Hey all,
My Z has been hibernating, and during the course of it sitting in the garage, the battery died (yep, ordered a Battery Tender right after that!). I threw a trickle charger on it temporarily (just enough to be able to start the car). Today, I started the car, and I got the dreaded "Service Column Lock" message on the DIC. I tried the wheel, and yep, it was locked. Nice. I have the CLB sitting on my toolbox...
Anyway, I rushed back to my computer to do a search on this, since I had only paid enough attention on the subject to know that I should buy the CLB -- but now that *I* experienced the lock-up first hand, I needed to know what to do.
***Incidentally, when I went back to the car after a couple hours, the wheel was no longer locked [when I started it], but the message blinked again. I shut the car off, and figured I'd deal with this tomorrow after getting some responses here...***
I've found a few get-the-wheel-unlocked workarounds after searching here, but I suppose I'm not sure what ORDER I should try these in, or if I need to do them ALL. Here's what I've read:
1) Jerk the wheel hard to the right, keep pressure on the wheel to the right, and start the car in that position.
2) Disconnect the battery for 10 minutes.
3) Remove fuse #25, and reinsert.
Understand that I'm going to install the CLB as soon as I can, and before trying to drive the car anywhere. But, I also understand that the CLB can't be installed WHILE the wheel is locked in place -- and I can't guarantee that the next time I go to start the car the wheel won't be locked.
So... What's my next step? What do I do if I get the message on the DIC but the wheel DOESN'T lock up? What do I do if I get the message and the wheel DOES lock up? Should I try ALL of the above measures? If so, in what order? If not, which is the BEST message for freeing up the wheel?
Thanks, folks! What a PITA!
-Kirk
My Z has been hibernating, and during the course of it sitting in the garage, the battery died (yep, ordered a Battery Tender right after that!). I threw a trickle charger on it temporarily (just enough to be able to start the car). Today, I started the car, and I got the dreaded "Service Column Lock" message on the DIC. I tried the wheel, and yep, it was locked. Nice. I have the CLB sitting on my toolbox...
Anyway, I rushed back to my computer to do a search on this, since I had only paid enough attention on the subject to know that I should buy the CLB -- but now that *I* experienced the lock-up first hand, I needed to know what to do.
***Incidentally, when I went back to the car after a couple hours, the wheel was no longer locked [when I started it], but the message blinked again. I shut the car off, and figured I'd deal with this tomorrow after getting some responses here...***
I've found a few get-the-wheel-unlocked workarounds after searching here, but I suppose I'm not sure what ORDER I should try these in, or if I need to do them ALL. Here's what I've read:
1) Jerk the wheel hard to the right, keep pressure on the wheel to the right, and start the car in that position.
2) Disconnect the battery for 10 minutes.
3) Remove fuse #25, and reinsert.
Understand that I'm going to install the CLB as soon as I can, and before trying to drive the car anywhere. But, I also understand that the CLB can't be installed WHILE the wheel is locked in place -- and I can't guarantee that the next time I go to start the car the wheel won't be locked.
So... What's my next step? What do I do if I get the message on the DIC but the wheel DOESN'T lock up? What do I do if I get the message and the wheel DOES lock up? Should I try ALL of the above measures? If so, in what order? If not, which is the BEST message for freeing up the wheel?
Thanks, folks! What a PITA!
-Kirk