Poll-Has your column locked? Everyone
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Melting Slicks
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Poll-Has your column locked? Everyone
How big of a problem is column lock? Are we making too much of a small thing or should we all be concerned?
Heel & Toe
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From: San Jose Ca
My 2001 coupe locked up last year. I had the dealer service it.
I believe mine needed a reprogram of the eprom, but I was able to retract the lock by removing the bottom cover below the steering wheel and tap on the lock area, which allowed to drive the car to the shop.
No other issues with the lock to date.
I believe mine needed a reprogram of the eprom, but I was able to retract the lock by removing the bottom cover below the steering wheel and tap on the lock area, which allowed to drive the car to the shop.
No other issues with the lock to date.
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I have a 01 A4 - no CLB issues here.
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From: ================== Houston, Texas www.englandgreen.com ================== Necessary Evil™ __________
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Originally Posted by jrose7004
There are only 2 kinds of C5 owners, ones that have had the column lock and those that will! 
EG
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Originally Posted by jostrichm
Supposedly less than 20% of all C5's will have the problem....but you wouldn't know it by reading this forum. Seems like a lot more on here.
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Drifting
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From: Bakersfield Ca
The previous owner of my 98 C5 A4 had his local dealer do the recall, but they didn't actually do it. When I got the car, I started getting the message "PULL KEY - WAIT 10 SECONDS" which has to do with the colum lock problem. I took it down to my local dealer and they verified that the other dealer had not done the work, even though they said they had. My dealer did the recall and no more problems. 
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From: Baltimore suburbs Maryland
Mine locked yesterday at work. Unfortunately, I removed the "eric column unlocker kit" just the night before cause I'm building my 6 15" woofered box. Just figures.
Fortunately, I walked down to the show car install bay, got the tools to remove the steering column cover, and unlocked the damn thing myself. This weekend I might pull the steering wheel and try to permanently disable the pin (with hacksaw or dremel)...(I really dont want to get a CLB- incase it makes my BCM blow up).
Fortunately, I walked down to the show car install bay, got the tools to remove the steering column cover, and unlocked the damn thing myself. This weekend I might pull the steering wheel and try to permanently disable the pin (with hacksaw or dremel)...(I really dont want to get a CLB- incase it makes my BCM blow up).
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From: Natchitoches Louisiana
My '99 FRT had to be fixed TWICE. Column locked before the recall....had it fixed.....locked again 3 days after the recall was announced. When I got the recall notice, I thought to myself well, that's one thing I've already taken care of. Three days later....whammo. Didn't occur to me that they used the old version of the stock part to fix it the first time.
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Our 98 was fine untill I installed the CLB. It went crazy after the install, so no CLB for me.
Drifting
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From: Santa Cruz Mountains CA
Mine has, and so has my friend's.
Could be why he wants to trade it for a tractor!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1082929
Could be why he wants to trade it for a tractor!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1082929
Instructor
Joined: May 2005
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From: Lake Jackson Texas
Ok I'm a new guy, what actually happens?
I have a '02 with 7000 miles on it, bought it about a 1 1/2 years ago with 3500 miles on it. Never had a problem. But I'm not sure what happens. Pleas help. 
