HELP: Steering column Locked
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HELP: Steering column Locked Steering column has locked a couple other times and has always unlocked after a few mins of messing with it.... Well this time it locked up in a parking lot and I cant get it to unlock.... Messed with it for probably an hour or so...
So I bought the bypass. Still didnt unlock it tho. So I need to just get the steering wheel unlocked and then the bypass should work as like its suppose to.
So is there anyway to get this damn steering wheel unlocked? Im really ready to get into a C6, hope they arent as troublesome as C5's
So I bought the bypass. Still didnt unlock it tho. So I need to just get the steering wheel unlocked and then the bypass should work as like its suppose to.
So is there anyway to get this damn steering wheel unlocked? Im really ready to get into a C6, hope they arent as troublesome as C5's
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Well Chevy is telling me the recall expired in 2/2008... So I would be stuck with all the expenses...
Kinda makes me want to go drive into a wall with the steering wheel locked up and sue the **** outta GM...
Damn they **** me off...
Kinda makes me want to go drive into a wall with the steering wheel locked up and sue the **** outta GM...
Damn they **** me off...
Get a ride to Corvettes of Houston (I-45 N of beltway 8) and buy their column lock bypass. It comes with a tool that you plug into the servo harness, and then into the cigarette lighter. This will disengage the lock, and then you can install the bypass module.
The other option is to jerk the living hell out of the wheel until is comes free.
The other option is to jerk the living hell out of the wheel until is comes free.
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I did buy the bypass from Corvettes of Houston... But the cigarette lighter adapter didnt unlock the column. I read that it does nothing more than what turning on the ignition does. It just sends a signal to the motor...
But I think I finally fixed it. And the car is back here at my place now... I took the plastic shroud off that was covering the steering column.. I could barely see a part of the pin that was going through the column, So I jammed and pryed at it with a screw driver and it unlocked....
So I just plugged in the bypass... Did some AutoX in the parking lot to make sure nothing would lock up and headed home.
Once the column is unlocked and I plug in the bypass, its as simple as that right? No need to reset anything or pull any fuses right?
But I think I finally fixed it. And the car is back here at my place now... I took the plastic shroud off that was covering the steering column.. I could barely see a part of the pin that was going through the column, So I jammed and pryed at it with a screw driver and it unlocked....
So I just plugged in the bypass... Did some AutoX in the parking lot to make sure nothing would lock up and headed home.
Once the column is unlocked and I plug in the bypass, its as simple as that right? No need to reset anything or pull any fuses right?
i was in the SAME situation as you. except mine luckily stuck in the parking lot of my apt complex.
i got it undone by forcefully beating the steering wheel until it came undone then put the harness inline.
mine had instructions i believe. i remember pulling a fuse under the passenger floormat for something though, to long ago to remember.
keep the bypass box on it.
a chevy dealer will adivse against this and tell you to come in for the 'recalled' version.
that is UNTIL you read all the stories of it doing the same exact thing as the previous model doing, i've even heard of guys getting it done 2 or 3 times and even new steering assembles and complete columns replaced to only happen again. crazy.
my box worked from the start and hasnt failed me yet, so i'm sticking to that.
i got it undone by forcefully beating the steering wheel until it came undone then put the harness inline.
mine had instructions i believe. i remember pulling a fuse under the passenger floormat for something though, to long ago to remember.
keep the bypass box on it.
a chevy dealer will adivse against this and tell you to come in for the 'recalled' version.
that is UNTIL you read all the stories of it doing the same exact thing as the previous model doing, i've even heard of guys getting it done 2 or 3 times and even new steering assembles and complete columns replaced to only happen again. crazy.
my box worked from the start and hasnt failed me yet, so i'm sticking to that.
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The dealership I bought the car from told me I would have to
pay for the repair because per the GM database the initial fix
had been performed on my car. I in turn towed the car to
another dealership only a few miles away from me. The tech
looked at the car and said the initial fix had never been done
to my car (imagine that a service department lying about doing
the initial fix to GM). They took out the complete locking plate
so now my steering wheel turns free all the time whether the
engine is cranked or not and they did not charge me a cent for
the repair work..
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I would call around. My steering column locked 3 weeks ago.
The dealership I bought the car from told me I would have to
pay for the repair because per the GM database the initial fix
had been performed on my car. I in turn towed the car to
another dealership only a few miles away from me. The tech
looked at the car and said the initial fix had never been done
to my car (imagine that a service department lying about doing
the initial fix to GM). They took out the complete locking plate
so now my steering wheel turns free all the time whether the
engine is cranked or not and they did not charge me a cent for
the repair work..
The dealership I bought the car from told me I would have to
pay for the repair because per the GM database the initial fix
had been performed on my car. I in turn towed the car to
another dealership only a few miles away from me. The tech
looked at the car and said the initial fix had never been done
to my car (imagine that a service department lying about doing
the initial fix to GM). They took out the complete locking plate
so now my steering wheel turns free all the time whether the
engine is cranked or not and they did not charge me a cent for
the repair work..
Keith
