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I need to read more threads
I took my son to a get together last Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway (Import Alliance). I figured we’d be the only American muscle there but wasn’t. We had a great time until time to leave and pull key wait 10 seconds and then column steering lock popped up and wouldn’t move. I read forums while I was there and seen it was a recall which recall has been done, just didn’t have the LMC5 installed smh. I ordered the part while waiting on the wrecker to come get us. Cost me a ton to get it towed, and made me sick seeing it on a wrecker not owning it but for less than a month. I’m going to look at some other threads to see typical issues but, is there any that anybody knows right off hand I need to look for so I don’t get stranded over a $50 part again?
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Once you get it mobile again, consider getting the fuel shutoff tuned from the 2 mph GM puts in to 200 mph or higher. That way if it does happen again you'll be able to drive it still.
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Talk about bad luck. Once you have the LMC5 installed, that will take the column lock out of your worries. Not many other things that are common problems that will leave you stranded.
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I bought my 99 in May of 2014, drove it 50 miles home , washed it and went to pull it into the garage and s*** "wait 10 sec" found this forum and have learned a ton here as well as other research !!!
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I’m guessing you have a manual trans, so locking out the skip shift is easy.
Definitely keep the clutch master fluid clean. Dirty fluid seems to eat up slave and master cylinders.
Definitely keep the clutch master fluid clean. Dirty fluid seems to eat up slave and master cylinders.
