City: Houston
State: TX
Province:
Region:
Country: USA
Towed: Yes
Did You Disable SLU? No
Downtime (how long without car)? 2 days

Recall has been issued. Dealer said letters being sent out was issued about a week ago. I already had mine replaced couple years ago. They said complete new redesign and needed to replace mine under new recall even thou I had updated unit. I do not know how they will handle those paid to repair

Nissan has been re-imbursing those that paid to have a qualifying ESCL replaced. Anyone that paid to have their ESCL replaced should contact their dealer or NissanUS.

From what I can tell from the autopsy pics that have been posted, it's not a "new redesign," but merely another minor revision.

My car failed last couple of months. And I got same letter. Called my dealer and they said I still need to bring my car in even I got same part. So they replaced my last week with exact same part number.


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Btw. Just want to add this.

When bring the car in for recall of the steering lock. Make sure bring with u the spare key if u guys have one. So they can reprogram it to the new part. If accidentally forget it. Keep the invoice so later u guys don't need to explain to them the whole story. Actually when I bring my car in last week for recall I forgot to bring my spare key. So I need to go back to dealer and have them reprogram it. Well who knows we might need the spare key anytime or in the future.


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Year: 2010

Model: Roadster

Transmission: 7AT

Miles: 54.000 Km

Lock Revision: yes

City:

State:

Province:

Region: Normandie

Country: France

Towed: Yes

Did You Disable SLU? r No

Downtime (how long without car)? 21 days !!

We are living in the Netherlands, happened in France !

Lol wtf...