Stuck in Park

Post by **Barryman** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:38 am

Okay folks, I am working on a buddy's '91 Maxima. The shift lock does not disengage when he mashes the brake. The linkages are all good and the switch works. I checked the voltage at the power for the accuator and I am getting 6mV. Is this right? I tried the fire the thing with a 9V battery which actually read just over seven volts. At the switch a I am reading 12 volt plus or minus. It seems the voltage drop is pretty severe from 12V to 6mV but I don't know if there is a digital controller running it or not. That would account for a smaller voltage but 6mV seems almost like background noise. When I press on the brake the voltage at the accuator power does not change - though I would expect it to. Does this accuator go bad? Any help would greatly appreciated thanks.BarrymanBTW the manual push button does work so he's not really stuck!

Website · Post by **s13sr20chris** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:38 am

yeah, accuators are a common prob. never heard of one going all the way down to 6mv. thats a purely analog circuit. 12v and ground are your only choices.

Post by **Barryman** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:38 am

Okay folks for those of you who will run into this problem in the future... On the advice of one of our moderators - NCRxxx or something like that, I traced the problem to my brake lights. In the brake light assembly the stop lights are two filament bulbs. I had one pad in the socket that was not making contact. The bulb was not lighting is how I found which one didn't work. Well I wiggled it in and out a couple of times and it came on and the shift lock released. Then about a week later the same thing happened. When I took the socket apart I noticed the "connector buttons" in the socket were not the same height. That is the deal. It was also a little coroded, water got to it somehow. Now I just have to figure out how to level these contacts. Maybe I'll file down the higher one as the bulbs have their own "buttons" that could still reach the shorter versions in the socket.

Website · Post by **s13sr20chris** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:38 am

oops yeah, forgot to mention that those 1156/1157 bulbs melt and stuff.

Post by **AnglerfisH** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:38 am

you're telling me! The taillight harnesses on my '89 GXE had wires melting in them!!

Had to have them replaced. thank goodness they didnt catch fire ::whew::

Website · Post by **s13sr20chris** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:38 am

yeah, they are so cheap for a reason! they do that a lot.

Post by **AnglerfisH** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:38 am

it took 15 years before mine did that (last month).

Website · Post by **s13sr20chris** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:38 am

does your bio actually say you have an a31 maxima?

Post by **NISTECH** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:38 am

wouldnt that be a J30 max?

Post by **AnglerfisH** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:38 am

oops...lol ::corrected:: my bad, on a different planet when i registered.

Website · Post by **s13sr20chris** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:38 am

yeah, a31 is no max for sure. its the jdm cefiro. rwd, rb20det, and q45 looks. just a little smaller than the q though.

Post by **IvoryJ30t** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:38 am

its funny how the max has J30 for its chassis code, but its nothing like an infiniti J30...

Website · Post by **s13sr20chris** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:38 am

yeah, i dont know why they did that. the j30 max seems more like the u11 than anything else.

Stuck in Park

Stuck in Park

Nissan Forums

Infiniti Forums

Datsun Forums

Technical Forums

Classifieds / Marketplace

Nissan Motorsports

General Forums