NHTSA Complaint #10504223 — 2009 NISSAN 370Z

I DROVE MY 2009 NISSAN 370Z TO WORK IN THE MORNING AND WHEN I WENT TO START MY CAR AT LUNCH... NOTHING. IT WAS JUST DEAD. ALL OF THE LIGHTS WORKED, ALARM, POWER SEATS, NAME IT. BUT WHEN YOU WENT TO START, NOTHING. TURNS OUT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK BROKE. THE FACT THAT THIS IS SUCH A COMMON OCCURRENCE, A SIMPLE 30 SECOND INTERNET SEARCH CAN DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, FRUSTRATES ME. HOW COME IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF IN THE MORE EXPENSIVE MODELS (THE GTR'S), BUT IT WASN'T RECALLED FOR THE 2009/10 370Z'S? THEY'VE REPLACED THE PROBLEM PART IN THE 2012'S, BUT THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE THE FACT THAT THEY'VE LEFT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STRANDED AND HAVE DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. I LUCKED OUT BECAUSE I BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET? THE COST FOR THE REPAIRS IS OVER A $1000, WITH THE PART ITSELF IN THE HUNDREDS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR