Urgent Column Lock question....
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Drifting
Joined: Aug 2000
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From: Bedford Mass
Urgent Column Lock question....
My boy is stuck 2 1/2 hours away with the column locked up on my 2000 vert. I have the claim history on the car, and the 89023816 harness was installed in 2006 on this car at Chevy. My question is, was this a recall and will the dealer have to fix it again? I'm having it towed to a dealer tomorrow...What kind of line will they give me ?
Hustling the steering wheel back and forth did nothing, it is going to have to towed in to a Chevy dealer....
Any suggestions are welcome, not a happy camper right now....
Hustling the steering wheel back and forth did nothing, it is going to have to towed in to a Chevy dealer....
Any suggestions are welcome, not a happy camper right now....
Pro
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Clemson Sc
I hate to say search, BUT i was just going this topic with a buddy talking about when my 01 z did the same thing. Since hes so far away he could pull the fuse panel on the insde and reset it by pullin the two fuses required to reset the column lock in the BCM. Its a temp fix just to get it home.
Ill look for the link also, i wanna say its fuse 25 and 23 on INSIDE fuse box under the passenger side floor matte and carpeted cover. this got me home twice when my k harness went bad and i was waiting on my relay from corvettes of houston. that was the best 50 bucks ever spent on my car honestly.
Deffinitly search around and you can find the two fuses and have your son pull them, wait a little while, then re install and could possibly be able to get it home and just install the corvettes of houston relay your self and save alot of money.
okay i just looked, found the fuse numbers. 25 and 23. Pull those with the key out obviously and wait a couple minutes, reinstall and he should be able to drive since this will reset the BCM
Ill look for the link also, i wanna say its fuse 25 and 23 on INSIDE fuse box under the passenger side floor matte and carpeted cover. this got me home twice when my k harness went bad and i was waiting on my relay from corvettes of houston. that was the best 50 bucks ever spent on my car honestly.
Deffinitly search around and you can find the two fuses and have your son pull them, wait a little while, then re install and could possibly be able to get it home and just install the corvettes of houston relay your self and save alot of money.
okay i just looked, found the fuse numbers. 25 and 23. Pull those with the key out obviously and wait a couple minutes, reinstall and he should be able to drive since this will reset the BCM
Last edited by Dnealy; May 31, 2010 at 09:01 PM. Reason: Found the Fuse numbers.
Pro
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Columbia SC
Guess the car has already been towed, maybe worked on too by now, but if they haven't done work on it yet and are saying it is going to cost you big $, try what the responder said--make sure your battery is strong, then go inside that panel under the column and unplug the harness, then re-establish the original factory connection. This isn't hard to do, and step-by -step instructions and photos are available on the Forum. This may get you going, then you can install a Column Lock Bypass. If it doesn't, after re-connecting the original harness pull those two plugs and wait again. If you are still out of luck you will have to go deeper--the first responder mentioned a couple more steps. Good luck. We here at the Forum would appreciate hearing back from you and finding out what was done when you get time.
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Drifting
Joined: Aug 2000
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From: Bedford Mass
TTT
Gotta' give props to Chuck for his help here on the Forum, and also to
Corvettes Of Dallas for answering a quick question for the tech who installed the bypass !!!!
"On the road again........"
What would we do without the Forum and the excellent vendors who help us out....
Thanks,
Mark B.
Gotta' give props to Chuck for his help here on the Forum, and also to
Corvettes Of Dallas for answering a quick question for the tech who installed the bypass !!!!
"On the road again........"
What would we do without the Forum and the excellent vendors who help us out....
Thanks,
Mark B.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2002
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From: Waldorf MD
Nice outcome, now if just everyone who reads this with a manual trans C5 that doesn't have a CLB installed would install one, we would have less of these posts.
My 1998, no recalls performed and a COH CLB installed.
My 1998, no recalls performed and a COH CLB installed.
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: pasadena in the great state of TEXAS
St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
i bought a 03 z last august that has had the chevy recal done to it. i thought about going ahead and putting a clb on it as i did on a prior 02 but i did not see the connectors under the dash. is this because the recall added the infamos k harness? if so what do i need to do to add a clb?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 6,937
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From: Waldorf MD
i bought a 03 z last august that has had the chevy recal done to it. i thought about going ahead and putting a clb on it as i did on a prior 02 but i did not see the connectors under the dash. is this because the recall added the infamos k harness? if so what do i need to do to add a clb?
Look at sticky in Tech Section for complete details (I know it is long).
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