Steering wheel locked Towed to dealer

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by pantdino

Legally the repair facility has to give a dollar amount estimate and call the owner if the repair will exceed that amount. If it wasn't in CA or the owner trusted the shop and paid that's another matter.

That is for the repair. Does it apply to diagnostic work as well? Pretty hard to estimate how long it will take to figure out what is wrong.

[BlueSky]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If they worked solid for 2 days then yes.
There are guys on here that have been slapped with that bill. If I remember right one was in California.

tcoat remembers all....

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by BlueSky

tcoat remembers all....

Not all. If I could remember the dude's name I would have posted the thread since he got taken to the cleaners with a blown engine. The other one I know paid huge for a diagnostic tear down had the thread pulled because he was headed down the legal road.

[BlueSky]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Not all. If I could remember the dude's name I would have posted the thread since he got taken to the cleaners with a blown engine. The other one I know paid huge for a diagnostic tear down had the thread pulled because he was headed down the legal road.

tcoat doesn't remember all....




all joking aside
I hope @kmac_brz gets everything sorted out
Thanks for keeping us updated, this keeps me busy at work

[Bodalenko]

Ok so if adding some pissy LED's can fry the BCM (Whatever that stands for!) then what areas of the wiring are safe to dabble with. I added some gauges and tapped in to an unused fuse in the fuse block under the dash to power them. Does that put me at risk of frying my BCM at some stage? What about the Tach wire I've tapped in to run a shift point indicator? Is this just related to the fitting/changing of LED lights? The bill for the OP could realistically add up to thousands!!

[Scenic Driver]

I wonder how the Body ECU can cause this when the steering lock actuator is not connected to it.

[jawn]

Originally Posted by Scenic Driver

I wonder how the Body ECU can cause this when the steering lock actuator is not connected to it.

The transponder key system is.

[pantdino]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

That is for the repair. Does it apply to diagnostic work as well? Pretty hard to estimate how long it will take to figure out what is wrong.

Yes, it would apply to diagnostic work as well.


Other than electrical diagnosis, where you're just checking where current is or isn't and what relays work, diagnosis usually involves removing and disassembling things.


So the shop would have to call the owner and tell him to continue the diagnostic steps they will have to remove the head, timing chain cover, or whatever and quote the owner a price for that.

[pantdino]

Originally Posted by jawn

The transponder key system is.

So base level cars can't have this problem?

[jawn]

Originally Posted by pantdino

So base level cars can't have this problem?

Every key is a transponder key.

[kmac_brz]

Originally Posted by jawn

The transponder key system is.

Sorry it took so long to respond, I finally received the car back last week. New BCM/BIU and had to have the steering lock replaced l, I was told it was stripped due to me "banging the wheel off the locks"

[Spartarus]

Originally Posted by Scenic Driver

I wonder how the Body ECU can cause this when the steering lock actuator is not connected to it.

Because the Certification ECU needs a CAN signal from the BCM.

Originally Posted by jawn

Every key is a transponder key.

But on the cars with an actual key, the steering lock is actuated by a mechanical linkage. You will be able to unlock the wheel. Not able to do much else, but...