Steering column lock #23 fuse
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Steering column lock #23 fuse
I have owned my 98 for 3 years. Every time I turn the car off I hear a little motor in the dash cluster or there about's . But just recently I have learned it is the steering lock motor. But my steering wheel does not lock, and I can , engine off, turn the steering wheel 90 or so degrees one way or the other.
I have also read on the forum that #23 fuse controls this steering lock motor. If i remove this fuse, I'm guessing that the steering lock motor will not function, thus I want have to listen to the motor when shutting the car off. But, does this fuse control anything else?
Truthfully I want to repair the steering lock motor so the steering wheel locks when engine is off, but based on the horror stories I am reading about the lock locking and not unlocking, I wonder if I should leave it the way it is.
I have also read on the forum that #23 fuse controls this steering lock motor. If i remove this fuse, I'm guessing that the steering lock motor will not function, thus I want have to listen to the motor when shutting the car off. But, does this fuse control anything else?
Truthfully I want to repair the steering lock motor so the steering wheel locks when engine is off, but based on the horror stories I am reading about the lock locking and not unlocking, I wonder if I should leave it the way it is.
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WOW, I suspected as much with so much rhetoric out there eliminating the function of the steering lock. But my motivation is to keep the car stock, with everything working as it did when it rolled out of the assembly plant. But I'm starting to get the feeling that just maybe I should leave well enough alone. It is also possible that one of the previous 4 owners before me has already installed the bypass.
