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The story goes like this www.the370Z.com/Nissan-370Z-general-discussions/48434-Z-looked-awesome-tow-truck-sarcastic.html. www.the370Z.com/Nissan-370Z-general-discussions/48442-those-you-who-have-had-steering-lock-failure.html my story with my car is I had the key light come on about a month ago started researching found the forum and saw it was a common issue with my year so I sent a email to Nissan who basically gave me the run around saying we never have heard of it... so I went to the dealer had my remote key batteries replaced after they said that they would have to keep it for 3 days to do test... well I need my car to get to work so I left and would come back when I had time well about 1 week later I was at a home depot parking lot and it failed I could not start the car I was stuck long story shot after good help from Nissan I got it towed to a dealer and its going to sit there for about a week to a month because their systems were down and they could not tell how long the part that I mentioned (the steering lock ) was gonna take according to the forum its taken some people a month to get it please get this recalled... my dad hasn't yet but he has the year after mine so I want to get his fixed as well.
I was routinely driving to work on a Friday. I stopped to get gas. The car wouldn't start once I was done and a yellow/amber intelligent key light was on. I get a tow to the nearby Nissan dealership and they told me it's a steering wheel lock. They said it's happening on quite a few cars and that an Altima and another 370Z have been having the same issue and are waiting for the same part. I'm still waiting on the part and it happened over a month ago. This faulty part from the factory has been going out routinely for everyone who owns a 09-10 370Z, Altima and other Nissan vehicles that use the same steering wheel lock technology. It's absolutely enraging that Nissan is releasing these parts (knowing they're bad as they've made revisions on the newer 370Z) and forcing customers to pay for this out of pocket and wait a month to get the part. Check this forum for further confirmation: www.the370Z.com/Nissan-370Z-warranty-scheduled-maintenance-servicing-repairs/12294-intelligent-key-system-warning-light.html.
Steering lock solenoid failure at 38.5K 1,500miles after 36K warranty. After dealership played parts changer for 3 weeks they finally worked up to the steering lock solenoid. Steering lock assm. $542 - $622 - #48700-jf00B production date: 2008.10-2009.08 - #48700-jf00C production date: 2009.08-2009.10 - #48700-jf00C production date: 2009.10-2010.09 - #48700-jf00D production date: 2010.09- current (you want this one "D") obviously this part has gone through revisions. Total repair $837 - 3 weeks in the shop. Had to have car towed to dealer after the "yellow" key light showed up. This part has failed on many Nissan models with this type of electronic steering wheel lock. This needs to be a recall and anyone who paid to have it fixed needs to be reimbursed. A class action lawsuit need to be filed.
Yellow key light illuminated when car was started, even though had key fob in pocket. Went to dinner and upon returning to car, it would not start. Would not do anything, no response to depressing start button. Stranded with wife in 22 degree cold. Had to have it towed to dealer the next day. Ipdm had to be replaced. This is a very common problem with this car. If you google the problem, there are tons of folks out there that have had the same problem. This is common in many of the Nissan models that use the intellikey system. My take on it is the steering pin is not disengaging releasing it from the locked position causing a burn out of the ipdm. Probably due to stress placed on the steering wheel when entering and exiting the car.
- Decatur, GA, USA
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Got the car in 09 Nissan 370Z. First month ac went out. It been fix about 10X. They told me that it fixed for sure this time. (been over two years for it to be fix. Not sure it fix or not bc it still at the dealer) transmission replaced within 4 months of owning the car and throw out bearing. Transmission been look at about 4X. About two months ago my car turned off while at a stop light and 3 weeks ago I was going 55 mph and the car shut off on me while driving. I didn't have any power steering or brakes. Thank god I was able to stop. I took the car to the dealer ship and have them look at it. It took them over two weeks and couldn't find out what was wrong with it. Then they called a master tech to look at my car. He said the cause of the car to turn off bc of my aftermarket intake but I told him it turn off before I had that install onto my car. So I contacted Nissan Consumer Affairs. The tech and Nissan Consumer Affairs both told me to drive the car with my stock intake back on. Both did not care for my safety of driving the car.
Ignition failure. Unable to start car, or perform any action, results in only solution. Tow vehicle to dealership. Root cause: Defective intelligent power distribution module (ipdm) must be replaced. This is occurring on new 2009+ Nissan 370Z models.
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- Honolulu, HI, USA