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exit34rocker1017 - I don't think they will. I think there was a change in them from the split in 12/98 and up. Not sure how different but I am sure its enough to make you not want to make one work over the other. Not 100% on that tho

Thanks muddfildvaynes. for some reason the link just doesn't work for me. Weird.

muddfildvaynes - I just checked the link and it seems that post has expired Thanks tho Daddy Rim - I just checked there and for 96-98 Fenders they are around $200/each. I found a similar price locally at a parts store. Thanks for the link however, there might be some other things I will pick up from them. Northernpathy - Is that for fenders for your 01? It seems for some reason around the 98's they are the most expensive of all of them. 01's seem to be much cheaper, but I might need to put a call into NAPA and see if they are cheaper than the other places I have called. Thanks for the responses guys. One reason why i love this forum! Crash

Hey All, Does anyone know of any online stores that sell aftermarket replacement fenders for a half decent price that includes free shipping within the US? I am in Canada, not far from the Maine border and the prices here in Canada for replacement fenders is just insane but I see a few sites that have really good prices but the shipping is a bit high, its for a 98 with flares (seems to be the most expensive ones). I am hoping some of my Pathy bro's can help me out here. Hell I will even take used fenders if they are a good price. Just need something to replace mine that are all eaten away by the Canadian winters salt and sand over the years. If anyone can give me some help it would be greatly appreciated as I want to get my ride rollin' again. Thanks, Crash

Ok so here is where we are today. This morning i got up and went out and put a jumper in place for points 6-7 of the relay and then put the relay back in place to the other options of the relay would work still, or so I hope. That being the ASCD and the Inhibitor relay. Now I can start it and it seems to be ok. I know this is not the ideal situation but I don't think that it should hurt anything, or so I hope it doesn't. Does anyone have any idea's what might be the problem though to look at further, I don't like mickey mousing it to make it work and would rather make it work correctly but this gets me going. Thanks again all. Crash

Ok so I ripped off the whole shifter housing and took a look at the neutral safety switch and from what I can tell it looks like everything is working and things are all touching correctly. The little rocker switch seems to work fine. All the mechanisms are working fine. How can i tell if this switch is bad, we tried putting it into neutral and starting but no luck there either. Any suggestions anyone? Thanks Crash

Hey Again All, So here is an update, i finally had a few min last weekend to mess with it. I replaced the starter as I mentioned above, no luck, checked and cleaned up all grounds and terminals, still no luck. All the fuses look great ... Then I had a buddy of mine come over last weekend and work with me on it to do some testing. We came to the conclusion that one of the relays, even though clicking fine was the issue. It was the Neutral Safety switch relay. We ended up using some wire and jumping the terminals and BANG! It started right up like a champ! So at this point we think its the relay, maybe something is bad in it. I didn't have another so I needed to order one from Nissan. Funny story is when I was cleaning up around the house I found another one that I know is good I had from some other project, lol. Anyhow I went out there 10 min ago with both the new and newly found relays and put them both in and nothing! Wont start. Just as I am typing this I am thinking logically that would it make sense that there is an issue with the safety neutral switch not giving the relay power to a point and therefor not allowing it to start? So I should be looking at the safety neutral switch and wire from there? Just want to make sure I am thinking logically, I am a bit hung over from a hockey game last night, lol Thanks again all! Crash

Hey Jose, Thanks for confirming that the starter is grounded through the engine (tranny) itself. That's what I figured but was never 100% sure but it makes sense. Sounds like your starter is on its way out as well, I wouldn't think the engine myself but hard to say. I have checked my battery a bunch of times and put a brand new one in there and its still not doing much to help the situation, If it is the battery then the good thing is its still under warranty

Hey rgallant - Did do some looking around and I haven't noticed any wires that were damaged, but then again its hard to see them all. The small signal wire going to the starter is something I think an animal could chew through so when I get a chance I am going to check to see if I am getting power to the starter and the signal wire as well now that I think the ignition is all good. I don't think our starters have their own ground wire, or not that I have been able to see anywhere. Someone else might be able to confirm this for sure but I haven't noticed anything like that under there. Just the power wire and the signal to the solenoid to activate it. SexJelly - It sounds to me like your issue would be your ignition switch if you simply have to jiggle the keys to get it to start, just a guess based on what I have been reading about these sorts of issues on our trucks. Keep the idea's coming everyone, every little bit helps me here. I am almost to the point where I might have to have it towed to a garage or something because I cant find the problem. Cheers, Crash

Thanks rgallant for the info ... I have checked all the fuses and any of the relays in the fuse panels and everything seems fine from what I can see, I didn't notice any issues anywhere at all. So then I moved on to the ignition switch, pulled the plastic cover off it all and started probing wires. The problem I had here was that I was not sure what each wire was for and what they all went to but from what I could tell when I was testing is that there are 6 wires, all of them gave me a signal at some point with the exception of 1 of them. I didn't have a chance to note what wires worked and when as it started to rain fairly hard and was getting dark. I am thinking that of those 6 wires one of them is a ground wire, if so then I think we can say that the ignition switch is working, correct? If that's the case then its seeming like its either the power wire going to the starter or the signal wire going to it I think. Whats everyone else thoughts on that? Anything else I should check? - Crash

Thanks guys, I will have a go with the electrical tonight and see what I can find. I will also take a full look over the fuses, hoping its something simple like that. I will let you guys know what I find tonight or tomorrow. Guess I will get the wife out there with me tonight, she can turn the key ty01pathfinder: I am in New Brunswick. Thanks again all, Crash

Hey Tye, thanks for the reply. I did think of that myself. It is an Auto and I have gone and rocked the shifter back and fourth a bunch of times just to see and I think its OK but cant be sure of it. The only thing that makes me think that it isn't that is the fact that the deck and wipers go out on me when I start. Makes me think its something electrical somewhere, just not sure where.

Hey Again, So I just wanted to update everyone on how I made out and hope to get some more suggestions from everyone as to where I should look next. I took the starter to Crappy Tire last week and had them test it out, they said it was dead and gone. So I said to myself, "Great!, this means an easy fix". I went to the junk yard yesterday and grabbed a used starter for $75, not biggie thinking it was the fix. Got home last night and crawled under the truck and threw the new (used) one in there. Went to start it up ... nothing!, checked all my connections and everything is tight and looks to be the same as it was when I took it out but still I have the exact same symptoms I had prior. For the hell of it I figured out how to test a starter myself and hooked it up to my battery pack and low and behold my old starter was fine as well and seemed to work quite well, so the idiots at Crappy lied to me thinking they were going to get a sale out of it or something. I don't think I could manage to screw up the install of it, I simply had the power wire to connect and then the plug that I assume is the signal to tell it to engage. There is no ground wire that I am aware of and think that it must ground through the body or something, unless I missed something. So now I am back to wondering where I should look next. I have another starter in place, a new battery and checked the fuses and relays that I can associate with the starting system. I am going to recheck the fuses and relays again to be sure but I am hearing clicking from the relays so I am somewhat thinking its not them. My thoughts are to check the ignition switch thinking there could be something there because I don't think power is making it to the starter, the other thing I was worried about was maybe something with the security. What does everyone think? Thanks Again, Crash

Hey guys, Thanks for the replies. I had some time yesterday afternoon so I started to do some probing and such. I gave the battery terminals a good cleaning and made sure they were nice and tight. Then I crawled under the truck and gave the starter a few good whacks with the hammer ... no luck. I disconnected both the terminals and cleaned them and put them back on ... still nothing. So then I took the starter out all together, seeing as its quite easy to get to on the Pathfinders. I am going to take it to Crappy Tire tonight and have them test it to see if its any good. Sounds like that's the problem, I'm kind of hoping it is because I hate troubleshooting electrical. I am thinking that it could be because she has been sitting for a few months now and hasn't moved and when I took the starter off yesterday I noticed some water seeped out of it, not sure if it got in there from sitting and condensation and whatnot but I guess we will see. Looks like used starters are not too expensive anyway. If this doesn't work I will be back looking for some more suggestions Thanks Again All! Crash

Hey All, Been awhile since i last posted. My pathy has been sitting for a few months now and I wanted to start it up and take it for a run the other day and it would not start. Figured battery (wasn't the best to begin with) so I put a charge to it, still nothing and i figured it was time for a new one. I installed the new battery the other day and then tried to start it again, nothing! I am thinking ground maybe but not sure and wanted to bounce this off some of you guys to see what you were thinking. What I notice is that all my lights work fine, all power options function perfectly, you would never know there is a problem until I go to start it. When I move the key from 'On' to the 'Starting' position I hear the clicking from under the hood, I assume its the relay and maybe the solenoid but cant confirm as its just me looking at it. What I do notice that is strange is that when I am trying to start it, my deck shuts off as well as if I am running something like the wipers at the same time they stop while the key is in the starting position. This is what is driving me nuts. Next up will be to look at some grounds here and there but I wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts. Thanks so much in advance. Crash

Thanks for the help in that, I don't think I will be ripping the intake mani off anytime soon with the temps dropping. Seafoam might be the way to go.

RunAway, You sound like you know what your talking about and I agree that I should start with the IAC before going to the dealership to have this looked at. I am still not sure where to locate the IAC on the 3.3 engines however. I am sure you would know exactly where its located.

Is this something that would apply to the late 90's Pathy's as well? If so how would you go about getting it re-learn? I assume you would have to do something like disconnect a sensor or something?

That makes sense. I have older Honda's in my garage as well and I have had to take IAC off them before and clean them with some carb cleaner to stop the engine from revving up and down but I wasn't sure about this issue where its low right from the start when its cold but fine when its warm. Where is the IAC located on the 3.3's, I have never really paid attention or looked for it. I will try that this weekend and see what happens. I am not too concerned about the 'Check Engine' light anyway, its on now because of an EVAP leak.

Any suggestions from anyone else? Looking for things to try right now.

Please do let me know if you find a fix for this because its really starting to worry me.

Hey everyone, I have noticed an issue with my 98 Chilkoot over the past week or so. Now that its getting colder I have noticed that when I start the truck in the morning after stilling all night that once I crank it over and it kicks in that the idle starts at around 1100 rpm for a sec then drops down to like 400 rpm and then very slowly climbs back up to about 900-1000rpm but doesnt' kick into its high idle like it should when its cold for 30-60 sec until it warms up. I am afraid that as it gets colder that it might not start some day. Any one have an idea what it could be or where to start checking? Thanks, Crash.

I agree, it helps prevent it but you cant always get the hard to reach spots. Mine is in good condition as well and I am in Canada, there are a few spots but I bought it used so it was out of my control.

I guess here in Canada we are not getting the recall even though its on Transport Canada's website. I was just in contact with my dealer as well as Nissan Canada and they have no idea about this recall at all. I did however find more info on this issue for those in the US ........

Thanks for the replies guys. So far i don't have any codes thrown nor have I ever but I tend to think that the ABS sensor may be dirty. With any luck this weekend I can get some time in to look at it and clean it out and see if that makes a difference. Also I may bleed my lines as well just to make sure there are no bubbles or crap in them that could be contributing to the issue. Thanks again, Crash