First off I have a 2002

So I started blowing this in cab 10amp fuse called meter, I checked alternator, battery, called harness lights all the normal stuff, couldn't find it, meanwhile that fuse controls the cluster and puts the vehicle into fail-safe mode... so I scoured the forums and google and was running out of free time and fuses, so I brought it into the shop (local mechanic)...

It took him 9 hours of following wire and circuit diagrams, Forums, calling Nissan dealerships, had everything unplugged from harness and couldn't find what was causing the short...

He then noticed on the schematics for that circuit there was a mirror section, not side mirrors but rear mirror, apparently the connection at the actual rear view mirror was toast, melted the wires and shorted internally, unplugged mirror and voilaaa fuse didn't blow.

So 870$ later I had the issue fixed, a measly 100$ mirror crippled my baby for 3 days and cost me 900$.

I'm just posting this so anyone that runs into the same issue to remember that the rearview mirror may not b on the diagram plainly, but it's something to check also.

 

Ouch, that hurts. Were you doing anything around the rearview mirror to cause it to act up?

 

Good thing to know.

 

Thanks for posting, I also want to know if you did anything with the mirror?

 

I hadn't touched the mirror at all except when my wife put a n air freshener around it two weeks ago. Otherwise I leave it alone , it was some random fluke break down I assume?

 

THANK YOU SOO MUCH
This problem happens for me a while back and replaced the fuse and it didn't pop it happened again and I spent the whole day looking for a short and YouTube videos and forums and I found this one went and looked at the wires behind the mirror they were barley touching so I pulled them apart and replaced the fuse again and it didn't pop so thank you soon much for your fourm