farmergoo

Conclusion: So I picked up the alternator and had the pulley swapped for just shy of 90 bucks. It was a PITA getting it fitted back into place but I managed. Started the car up and NO error lights. Problem Solved!!! I think I'll have to start another thread for the ABS problem but Ill do a bit more research and tinker with it first.

Update: Yesterday I went to Oriely's to check the prices on the alternators and get brake fluid. As it turns out, the clerk owned an 88 pathfinder! He pretty much confirmed what has been said here about the alternator causing the dash to light up. So I told him I wanted a maxima alternator and he gave me a puzzled look. I explained what this forum said about it being so similar and the told him that it has a 70 vs 90 amps difference. So we pulled both off the shelf and compared. Sure enough, they are nearly identical. And, as an added bonus, the maxima alty was something like $40 cheaper. Excellent. He said if I got my crusty alternator off, he would swap the pulley for me. So I pulled the alternator out last night and cleaned it off a bit. It was pretty oil soaked on the engine side so I think that had a lot to do with it. Ill be heading to Oreily's this afternoon to pick up a maxima alternator. As for the ABS light, I added some DOT3 to the reservoir fill line and the light is still on. Ill check the lines and sensors after I get the alternator installed. Thanks everyone for the feedback.

I initially thought it was the alternator so I went to Oreily auto and they said my alternator and battery were working normally. I was thinking of doing the 90amp alty swap anyway. Ill check the belt slack tomorrow and add some brake fluid.

So a few weeks ago, my car was having idle issues. It would sputter at low speeds and sometimes die at stop lights. I check the oil and it was a bit low so I completely replaced it. I also read the ECU (thanks to this site) and saw that I had a 32 error - EGR issues. I found that a hose near the firewall was cracked so I replaced it. The oil change and the vacuum leak pretty much fixed my car and it was running back as normal. Great! But that's not all.... I thought it was strange that my check engine light never came on during all of that so I checked if the bulb was bad. Turns out, some black paint was used to paint over the error lights!!! I found out that the ABS, Brake, Battery, and A/T temp light were all on. So I guess I have been driving around with a bunch of lights on for the last 3 years. Great... So I have spent all weekend on trying to figure out whats going on. I got the check engine light to go off by resetting the ECU's EGR error. I think the problem is transmission related because the Brake, A/T temp, and Batt light turn off when the transmission is shifting up. It goes like this: rev+speed ->lights off -> shift -> lights on again As for the ABS light, the brake fluid is a bit low (just below the filter in the reservoir) so I will add some DOT3 and report back on that. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hello everyone, I been looking through this site for the past few weeks and decided to join the community. I have owned my pathfinder, or "sh*tfinder" as my friends call it, for just over 3 years. I bought my 1995 XE 4WD Automatic in Oregon when I was in college. With about 185,000 miles, my car has been a amazingly reliable considering I only give it gas and the occasional oil change. Now that I have a job, I can afford to do some long overdue maintenance. I don't know a great deal about working on cars but I am pretty crafty so I hope that a combination of my skills and this site will keep my car going for another 100,000 miles. Regards, Farmergoo