So I pulled the ultimate WTF moment when I was jumping my battery yesterday. And the worst part is that it was my wife who told me what I did wrong!!! I hooked the negative cable to my positive battery stud and I hooked the positive cable to the ground in my Max. After about three seconds of this trying to melt my car I was able to get it off. I hooked it up correctly and the car started up with no problem.

Now the problem - My control panel is now dead. I have no radio/gps/backup camera/environmental control. Everything in the center control panel is now dead. I'm hoping that this is an easy fix. Can anyone point me to the correct fuse or fusible link that could be the culprit?

Thanks in advance.

 

Interior fuse panel. ALL of them. With a mistake that large, there may be more than just one fuse blown. May as well start checking all of them so you cover all your bases before moving on to other areas of the car.

EDIT:
Fuses 3, 4, 6, 21, 22, 24, 41,
25 and 26 (if you have Bose)

 

Start with the basics. Check every fuse that protects each piece of equipment in the center console. Report back. I couldn't tell you if there is a fusible link just for the center console electronics. BTW do all your dash instruments work, including the programable ones? Are there any warning lights displayed on the dash?

 

Similar happened with mine and it was the monitor fuse. It was blown and the car turned off the non-essential functions, also shut off speed and tach.

 

I reset all of my maintenance functions. Everything else if working as it should.

I changed my oil and rotated my tires yesterday. After that I did a thorough cleaning of the inside. I guess having the doors open that long killed my battery.

I will dig into the fuses tonight after work.

I did buy the Nissan extended warranty so I have that to fall back on if necessary.

 

i did this too without paying attention by accident on my last car 7 years ago and killed the battery, it never held a charge longer than a day after that. hopefully it works out for you. they do make smart jumper cables that only operate if they're on the correct terminals

 

If I'm correct I think you can fry solid state components in a car by reversing polarity.

 

I checked every fuse in the car last night and I couldn't find any that were bad. I don't see where a specific fuse is called out for the control panel. I will call a dealership today to see what they say.

 

correct, it can fry the ECU and other things

 

Will the Nissan warranty cover this. You better look it over. That is a error on your part.

 

If he's smart he won't mention it

 

If he's smart he won't mention it, just play dumb and hope

 

it can fry the ECU but if it was quick, as in you yanked the cables right off when you saw sparks you probably just blew some fuses. years ago i derped and installed a battery backwards on a Mazda MPV, yanked the cables immediately off when there were sparks and all that ended up blowing was the large fuse and the radio fuse

 

I took it to the Nissan dealership....they replaced the 15 amp fuse for free...I walked away looking like an even bigger idiot.

 

I hope your girlfriend or wife doesn't ever have car issues, then you definitely going to look like an idiot and less of a man. Yeah I said it

 

I have always done the majority of my car repairs with no issues. **** happens.

I asked to see the fuse that was blown and they didn't have it available. It must have been a hairline crack that I missed.