Another "service column lock" ?
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Another "service column lock" ?
I got the "service column lock" message on my 99 FRC for the first time today. I have started my car about 10 times since then and it appears everytime. It appeared first when I was driving down the road. I hit reset and it went away. Now everytime I turn the key on it appears. The column has not locked yet, and I have already ordered a CLB, I was just wondering if I should risk driving it tomorrow. Also is there any way of getting rid of the message? I read all of the other posts on this, but everyone seems to have a locked column when they get this message and my car drives fine.
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brad
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Originally Posted by BooRadley
I got the "service column lock" message on my 99 FRC for the first time today. I have started my car about 10 times since then and it appears everytime. It appeared first when I was driving down the road. I hit reset and it went away. Now everytime I turn the key on it appears. The column has not locked yet, and I have already ordered a CLB, I was just wondering if I should risk driving it tomorrow. Also is there any way of getting rid of the message? I read all of the other posts on this, but everyone seems to have a locked column when they get this message and my car drives fine.
thanks
brad
thanks
brad
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You can continue driving it like that as long as you wish if you don't mind resetting the message. The column will never lock, so it's probably better than if there were no problem at all.
If you want to fix it, go into the fusebox in the pass. side floor, and pull fuse #25 and reinsert it. This will reset the BCM and the lock should go back to functioning as normal, and the message at startup will disappear.
If you want to fix it, go into the fusebox in the pass. side floor, and pull fuse #25 and reinsert it. This will reset the BCM and the lock should go back to functioning as normal, and the message at startup will disappear.
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Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me
If you want to fix it, go into the fusebox in the pass. side floor, and pull fuse #25 and reinsert it.
I was having the same problem as you... and this cleared it up for me.
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Good move ordering the CLB. This will solve the problem from now on.
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You have a MN6 without a CLB installed. I believe that it CAN lock.
I would not take that chance, if I had another car to drive, until the CLB arrives.
Good choice on getting the CLB, and good luck.
I would not take that chance, if I had another car to drive, until the CLB arrives.
Good choice on getting the CLB, and good luck.
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Originally Posted by roscoe118
You have a MN6 without a CLB installed. I believe that it CAN lock.
He effectively HAS a CLB for the time being (until he resets the BCM)...just the annoyance of having to reset the message at startup.
This happened to my car, and I drove it for about a year in this state. The steering wheel was loose 100% of the time, just like a CLB-equipped car is.
For whatever reason after starting the car, the column physically unocked as normal, but the "unlocked" feedback signal sent back to the BCM didn't happen. This "confuses" the BCM, and thus the "service column lock" message is triggered.
From this point on, the BCM will not activate power to the lock mechanism, either at startup, or shutdown. Thus, the column remains unlocked all the time. It remains like this until the BCM is electrically reset...either by pulling the fuse, or disconnecting the battery.
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Originally Posted by roscoe118
You have a MN6 without a CLB installed. I believe that it CAN lock.
I would not take that chance, if I had another car to drive, until the CLB arrives.
Good choice on getting the CLB, and good luck.
I would not take that chance, if I had another car to drive, until the CLB arrives.
Good choice on getting the CLB, and good luck.
If you have the CLB ordered I'd leave it till it was installed.