HELP!!!!!! Bad electrical issue I created!

[coupecrazy1232]

ok so i wired in my LEDs to my parking lights last night and all was good...i wake up this morning to go somewhere and all of the sudden the car wont start and my front parking lights arent working and me and my father have done everything we know to do to get it working!!! PLEASE ANY IDEAS??????

[legend_217]

Maybe your led strips just drained your car battery.

[rcboy514]

That ^....plus you may have blown a fuse. Did you disconnect the battery while wiring? Sometimes the electricity will ark if you accidentally tap the neg batt wire on the contact while taking it off or putting it on. hope that helps

[chiapetchua01]

just wondering, how could it drain his battery if his car wasn't on?wouldn't his running lights have to be on for it to drain?
Modified by chiapetchua01 at 8:44 PM 9/13/2009

[coupecrazy1232]

yes i disconnected the battery...and the battery is charged now but my front parking lights and LEDs wont work and all the fuses are good under the hood unless they r somehow wired to the fuse box in the car dash which i didnt check...but all other lights on the car work except the parking lights in the front...the rear work...the bulbs are good i checked that...any more suggestions??

ohh and thanks for the input!

[legend_217]

So yo saying all your lights except parking light and led strips don't work ? so you can start your car now ? Def you got a blown fuse.

[coupecrazy1232]

thats what i thought to...but i dont know where else but the fuse box under the hood to look and all of them are good... and its just the front parking brakes the rear ones work just fine...its so damn weird...

[chiapetchua01]

So yo saying all your lights except parking light and led strips don't work ? so you can start your car now ? Def you got a blown fuse.

How could he have blown a fuse?How to avoid?

Thanks

hope everything works out coupecrazy your my picture guy for success

[coupecrazy1232]

haha yeah i know man...i just have no idea happened!!!! perfect one minute...f***ed the next!!!

[chiapetchua01]

dope hahawellhopefully you figure it outand send me those pics of how u spliced the wire!

[coupecrazy1232]

i have the pics but i dont want to send it to you cuz of what happened to mine and i dont want that s*** to happen to yours too!!! when i get it working correctly i will send them right over!!

[Rob.Vegan]

Your car doesn't have to be on for the parking lights to be on. If you had your parking lights on and then left the car they will stay on. But it also makes that super annoying buzzing sound to let you know that the lights are on.

Yesterday I had my lights on auto and was driving around. I parked and took a nap in the backseat. Woke up and the lights were still on. I turned them off and a few minutes later tried to turn on my car. It wasn't happening. I thought the lights would turn off after I turned my car off but I guess the door needs to be opened then closed.

But from what you're telling me it definitely sounds like a blown fuse, but if all your fuses are fine then I have no idea

[zilla19]

thats what i thought to...but i dont know where else but the fuse box under the hood to look and all of them are good... and its just the front parking brakes the rear ones work just fine...its so damn weird...

Have you looked at the fuse box above the hood latch inside the car?

[coupecrazy1232]

yeah they are all good too but they dont have anything to do with them anyways but i checked just in case lol i know it "should" b a blown fuse but it isnt...i am positive of that

[yoonzilla]

take it to the dealer. doesn't seem like you're getting much of an answer..so I think thats going to be your best bet.

good luck and let us know what happens!

[coupecrazy1232]

umm idk if i should...would they not void my warranty or something stupid because i tried to do it myself??

[chiapetchua01]

it actually might void your electricalhopefulyl someone will come up with a solution

its stupid to say but i guess just run a quadruple check

[adidas2go]

This is the block diagram lighting schematic for that particular circuit for the Altima Coupe from the field service manual.



The wiring goes from the stalk switch, to the body control module, to the tail lamp relay, then to each individual light. Pretty simple circuit. Now, if all 4 of those items aren't working, then you have a problem before those 4 points. Either the relay, or BCM. The combination switch wouldn't be affected by something like this.

Now, from what I've read, you said the tail lights still work like normal, which would mean the switch, bcm, and relay are all working correctly. I believe your breakdown is a wiring malfunction. What did you actually do when you tried to wire in these lights? You just used a wire tap right?

Here's something I want you to do. Check all 4 of those lighting points off the relay, make sure they are work correctly (besides the front parking lights of course).

Also, hit the emergency signal button above the radio. Let me know what lights work with that actuated. Hopefully we can figure this out without involving Nissan just yet.

[coupecrazy1232]

This is the block diagram lighting schematic for that particular circuit for the Altima Coupe from the field service manual.



The wiring goes from the stalk switch, to the body control module, to the tail lamp relay, then to each individual light. Pretty simple circuit. Now, if all 4 of those items aren't working, then you have a problem before those 4 points. Either the relay, or BCM. The combination switch wouldn't be affected by something like this.

Now, from what I've read, you said the tail lights still work like normal, which would mean the switch, bcm, and relay are all working correctly. I believe your breakdown is a wiring malfunction. What did you actually do when you tried to wire in these lights? You just used a wire tap right?

Here's something I want you to do. Check all 4 of those lighting points off the relay, make sure they are work correctly (besides the front parking lights of course).

Also, hit the emergency signal button above the radio. Let me know what lights work with that actuated. Hopefully we can figure this out without involving Nissan just yet.

ahh adidas2go finally somebody with true knowledge...ok so tail lights, illuminations and license plate lights r working...emergency lights work...i checked the bulbs and they r good...what next??

[chiapetchua01]

maybe you should show him how you taped the wireshe thinks its a wiring malfunction so maye it'll give him insight to what might have happened wrong

[coupecrazy1232]

haha u really want that pic dont u lol ok let me upload how i did it

[chiapetchua01]

LOL but nah this time its too actually get the problem fixedmaybe the pictures will show what went wrong

however, if the problem is fixed. these pictures are gold to me

[adidas2go]

Open your hood, stand outside the car with the driver window down. Flip the parking light switch on the stalk on, so just the parking lights come on. Confirm for me that you here the relay clicking in the relay box directly behind the drivers side headlight.

[coupecrazy1232]

ok so one side is wired like such...i cant think of the name of the clip but u just run the wire through the clip and insert the LED light wire through it as well and it forms a connection...my dad is an electrician and he did it...i also tried to just cut the wire and tap into it and twist the three wires back together and cap it and see if that worked but no it didnt...

Open your hood, stand outside the car with the driver window down. Flip the parking light switch on the stalk on, so just the parking lights come on. Confirm for me that you here the relay clicking in the relay box directly behind the drivers side headlight.

yes i can hear the clicking

[adidas2go]

Disconnect all that mess and put the wiring back together like stock. Does the problem continue? I just wanna make sure your not grounding out anything.

I've got to get up for work in 5 hours dude. We can work more on this tomorrow.

[coupecrazy1232]

yes it is still messed up..

so do i lol thanks for the help so far!!! maybe we can figure it out

[coupecrazy1232]

still need help guys please!!!

[2008AltiCoupeDan]

it looks like u used 2x self taps on each side- better than what i did lol- i just split the car wires a lil bit, and wrapped another wire over my area for max conductivity and electrical taped it. then pulled the wires to the lights.

what are the power wires coming from, is there a relay installed for the parks, or is it directly connected to the p.light wires? i hot wired mine when i did my retrofit so theres a few ways u can do it and still not screw it up lol

the parking lights wouldnt kill ur battery because of what adidas said- plus they wont be on unless the stalk is on, so that means somethin screwed up lol maybe the ground or maybe the wires arent connected as well?

[chiapetchua01]

what do you mean you hotwired?

[2008AltiCoupeDan]

like- when i did my retrofit, i took out the amber, and did my 6 LED's in there... but then i also have my halos an such- so i wired up the LED's and stuck them in the hole that the bulb clips attatch into lol- as for my turn signal tho- i kept the bulb so theres that purple and green wire- i tap'd into that basically by splicing the plastic, and gently tugging so i got an open area to work with the bare wire, then attatched my other LED's to that. then sealed w/ electrical tape lol