Hi i am Johan from South Africa and joined the forum. I get a massage ' steering column locked ' and the car won't start. I worked through many forums and tried everything suggested but with no success. the car was with LR service dealer for 3 weeks with no solution still. can anyone help

" quote from Wdw message posted feb 2010"

STEERING COLUMN LOCK
The vehicle has an electronic steering column
lock that is deactivated when the remote
control is inserted in the docking port.
Note: It may be necessary to rotate the steering
wheel slightly to release the locking
mechanism. If the steering column lock does
not disengage the engine will not start and
STEERING COLUMN LOCKED will be displayed
in the message centre.

Handbook page 12.

There is a Technical Bulletin that covers this situation. LTB00290 Subject/Concern: Steering Column Locked Message Appears VIN-range: H113897 Onwards
Summary:
The Central Junction Box (CJB) periodically checks the status of steering column lock by polling the instrument cluster. On occasions, the instrument cluster does not respond appropriately and this may lead to the erroneous message Steering Column Locked being displayed even though the steering column is unlocked and functioning normally.
Cause: Software within the Instrument Pack

Thank you I have send the information through to the dealer in the hope that they will be able to fix it. Shall report back when problem is solved