Dannyky2

A few days ago I started up my car to go to school and once I tried to shift into reverse, the gear changer did not want to budge from park. The very same day I replaced the brake light switch as well as a new fuse for the brake lights.

The car worked fine until today when I got to school and I clearly heard the fuse pop, again causing the gear changer to not want to budge from park.

I have checked my tail light bulbs to see if they work and they do. When I have my headlights on, the tails light up normally and when I press the brake they light up fine as well. What confuses me is that the fuse does not blow the very instant I press the brake pedal, but driving normally after a few minutes is when it pops.

I have a 2006 with the 5 speed auto transmission. I recently changed my halogen reverse lights with leds. Not entirely sure if that could be causing the problem, just putting it out there in case it does have something to do with my issue.

sprocketser

I would put back original backup lights on to see what difference it makes , might be too much for the system ( leds )

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RIP Mai 27th 2015
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Dannyky2

I will definitely try that, although I had those led reverse lights for almost a month now and this issue occurred only recently.

sprocketser

It might draw too much current somehow .

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05 Sheer Silver A/T SER Altima , Ebay Grill
RIP Mai 27th 2015
Newest ride , 05 Smoke Met M/T SER Altima,NismoCAI/CatBack , Dynomax Resonator OBX Headers , RacingLine FSTB& BTD tbi, RedLionRacing Shifter Bushings tbi , EBC RedStuff Pads/ 06 350Z Base Rear Brakes/EBC Rotors , H&R springs & Triple C Camber Bolts tbi , RP MaxATF psf , Motul Brake fluids & clutch fluids , LiquiMoly Motor oil/Wix Filter , Pennzoil Synth Gear Oil , Wix cab filter , Interstate Battery , Michelin Pilot A/S+ ,

Travieso

sounds similar to the thread before yours, his brake lights wasnt working and gear selector didnt unlock. he took it to dealer and they re-did a ground somewhere. doesn't specify where

Zillafreak

LEDs draw almost no current compared to halogen.

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sprocketser

Ah , thought so , I m not much electrical inclined , thought it needed some resisters of some sort .

Might be corrosion &/or ground issue as stated .

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05 Sheer Silver A/T SER Altima , Ebay Grill
RIP Mai 27th 2015
Newest ride , 05 Smoke Met M/T SER Altima,NismoCAI/CatBack , Dynomax Resonator OBX Headers , RacingLine FSTB& BTD tbi, RedLionRacing Shifter Bushings tbi , EBC RedStuff Pads/ 06 350Z Base Rear Brakes/EBC Rotors , H&R springs & Triple C Camber Bolts tbi , RP MaxATF psf , Motul Brake fluids & clutch fluids , LiquiMoly Motor oil/Wix Filter , Pennzoil Synth Gear Oil , Wix cab filter , Interstate Battery , Michelin Pilot A/S+ ,

Zillafreak

Ya, LEDs are know to blow because they little resistance in them. When you turn them on, there is a huge voltage spike through the system. Reason many will put a resistor in the circuit to stop this. I ran LEDs on my old quad at had AC system. The LEDs worked fine, but the life was very low. Put a resistor and the life over doubled. The vibration and the constant on/off (AC) still kills them but I was happy.

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sprocketser

It might be the cure to the op .

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05 Sheer Silver A/T SER Altima , Ebay Grill
RIP Mai 27th 2015
Newest ride , 05 Smoke Met M/T SER Altima,NismoCAI/CatBack , Dynomax Resonator OBX Headers , RacingLine FSTB& BTD tbi, RedLionRacing Shifter Bushings tbi , EBC RedStuff Pads/ 06 350Z Base Rear Brakes/EBC Rotors , H&R springs & Triple C Camber Bolts tbi , RP MaxATF psf , Motul Brake fluids & clutch fluids , LiquiMoly Motor oil/Wix Filter , Pennzoil Synth Gear Oil , Wix cab filter , Interstate Battery , Michelin Pilot A/S+ ,

Dannyky2

So here's a bit of an update. I went back to check this issue and noticed that a small 194 bulb had burned out in the 3rd brake light housing of the interior. I replaced that bulb and put in a new fuse and went the whole day with no problems.

Afterwards, however, driving along I hear the fuse burst once more. So this means that I most likely have a short somewhere or a bad ground. I unfortunately cannot check the wiring myself because of how busy school has been keeping me, so I think I will be taking it to the stealership. Let's hope I don't get too cleaned out lol

Travieso

good luck dude, may the force be with you....by force i mean wallet...

sprocketser

That sux mate , hate shorts or stuff like that , can take 5 minutes up to days to find .

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05 Sheer Silver A/T SER Altima , Ebay Grill
RIP Mai 27th 2015
Newest ride , 05 Smoke Met M/T SER Altima,NismoCAI/CatBack , Dynomax Resonator OBX Headers , RacingLine FSTB& BTD tbi, RedLionRacing Shifter Bushings tbi , EBC RedStuff Pads/ 06 350Z Base Rear Brakes/EBC Rotors , H&R springs & Triple C Camber Bolts tbi , RP MaxATF psf , Motul Brake fluids & clutch fluids , LiquiMoly Motor oil/Wix Filter , Pennzoil Synth Gear Oil , Wix cab filter , Interstate Battery , Michelin Pilot A/S+ ,

O.G.Nat-tral

Damn but I'm somewhat in the same ball park.. My license plate lights won't turn on.. Just noticed it yesterday.. Might be lookin at a bad ground..

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Hausch

Take out your radio... I had this problem too, no brake lights and remote start bugged. Do you throw change on the platform by the radio display?... change may of fell in there, shorting out stuff. Well that was my problem at least

sprocketser

Yep , shorts are a pain sometimes , seems that we never find them .

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Dannyky2

Alright, so last week I took my car to the dealership in hopes that they would find the source of this problem. About an hour later, Nissan calls me saying that they may have found the the problem. They told me that the problem was most likely my rear spoiler, because I had it wired into my driver-side tail light lamp and was drawing too much current.

This did not seem right to me, since I know leds draw very little current and because I have had that spoiler lighting up with no problems at all for over a year. So if it really did draw too much current, then it would have blown the fuse a year ago and not a few weeks ago. So anyway, they gave me the option of allowing them to disconnect the rear spoiler light and see if that made any difference. I let them disconnect it, mostly because I was all out of ideas as to what the problem was and desperate to have the problem resolved.

Well it's been a week and I have not had any more blown fuses to replace! Seems like Nissan got it right but for the wrong reason lol. I think the issue began because the connection between the spoiler light and the tail light separated a little bit due to constant opening and closing of the trunk, causing the fuse to blow at such random times. I will install the spoiler light again though, because I think the car looks goofy without a functioning spoiler light, but this time, I will make sure the connection stays firm lol.

P.S: When I went to go pick up my car the day I dropped it off, the representative must have been feeling generous and let me pick up the car free of charge! Thank God! hahah

Travieso

wow, just goes to see that process of elimination can lead to the real problem. sounds like they were being very generous.