Service Steering Column Lock
02-19-2014, 03:14 PM
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Service Steering Column Lock
I read the info in tech on this issue but I'm not sure how to handle my situation.
I have a 2001 and got the message but it went away when I hit reset and I drove the car without any issues. I stopped a couple of times and got the message every time I restarted the car and I just hit reset and no problems.
I have a manual transmission and my battery is at 14.3. Should I be concerned that I'm going to get stranded?
One other issue that may or may not be related is that my headlights popped up when I started the car for the first time but went down after about 30 secs.
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I have a 2001 and got the message but it went away when I hit reset and I drove the car without any issues. I stopped a couple of times and got the message every time I restarted the car and I just hit reset and no problems.
I have a manual transmission and my battery is at 14.3. Should I be concerned that I'm going to get stranded?
One other issue that may or may not be related is that my headlights popped up when I started the car for the first time but went down after about 30 secs.
Thanks
02-19-2014, 04:35 PM
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02-19-2014, 04:42 PM
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Wish it had. Might have something to do with me removing the fuse for twilight sentinel? For some reason, before I removed the fuse, the headlights would come on no matter what, and couldn't be put back down unless I turned the car off, nor could twilight sentinel simply be disabled through the DIC. I couldn't figure it out, so I removed the fuse.
02-19-2014, 07:24 PM
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Thank you for the information. Your right I didn't understand the battery readings. I've heard that replacing your battery makes the issue go away.
I might go that route.
I might go that route.
02-19-2014, 08:53 PM
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In the earlier post you didn't want to replace a perfectly good battery. Now you "might" replace it to see if it fixes your problem based on someones word that it fixed their problem. 
Perhaps you have lots more money to throw around than I, but I would be trying to determine if the battery is good or bad BEFORE I just swapped parts.
Perhaps you have lots more money to throw around than I, but I would be trying to determine if the battery is good or bad BEFORE I just swapped parts.
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Well, the battery was going bad so I had it replaced. When I started the car I got the same error and the headlights came up for a couple of minutes. Looks like I'm going to have to deal with the issue. Damn.........
