asked this a long time ago, but was never answered.
i basically fried the circuitry for the chime that goes off whenever u leave ur headlights on w/o the keys in (chime works but doesn't when connected). i kinda want it back b/c i always forget to turn em off every now and then. i also have aftermarket fogs which i forget to turn off sometimes.

i was thinking, buy one of those chimers at radio shack and wire it up somehow so they will go off like normal for BOTH FOGS and HEADLIGHTS.

anyone have any ideas on the wiring diagram?

 

did you check for the fuse?

 

i don't think the chimer has a fuse... lol

 

I'll look through the FSM and see what I can find out for you.

 

get one off a parts car. i think it would be just that little part that you need to unplug to get at the steering column

 

its underneath the dash located basically where your knees are. I have mine laying around somewhere. PM me if you want it.

 

i know where it is. i unplugged it & plugged it back a million times, still doesn't work.
so i tested the chimer w/ a 12v battery to see if that worked, and it did last time i checked. so it has to be the wiring that short-circuited or something. i have no clue on how to fix that.

 

yup it has a fuse according to the FSM.



hope that helps

 

^^^ oh wow! yes, thats does help me out!
i will look into this now.

 

had a couple questions though.
what does J/B stand for?
and the for the fuse block, is it talkin about the one underneath the driver side? number 40 did not match up to a 7.5 fuse. maybe i counted wrong or looking at the wrong one...

 

J/B is for junction block( or maybe box) do you have the FSM they have a little guide for reading the FSM short codes...

got to phatg20.net and Download your FSM and open it up in acrobat. its really easy to use.. next thing you know you'll be changing all sorts of electrical things in the car..

 

couldn't find one on that website.

found another one on a diff website for a 98 maxima. downloaded it and gonna do sum reading. but are there any vast difference as far as ecu configuration/power supply routing between the 97 and 98?

 

hey dark, do u have a FSM for a 97 that i can download or a website that provides it?

 

I think courtesyparts.com has FSM's for free you can download

EDIT: nevermind, those are the owners manuals DUH

 

ok, well i checked number 40 in the fuse block and the fuse was fine. its says in the FSM wiring diagram that the buzzer is connected to the fuse block through a 7.5A fuse, NO 40.

i also checked all the other ones as well. nothing blown. retested the stupid buzzer w/ a battery, works fine. what could make it not work??

 

Did you trace all of the wires from the fuse box to the buzzer? Did you test to see if you are getting any voltage out of the signal inputs when you should be?

 

http://www.phatg20.net/modules.php?n...ownload&cid=73

 

no, its all bunched up together in a wrap so i didn't feel like rippin it apart.
maybe i should if i wanna fix it.

my voltmeter broke, need to go buy a new one. so i don't know.
but if the voltage between the BCM terminal and ground is nonexistant, shouldn't that of blown a fuse or something? it says check the 7.5A number 12 in the fuse block. and like i said, i checked all that and there fine

so i'm guessing its the harness thats messed up.

 

thanks a lot! did a search but wonder why i didn't get anything...oh well

 

no prob, i also have a spare "chimer" box laying around if you need it. I want to wire up a different sound to mine actually...something creative.

 

hey, well i tried downloading the 97 fsm, and couldn't open it in adobe. says it was corrupted or something. dunno.

thanks, but the chimer box works fine.

 

If you have some spare fuses, just touch the contacts of the input wires of the chimer. It should spark and pop the fuse if its getting current.

 

ahh, good idea. will try that after work.

so if its not getting current, then the buzzer connector must have a short or an open right? so replacing that should resolve it?

 

Ill have to look at it later. If its not getting current then it MIGHT be the connector. Ive been into electronics for about 4 years now and Ive never seen a connector just go bad over time.

If it is getting currect then you know that there is something wrong right around the buzzer. If its not getting current, the issue is further down the line.

 

i can't remember the specific detail b/c this happened like 3 years ago when i really didn't know much about stuff, esp electronics.
like i said, i seemed to have shorted something b/c i was messing around w/ the harness trying to figure out how i could connect another buzzer for the foglights. i dunno, i think i spliced in something to the orginal buzzer harness and it stopped working after that... made an ignorant mistake

 

so u been studyin circuitry since 12? jeez i don't even remember anything during that age lol

 

yeh, just tested it, no current. so connector has to be bad.


have no clue on how i'm gonna replace that. its not as easy as like the sidemarkers and such.

 

Id say...cut, solder. Thats the best, most reliable way.

Oh, and yes, actually it was right around then, maybe 13. Ill be 17 in Sept. But anyway, I started working with RC cars, MOSFETs, resistors, plugs, lipo batts, li-ion batts, you name it...fun stuff. Started a Racing League, opened a store, and made some money. Until of course my hosting company went dead. Didnt have time to get it back up...

 

just cut right before the connector? i guess i'll try that. i don't wanna spend too much time tryin to figure out this stupid thing. if i can't get it after this, i quit.
i've got other things to figure out, like my O/D not working...

 

sorry for not getting back to you fast enough. Well you can cut the wire than splice it then use some crimps to hold the wires together than of course electrical tape it.

Also what do you mean your O/D is not working? LIke it stays on or just stays off?

 

check new thread

 

linky please

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=531547


from what people are sayin, i think its the harness thats gone bad or something loose within the wiring.


right now, i'm tryin to figure out if i can replace just the harness.