1994 Nissan Pathfinder LE - Various Elec. Issues Please help

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SDsurf41
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1994 Nissan Pathfinder LE - Various Elec. Issues Please help

Postby SDsurf41 » Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:53 pm

Ok, here goes. I am new to the forum and have gotten to the point where I need some help diagnosing/fixing certain issues with my 94 Pathfinder. I've done the searching on this, and other, forums to no avail. Most of my issues with this ride are electrical in nature and hard to track down. Here is a list:

1. When the passenger side door is shut, the electric locks lock in to place every time. Also, if the lock is pushed in by a passenger while driving it kicks off an intermittent (no pattern) of locking/unlocking that persists until I stop the car, turn it completely off (key out of ignition) and restart. This behavior is only associated with the passenger side door.

2. Recently my dash back light and tail lights stopped working. This behavior is also intermittent and seems to follow no pattern. Sometimes I have no issues, other times the dash light and tail lights wont work. I mitigate this problem by persistently moving the switch on/off until the dash lights turn on. This problem does seem to correlate to moisture though as when its raining or high humidity, the problem is less frequent. Contacts in a connector somewhere?

3. The right turn signal LED on the dash will sometimes not come on at all, flicker quickly or stick in the ON indication.

Work that I have had done to the vehicle over the last year I have owned it:

1. Transmission completely rebuilt (2 weeks after purchase from a friend, stoked on that) and the tranny solenoid replaced/greased at 4 months. Note: the lock issue preceded this, but not the lights.

2. Stereo installed by a technician. Note: The dash light issue began 4 months after the installation. The tail lights have always had the weird issue.

3. High Pressure Line in the power steering assembly replaced 5 months after purchase. No correlation to the issues described above after this repair operation.

4. Starter replaced 5 months after purchase.

That is all I can recall at this point. I love this ride and have driven to Scorpion Bay and back with no issues whatsoever. Love my ride and want to keep it going. Thank you very much in advance for any help.

R


SDsurf41
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Postby SDsurf41 » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:55 am

I found the problem that solved the tail light issue. I removed the cover for the right rear tail light assembly and inspected the connectors for all three bulbs. The reverse light bulb molex was not seated properly and loose. I connected it and this solved the turn signal flicker/stick/non work and this also fixed the break light/turn signal cross up. I will update if this helps with the dash/tail light issue with the head light issue. Here is an image with notes of the rt rear tail light assembly:

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winndixie21
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Postby winndixie21 » Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:53 am

Good follow up info, that is what we need more of ! Most people question or find the answer their self but never follow up with the solution to the problem to help the next guy.


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