2014 Pathfinder keeps sticking in park!!!
2014 Pathfinder keeps sticking in park!!!
Help! My 2014 Nissan Pathfinder keeps getting stuck in park. Sometimes it gets stuck and the sometimes it's fine! What is going on? How much will this cost to fix? Help!
Re: 2014 Pathfinder keeps sticking in park!!!
I'm not familiar with the 2014, but many (most? all?) cars now require that your foot is on the brake in order to shift out of park. So the switch that detects pedal depression could be bad, or the solenoid that the switch controls, or could be something else along that line. My car (old VW) has a light that lights up when the shift selector is in the N or P position and the pedal is not depressed. Maybe yours has a similar function light -- if so, you could verify at least whether the pedal switch is working.
2014 -- are you beyond warranty already? (3yr/36k miles if I recall correctly)
2014 -- are you beyond warranty already? (3yr/36k miles if I recall correctly)
Re: 2014 Pathfinder keeps sticking in park!!!
Yes I already have 60,000 miles. No depression light. So not sure if it's the pedal or the shifter. The shifter works occasionally. I've been pressing the override to move it out of park today. Just hope it's not gonna cost a lot to fix!
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Hawairish
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Re: 2014 Pathfinder keeps sticking in park!!!
Check out page TM-177 of the FSM: http://www.nicoclub.com/manuals/Pathfin ... der/TM.pdf
TM-20 has some info where to find the switches.
As attofarad mentioned, there's a solenoid that controls the ability to shift out of park when the brake pedal is depressed. There's also a park position switch on the shifter assembly that's in the circuit. All three will need to be checked.
Overall design hasn't changed much. I had the same problem on my 04...actually, the previous owner had the problem, did some hack to bypass it, and I fixed it correctly. Pretty easy to diagnose with some basic electrical skills, if you're so inclined. In my case, it was a faulty park position switch, which was a <$1 part from an electronics supplier like DigiKey (and an exact fit at that). To my knowledge, that switch is not an OE replacement item, but the solenoid and brake switch likely are.
TM-20 has some info where to find the switches.
As attofarad mentioned, there's a solenoid that controls the ability to shift out of park when the brake pedal is depressed. There's also a park position switch on the shifter assembly that's in the circuit. All three will need to be checked.
Overall design hasn't changed much. I had the same problem on my 04...actually, the previous owner had the problem, did some hack to bypass it, and I fixed it correctly. Pretty easy to diagnose with some basic electrical skills, if you're so inclined. In my case, it was a faulty park position switch, which was a <$1 part from an electronics supplier like DigiKey (and an exact fit at that). To my knowledge, that switch is not an OE replacement item, but the solenoid and brake switch likely are.
Re: 2014 Pathfinder keeps sticking in park!!!
That's why we should never buy a US made Nissan.
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Hawairish
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Re: 2014 Pathfinder keeps sticking in park!!!
If it were a motor or transmission, and we factored in domestic makes, I might agree to some extent. But, I have a 98 Frontier built in the same Tennessee plant as many other Nissans, and after 18 years, no engine work, no transmission work, the original starter and alternator, and 220K miles in lifted and lowered configurations, it's by far the most reliable vehicle we've owned.
Conversely, my 04 built in Japan (like all Pathfinders before it) has acquired a few random electrical gremlins like the one described here, that almost disable the vehicle (like a P2135 code that puts the truck in limp mode in the middle of accelerating out of a turn onto a road and has no apparent symptoms)
I don't think it's too relevant though because the electrical parts in question are probably foreign anyway, so it probably doesn't matter much where the final assembly occurs.
Conversely, my 04 built in Japan (like all Pathfinders before it) has acquired a few random electrical gremlins like the one described here, that almost disable the vehicle (like a P2135 code that puts the truck in limp mode in the middle of accelerating out of a turn onto a road and has no apparent symptoms)
I don't think it's too relevant though because the electrical parts in question are probably foreign anyway, so it probably doesn't matter much where the final assembly occurs.