Hey Guys,

Need a bit of help on this one. I was on the highway last week when all of a sudden everything went dead, steering, complete dash, & car completely shut itself off just rolling forward in neutral out of the friggin blue! upon looking under the hood a buddy and I discovered I had blown a fuse. [Pic below] Green box, 40A fuse which seems to control the engine. Once we bridged the fuse it started up so we simply replaced the fuse. A few days goes by and I swear I hear clicking noises coming from the steering column similar to that of static cling. I brushed it off thinking it was by keys banging against one another. Well sure enough today when I started my ride this afternoon I began to turn the wheel, hear the static cling noise & boom..... car dies again! Argghhhh!!!!!

I pop the hood only to find the SECOND fuse below it blew as well. I Then soldered the two fuses together to get her home. It worked to start it up, but then I noticed the steering column started sparking up! Smoke & fumes started coming from the pedals area. this would happen whenever I tried to turn the steering column so I had to stop her and load my baby onto a flatbed to get her home .



Any thoughts as too what could be the issue? Only mods are a Pioneer Avic-D3 (installed about a year and a half ago... oh yeah I didn't have the PAC steering wheel unit installed if thats what anyone was wondering. So the steering controls are dead to the world & shouldn't be playing a role here.) LED Luxer 1 lights (installed about a month ago).

 

what fuses are blowing? what im not sure, but something shorted out in the steering column. maybe the ignition switch??

 

I'd check the steering column for sure. If it was sparking and smoking you should be able to quickly see where the problem is. Probably chaffed(?) through a wire and its shorting out.

 

Thnx guys, yea it actually turned out to be the steering wheel column & some wiring of the after market alarm as well. I brought it to the stealership and they said it's not friggin covered cuz the alarm was installed "after". I nearly blew my own fuse when I told them I purchased it from Nissan with THIS very alarm installed in it. (Car was pre-owned). Long story short... I have to flip the bill for it. :|

 

man i would make more of a stink because they sold it to you wiht that alarm. was it certified pre-owned? i would ask to speak to the manage's manager, put up a little more stink see what happens, call corporate and file a claim, it may not get you anywhere, call BBB and make a claim. Tell the manager that you are going to do all this if they did not fix all. See what happens, dude be an ahole, b/c it aint right and we all know it

 

^ what he said. if you bring it up most likely they'll give you the run around but if you keep pushing on the matter and be an a-hole, things will most likely go your way since you're right. you bought the car from the dealership with that alarm already installed so it's their default from what i see.