Nick

Hi Pathy and welcome to NPORA Forums! Well Im not absolutly sure what is going on, but I do know that the same exact symptoms were happening to my girlfriends moms Ford Taurus, and we just kept driving it. Well 4 months later we could be going down the freeway and it would just like pop out of gear, and almost like stay in neutral usuall for 20 secs sometimes up to a minute and then it would just pop back into gear. I know this probably didn't help at all but I was just sharing my story

I have read many users posts about stereo problems with the Pathfinder. So this topic is for you. The Nissan Pathfinder came stock from the factory with 2 amps located in the rear of the vehicle on the right side behind a panel. These amps supply power to the speakers (ie: one amp for fronts, one amp for backs). Installing an aftermarket deck. If you have recently bought an aftermarket deck and you would like to install it yourself there are two options that you have. 1. You can install the deck without installing new speakers and hope that it gets power to the amps. For this you just need to go and purchase an install kit (can be purchased at any stereo store or even Wal-Mart) for your year Pathfinder. The plugs should hook straight into your existing ones, then connect all the wires. If you are not running new speakers this means that you will probably have to get power to the amps. But first once you get every wire hooked up lets check and see what we have going. Go ahead and turn on the stereo and turn up the volume. If you do not hear anything than this means that either you have it hooked up incorrectly, or that your amps do not have any power. So to correct this you will need to get power to the amps. You can either run a wire from the battery to the wire for the amps which is in the existing wire loom (mine is a pink wire) and it will always have power going to the amps. Another choice is to run a wire from the battery to a switch inside your vehicle and then to the amp wire which will then make it to where you can manually turn the amps on and off (this is what I did before I installed speakers). Now after you have done one of these methods check again and see if you have sound. If you do, then congratulations you have installed your stereo successfully. If not, than this probably means that you have something not hooked up right. 2. You can install the deck and also install new speakers. If you choose this way then I recommend to just bypass the amps (ie: removing them from the vehicle). Install your new deck and you will have to either run a new hot wire to the batter and a remote wire to the battery or you can find out which wires in the existing wire loom are the hot and remote and splice into them. After that you will need to run a short ground wire to any peice of metal that will do. Now installing the speakers. You have a choice of 4x6's in the front and 5x7's in the back although with minor cutting you can fit 6x9's in the back. You just need to pry the screens of the stock speakers, and then remove them. Now before you install your new speakers you first need to run new wires from the deck, to your new speakers, as you recall for this step we are bypassing the amp therefore you cannot use the existing wires. After you have installed all of your new wires you may now install your new speakers and put everything back together. Now turn on your stereo and listen to the great sounds of a job well done! I hope that this has helped a little and if you are still stuck then please feel free to post a topic in the Garage section and someone would be glad to help you.

Ok maybe I over exaggerated. I put $10 in and it goes from empty tank to half full tank. Im not positive how many gallons that is but im paying $1.59 a gallon. But I drive 6 miles to get the gas because everywhere else is 1.89 a gallon

10MPG? what is wrong with it? My almost father in law with like a 23000 dollar land cruiser with a 383 Stroker and LT1 Fuel Injection and 33's gets 9MPG. Jeezo do you ride the throttle or something?

Yay, Im not the youngest Nice to see theres people my age here.

I haven't changed the plugs but I have had the starter off, that is quite a pain. I would like to put a chevy motor in my pathy just for the simple fact. THEY ARE SIMPLE. They have timing CHAINS, instead of belts, the starter is right there. The alternator is right there. The only hard thing about um is the plugs. I mean they are just so easy. I hate to say it but my Civic engine was eaiser then this. O well I guess something has to be weird on such a good car.

I think that I may be the youngest here. Im 17, almost 18. But Im far from a kid. I have a 5 month old son (I know its early but accidents happen) which I love. I also have a fiance and a nice house (which I own). So I feel that Im a little mature for my age.

Thanx for the replies guys, sometimes I just get bored and post weird stuff. Guess this one was a good one

Just thought it would be fun to see the diversity of ages amongst NPORA members.

Well in my pathy both amps are in the rear right panel. I will tell you how to hook up your aftermarket stereo to the amps, if you dont want to hassle with wiring new wires to speakers and such. Well first thing you take a wire and run it from your battery to the inside of your vehicle, then connect it to a switch. You then take a wire from the other end of the switch and connect it to the wire in the stock wiring harness for the amp power (mine is pink) and then you can manually give the amps power. This is what I did at first because I was to lazy to run new wires. Then I got new speakers and decided to run new wires and lose the amps. Hope that this helps a little bit.

Well I usually drive mine to pretty close to empty, put $10 US in it (about 13 gallons) , fills it a to about half, and I can get about 200+ Miles if i baby her a lot. If i don't baby her i get less than 200

Mudfinder, you cannot get any sound to the rear speakers because with an aftermarket stereo you are not getting power to the amps. You must either find a way to supply the amps with power, or directly re-wire your speakers to the back of the deck ie: run new wires from speaker to deck.

Ok will do

Haha ok, maybe i should slow down then I thought it was a little odd that i was hitting 4000 RPM on the freeway. O well thanx for the info

But to answer your question it just sounds like its downshifting, because you say that the OD OFF light never comes on. And if im correct i think on the pathy you have to push the OD button to turn in on and off. I mean it is possible that it could be popping out of overdrive and it wouldnt say that its off because the button you push actuates the dash on the light. I know i didn't help but im just giving ya my 2 cents.

You get 70mph at 2700 RPM? i wonder if thats something with the autos, my manual i get 70MPH at 4000 RPM, but then again maybe my speedo is off cuz at 70 im passing people like crazy.

My 94 pathy has a amplifier from the factory when i installed my stereo (JVC) i just bought a wiring harness, and took the remote wire coming OFF the stereo, and put it in the hole that is meant to give power to the amp, and then hooked everything else up like instructions said. It works fine, but until you get power to that amp you wont get any sound comin from the speakers. Hope this helps a little.

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Jeez, haha ur pathy is leaning. Figures, its a 2 door. Nah just playing with ya. Nice job though

I have the same problem, only difference is both mine are torn and now cv joints are clunking, i would also like to know how much and what trouble.

The other nite i put a dryer in the back of mine and it shut perfectly. What can u guys get in there?