Your questions have been answered already. Click on the "Steering Lock Links" link in my sig.

In a nutshell, if beating on it doesn't work then you have to repair the unit yourself (not for the faint of heart) or replace it (it's not an easy DIY, but not that difficult either).

Do you get lots of service done at the dealer (or have you bought lots of cars from them)? If you spend lots of money there, you are a good candidate for "good will" service.

Tell them the Rev D model had failures prior to the recall even being issued. And then they just got rid of it all together. I cannot imagine how big of a hassle it would be for the dealers if every Z on the road still had an ESCL in it. Nissan deserves to take it up the rear for the ESCL fiasco :shakes head:

its kinda funny i still have my working rev b and c. :p

Shes Alive!
 

Hey guys, thanks for all the help! So after getting my car towed 23 miles on Monday, hassling with Nissan and their utter BS, and making a couple trips to the dealer where it was parked dead: I fixed it myself! Yesterday after I got off of work at 5pm I went straight to the dealer the 2nd time but this time with a hammer a mirror and a light. I layed the mirror on the drivers side floor under the steering collumn and aimed the light at it with one hand and had the hammer in another. My friend who was there with me was hitting the push start while I was banging away at the steering lock module. All the sudden we heard "CLICK" and it went from lock to "ACC". I shouted "WOOOOOO" decently loud in the Nissan service garage. I then engaged the clutch started her up and did a 4k rev on a cold start. (I know I know, I was just too happy to hold it in) I was muttering to myself saying not today Nissan, thats MY $1,300! :owned: Needless to say they took the car from right next to 2 brand New GTR's and then parked it outside, I happily paid the miniscule $106 Diag fee and was on my happy way :driving:. We went to my buddies house and instantly popped the hood and pulled the 10amp fuse and she has been working like a charm since. :tup:

Nice work! :tup:

I find it funny that Nissan thinks Rev D is still ok for 370Z owners, but GT-R owners got a recall that included Rev D. Wait... that's not funny :shakes head:

I bet I activated my ESCL more times in the first two months of ownership than you have in 5 years of ownership :p

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my :p should have been more like a :wtf2:

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So my 2010 Nissan 370Z failed for this very issue recently. Same part number as mentioned in the campaign notice and the dealer confirmed the fix is to replace it with the D model steering lock.

Apparently my VIN isn't entitled to a free repair despite everything being exactly the same. I opened a case with Nissan Consumer Affairs and they called me and told me they are unable to provide any assistance with this repair. I asked why when everything is identical to the campaign information and she bullshitted me saying they use different suppliers and only some are covered.

At this point I'm out over $1200 for this stupid repair because I couldn't get my car into Acc by hitting the steering lock to get the fuse pulled.

I cannot believe Nissan is refusing to honor this repair with all of the facts provided.

Does anyone here know of any escalation points within Nissan USA I could contact about this?

My case was escalated up to the executive specialist with the office of the VP. They are claiming that despite it failing in the exact same way as the others the supplier tied to my VIN did not have a justifiable reason to be recalled like the others.

Now they are looking into a "good will" deed by paying for it but it's taking forever to get an answer from them while my car sits at the dealership fixed doing nothing.

Have you gotten it fixed yet? You might be able to get it started on your own before you shell out for the repair. If you can get it started, you can pull the fuse or cut the wire and tell the dealer to go fuck themselves.

Good will coverage is an option for some. If you buy lots of cars from that dealer or get lots of non-warranty service done, then they might provide coverage because they've made so much money off you over the years that eating $1200 is totally worth it to keep a sucker that keeps spending money happy. Nissan doesn't care for people that do their own service work.

Good luck, sidezero. I've got my fingers crossed for you.

Oh... it looks like they already fixed it :(

Good luck man. Unless you spend a lot of money at the dealer, they are unlikely to do "good will" coverage.

Finally got my car back yesterday from them.

Nissan decided to split the cost 50/50 on the repair. Total cost out of pocket was $564.

The service advisor told me they had 2 other 370Zs come in after mine with the same problem. 1 covered under the campaign, 1 not.

I'm glad Nissan did something for me but I'm still pretty pissed that I had to pay anything at all for a known issue and go through all of this trouble fighting them. They absolutely refuse to update the campaign and take care of their customers. They even tried to make it sound like they were doing me a favor by covering 50% of it.

This vehicle will be sold in the near future and Nissan just lost all future business they might have gotten from me if they would have done what is right.

Sounds like another win for the dumbarse canned message team.. :ugh: