Z Won't Start: Immobilized?
 

I'm not able to start the car - the START button won't go passed Lock. I've tried putting the fob in the fobgina and it just beeps and flashes at me. I've tried my spare fob and even replaced the battery in my original fob - all to no avail.

Any ideas?!

LOL...

Look up steering lock issues... Its covered under warranty now.

Shoulda pulled the fuse.

welcome to december 2011 :tup:

:drama:

Ok yeah yeah - I've been lucky! Just reading up on that now... going to try a few DIY's, will let you know what happens.

Good luck.

Don't sweat it.
Tow it to the dealer to get a replacement steering lock unit, then pull the fuse.
Good luck!

Tow costs $25-175 and warranty replaces it for free.

They will just put a brand new one in, so you may want to pull the fuse.

I still haven't pulled the fuse since its been replaced. I need to do it ASAP.

Thanks for reminding me

Sorry for you. The steering lock is infamous.

We should have a "Pull the Fuse" meet for y'all that have a car w/this issue. :icon17:

Thankfully the '13's don't.

Are 12's prone to this problem also ?
What fuse do i pull ?

See sticky:
http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...rt-issues.html

2012 and newer Z's do not have a steering lock mechanism.

If the lock is engaged it's too late to pull the fuse, I would hit the Steering wheel lock with a hammer and see if that disengages the lock. Then pull the fuse from under the hood.

Sweet and thanks !

This is confirmed to work. ^^

Which is downright sad because its supposed to be a security feature. A security feature that is thwarted with some simple thumping of a hammer :rolleyes:

^ its only thwarted when the mechanism gets stuck.

hmmm, that's interesting. We don't need to go into how or why you know that :icon17:

I tried all of the known workarounds/DIY fixes to no avail in the parking lot of my subway garage. Thankfully I had CAA and the nearest dealership was <5 KM away so it was a free tow... only 5.5 hrs of my time from experiencing the problem to safely at home.

Spoke to the head tech at the dealership today and they confirmed the existence of the TSB and said if that's all that's wrong, then everything would be covered under warranty and I'd be out of there without spending a dime. I'm waiting for a call back when they've had a chance to look at the Z... will report back my findings.

Until then, I share with you this sad, sad image:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7444/1...aca12919_b.jpg

I wonder if this is maybe the clutch switch instead of the steering lock....


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Mid cycle 11's don't have that problem. Mines a late August build. Early 11's confirmed by one.

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Mine turned out to be the clutch pedal sensor. Even after I had my SLU replaced under recall.

Turned out to be the steering unit lock and it was replaced with a revision "D", which even sounds more GTR-like :). Picked her up last night at no charge to me but the bill for the part and labour was $924 taxes in. Thank goodness for a recall and to everyone in this thread and in the others who helped diagnose.

I will look into pulling the fuse on the weekend :).

Why get it replaced and still pull the fuse?

Why replace it and still take the fuse out?

Bc it could happen again even on a new SLU. There are reports of them failing as well.

Because I don't want to get stranded again

:tup:

That sucks. :inoutroflpuke: