twoface2486 Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 1995 Pathfinder SE 4x4 Today I went to the gas station to fill up and when I was ready to leave and the car would not restart. I would turn the key on and it sounded like every single relay on the car was clicking. I check the fuses and I found that the "shift lock fuse" was blown. So I replaced it, but I still could not restart my pathfinder. The clicking was gone but now the battery was dead. The battery is brand new. I had my buddy jump start the car and it fired right up. I pulling out and turned on the lights and the car just completley died. We jumped it again and he followed me back to the house without lights. I get home and turned the lights on again and it killed itself again. Has the happened to any of you guys, because I am lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daftpup Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 That's the @!*%s mate. I once had a Sable that did something very similar to what you describe and it turned out to be an alternator relay module. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVO Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 1995 Pathfinder SE 4x4 Today I went to the gas station to fill up and when I was ready to leave and the car would not restart. I would turn the key on and it sounded like every single relay on the car was clicking. I check the fuses and I found that the "shift lock fuse" was blown. So I replaced it, but I still could not restart my pathfinder. The clicking was gone but now the battery was dead. The battery is brand new. I had my buddy jump start the car and it fired right up. I pulling out and turned on the lights and the car just completley died. We jumped it again and he followed me back to the house without lights. I get home and turned the lights on again and it killed itself again. Has the happened to any of you guys, because I am lost. I had that happen on a '74 Malibu Classic and my old '87 Colt... Both instances were a dead altenator... Yard it out or drive to a place that does rebuilds on them and have them spin it up on the testers they have and see if that's the issue... Chances are, ya need a new altenator... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Yep, dead battery and possible shot alternator or bad connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roost Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Get your truck started and then while running, remove the positive(red) terminal off the battery. If it still running, then the alternator is fine. If it remains running, have someone turn on you head lights while you have a volt meter on the removed positive cable and on the negative post. If it drops out, the voltage I mean, then your alternator regulator is gone. If it just dies, it could be the alternator or it could be the starter solenoid, as it has a lot of the heavier electrical components can run through the starter. If this seems to be the way it goes, remove the item that you think is bad, take it to Auto Zone or something like it and the should test it for free. If the starter tests bad, ask them to test the solenoid. If this doesn't seem to sound right or not work, than I have no idea but to let some electrical guru take a look at it. Good luck Semper Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 yeah, elliminate the possible alt related issues before you start chasing anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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