Subject: Re: Pull Key, wait 10 Seconds............... by RickAnthony on 2010/5/27 0:08:05
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volzfan wrote: Rick, Since it seems that you have some experience with these, let me ask you a question. Since I have never gotten the "Service Column Lock" message, it seems to me that my problem is that the system "thinks" that lock pin is not completely retracted. Is there a switch on the lock pin actuator that must be made in order for the system to work properly? And, if there is, could it not be either disabled, or permanently "made" so that the CLB would then work all the time? I'm only speculating, basing my guess on all the pages of posts that I've read, but I've never seen where anyone really tells all the parts involved in making the system work.
With the CLB in place, I'm fine 80% of the time, and even when I get the "Pull key..." message, it clears and I can go. I'd just like to eliminate the annoyance.
Thanks in advance!
Yes there is a switch inside the lock pin motor, the basically applies ground when it's closed. basically it's and on/off switch that tells the body control module if the pin is in or out. That's pretty much it. Honestly I'm not 100% sure what the bypass does.. if it is just a resistor to make the BCM think it's connected to the lock so that it doesn't think someone is trying to steal the car ect. So that the lock pin does not move, and the car will still start thus defeating the system?
Though I'm not sure how the BCM reacts to not ever seeing the lock pin closed.
My guess is when the pin is LOCKED the switch is grounded, so if the pin is UNLOCKED and the connector is disconnected from the motor assembly with a resistor in place to fool the BCM, of the motor being connected or not, it would think the column is always in the UNLOCKED postion...
I don't really know if this will throw a code ect... -=Rick
