You just saved me $650 that it would have cost to replace the stock head unit with an aftermarket one in a new-to-us 2012 Pathfinder Silver Edition... thanks a ton, man!! Simple explanation, easy fix
Thank you, the first time this happened to me I took it to the dealer and they had no clue how to fix it. Been reseting my clock every time I turn it on. Again thank you, you are a life saver!
Hope it works for you. I have found mine can still be problematic. For example if I disconnect the battery to do something it can re-scramble the memory. And then I have to either deal with it, or yank the fuse once or twice. There is definitely a deeper issue, but somehow this fuse is on the chain of that issue.
Just wanted to say thank you! The console in my 2014 pathfinder stopped responding and nothing I did was working until I pulled that fuse in and out a couple times and now everything is responding again.
Dude, I don’t even know you but I love you!!! This has been driving me crazy for MONTHS!!! FYI peeps… the Murano fuse box is right above your gas tank release!!!
Thank you! This whole last year I dealt with this happening in my pathfinder and finally I had an enough brain power to think maybe if I ask UA-cam, someone else has it too! Sure enough this fixed it for me! Thanks!😊
Awesome info. I just bought a 2017 Murano today and this is happening. Now I know what the fix is and I can call them and tell them to have it fixed!!! Always UA-cam it, you can find anything!!!
@@vicentej1229 The Pathfinder is better for my DIY channel, helps ensure weekly content. What would I do with a 4 Runner? Start a Knitting Channel lol.
I hope it works for you. It definitely worked for me, but I find the issue periodically comes back. If I remove the battery or otherwise have the power cut its almost a sure thing that the issue will come back. Then I'm back in the fuse panel pulling and replacing that fuse. Its like there is a deeper issue somewhere, but that fuse is on the critical path to the problem. Judging by the number of views this video gets (more than any other video I have) this isn't an isolated problem. I've asked a few Nissan Dealers and they said they can replace my Head Unit for $1500. I want the clock to keep time, but not that badly.
I tried this as well. Unfortunately, it did not work. I ended up taking the positive battery terminal off, and cleaning and putting it back on. Since that day, the clock has kept time. Darn these quirky Nissans. Haha. BTW, I've watched all of your Pathfinder videos and they help me a lot. Thank you.
I have found this vehicle has more electrical quirks than any other that I have owned. Nothing that prevents it from working, just small annoyances. Glad to hear that the videos are helpful.
Thanks for the video. I want to ask if anyone has replaced that fuse? I tried pulling it out but couldn't, I didn't want to put too much force on it to avoid breaking it.
It is difficult to remove, I used needle nose pliers, and rather than trying to pull it straight out I used a twisting motion towards the driver side. This resulted in the passenger side portion coming out first.
Hey I got the same problem and my 2011 Nissan Pathfinder so I'm going to try it out I hope it works because it's really annoying thank you so much for the video
I wish you luck. I did a second related video as well if this doesn't work for you. It involves reprogramming your key fobs to the vehicle which actually gets better results and more long lasting results for me. ua-cam.com/video/tPnPXgLS8os/v-deo.html
Is the white plastic housing permanently attached? If not, how can you remove it to replace the fuse. I've got the same problem, but after pulling out the fuse, it will not fully unseat the housing. I can put it in and out of “shipping mode” but the radio still resets all settings.
Yes it can be pulled out, and in fact I did pull the one out of my vehicle. I pulled the passenger side of the fuse housing out first using needle nose pliers. sort a twisting motion towards the driver's side of the vehicle, then I pulled out the driver's side of the plastic clip. It can be done, but it is definitely harder than you'd think it would be.
Hahaha I just picked up the vehicle this week and got a little nervous about pulling on the thing to hard 😅. Came back inside to review the comments. Guess I'll just have to get brave and go try again LOL
Mine is a JDM Gtr R35 I've been having this av unit fan non stopping even when the car is off for a while now, but I figure I just pull the av fuse out everytime I park overnight then it should be fine. And it has been good for quite some time until recently one day when I start the car (I put the fuse back in everytime before I start the car) the radio won't turn on (if you push it it wont make sound and if you turn it wont show volume bar) radio status is OFF, and when this happens the reverse camera will be blacked out too. What I notice is that if the car is parked overnight with the fuse out (the battery will drain if I dont put the fuse out), the next time I drive the car the radio and the camera slowly come back on (after 5 minutes of waiting) and as long as you dont turn the car off, it will continue working. But if you make a stop somewhere and turn the car off for longer than 10 minutes, it sometimes will then work sometimes won't, and then if you make another stop and let the car off it won't work anymore until I get back home and pull the fuse out and wait till the next drive. it is like the car is getting a hard reset once it is off with the fuse out but then when you just turn off the car and go somewhere and come back it is like only getting a soft reset which leads to losing the audio and reverse camera image. do you have any ideas? I will try to.look at this fuse tonight and hope it works. It's been troubling me for too long!
The other thing that I've found makes the radio function better with my nissan is to resynch the smart fob to the vehicle. For some reason my pathfinder "forgets" settings for the keys over time and goes into some previous setting.
I am having an issue where my 2017 Pathfinder radio will never turn off! I found a hot wire behind the radio and when I cut it the radio finall turned off. I pigtailed the wire to another wire that was only hot when I started the car and that kind of fixed the issue. Unfortunately now I have to accept the user/information agreements every time I turn my car off and back on again. I am guessing the wire that I cut has something to do with extended memory, but it's weird because my radio doesn't forget anything, it just makes me accept the ser agreement. I was thinking a bad ground but holy crap, the wiring on this car is absolutely absurde! I have taken it to the dealer and they waisted thousands of dollars telling me they were fixing it, but in the end I got my car back not working. They are now telling me I need a whole new wiring harness and that's something like $10,000 after install. There has to be a solution to this issue! I still owe somewhere arond $24,000 on this car! Please help! Thank you so much!
$10000 is absurd. I miss the cars of the late 1990s and early 2000s where you could go to best buy and buy a head unit for $250 and it would sound better than anything that is stock today. Straight up front, I don't know anything about the 2017 Pathfinder and its radio. I can tell you this 2012 is a nightmare, but your issues sound worse for sure. What I have found to actually work is to re-synchronize the smart keys to the vehicle. The issue is that it will work perfectly if I only ever use one smart key, but if the wife goes and drives it with her smart key it all goes to hell again. Its not a factory re-programming, there should be an online guide that tells you how to do it. But if you cut a wire then I'm not too sure. I also don't know why it would just stay on. That is strange.
Hey cool vid. I dont know if its the same issue but I got a 2016 nissan pathfinder radio turns off along the controls to the climate controls ac/heater. Would this be the same?
I would assume that it isn't the same issue, but maybe. The other thing that seems to improve my situation is doing the re-learn procedure for the intelligent key fobs. There might be a tutorial on line for your year model. Should include turning car on and off, maybe locking the doors a couple time and hitting a few Fob Buttons.
My 2023 Nissan Sentra SV radio keeps resetting the date and time every time I turn the car on. Presets remain but date and time and menus keep resetting. I’m going to ask the dealership about this. They keep saying they don’t know and just hard rest the radio, which doesn’t work at all.
I would also suggest trying to re-link the key fobs. I find that if I relink a fob and only use the one fob it will keep memory. If the other fob is used it dumps the memory
Hi DIYNorth! Thanks for your video and many replies to others. My Nissan Altima 2012 has a similar problem. The sound does not come out although CD player seems to work fine as I see on the display that tracks are working; telephone seems to work although I don't hear any sound out of the system. My friend called on my mobile and I answered through the car bluetooth. He heard my voice but in the car I do not hear him. The panel shows the last used radio stations; yet the key pad where I have stored other stations do not display on the panel when I press any of those keys. It's mainly the volume button that doesn't operate normal... I tried to pull that white plastic blob in the fuse block as you suggested but it doesn't come out completely. It stops halfway. What should I do to pull it out completely? I was afraid of crushing when using the plier. Looking forward to hearing from you. Eric
I don't know anything about Altima's, but to me it doesn't sound like the same issue that I'm having with that long term storage fuse. To answer the last question first, yes that white thing can come out but it isn't easy. I used needle nose pliers and removed one side at a time. Sort of twisting motion, but yes difficult. It might make sense that people can hear you but you can't hear them. There should be a bluetooth microphone somewhere in the car that is separate from the speakers which picks up the sound of you talking and sends it onward. If everything looks like it works but there is just no sound it could be an issue with the volume control, but it could also be another issue. Does your car have a separate amplifier? Perhaps under the driver or passenger side front seats. If so that might be the issue, it could be the head unit is sending signal to the amp, but the amp isn't pushing that signal to your speakers. The amplifier also likely has an inline fuse somewhere, if that is blown it will also impact your sound. If i were to test it what I would likely do is a reset of the stereo, then look for any fuse that might be blown, If there is an amp I'd check to see if it is receiving a signal and or outputting a signal, then lastly pull the head unit and see if there is a signal coming out of whatever is there for speaker outputs.
Did you clean the corrosion off of the fuse block? Also, have you had any trouble with the head unit forgetting what settings it had when you turned the car off and going back to the same trip computer mileage and time, as well as same radio station, even if you reset them or change the radio station? In my case my 2012 Pathfinder constantly recalls some some settings from the past.
If I disconnect the battery I find that I have to fight with it to get the settings back. Usually yanking that fuse again does the trick. But yeah, if I disconnect the battery for whatever reason it randomly will go to some settings and time that I actually would have set, but could be from a year or more ago. It makes absolutely no sense when it does that. Its like there are settings that are burnt into the system.
I don't have any navi, but maybe. If you turn the car off, and it resets itself after you turn it on then perhaps it is a issue related to the long term storage switch. On the other hand if the vehicle is running and it just drops out and restarts, then I don't think it will be a fuse, but rather something with the navi/headunit.
they are fairly typical vehicle fuses. I find that they are a bit smaller than the fuses I'm used to on North American vehicles. Generally there are enough spare fuses in the various fuse boxes that you don't need to buy one the first time a fuse goes out.
I'm having an issue with a different Nissan radio. When I turn the ignition on it comes up Nissan, the outside temperature and the clock, the clock flashes. Nothing else happens its like the display is on but nothing on the radio works I can't get the nissan sign off the screen. Any ideas?
What Nissan an year do you have? I looked around a bit and you might be able to reboot the radio by pressing and holding the power button for at least ten seconds.
2013 primastar, I took the stereo from my mates trafic plugged it in to my van and it worked straight away. I ordered a new radio (same as standard) fitted it and it worked. 1 day later whilst driving that radio switched off and now I'm in the same situation it will not go back on. Its as if something is frying the systems but I have had the plugs checked and they show 12v so nobody can find whats actually wrong.
@@michaelmcmillan8814 That too bad. These electrical problems are not easy to get sorted. The electrical is my biggest complaint about my Nissan though I still like the vehicle. If you could get an aftermarket stereo to hook up that would be ideal and just by pass the Nissan electronics. It can be hard to fit an aftermarket stereo in new vehicles though.
Eso es desafortunado. Si el estéreo muere después de arrancar el vehículo, asumiría que el problema está en un fusible. ¿Tienes exactamente el mismo vehículo y radio? Algunas radios también tienen un fusible en la parte posterior al que solo puede acceder cuando quita la radio del tablero. El fusible en el video es solo el fusible de almacenamiento, por lo que podría estar relacionado con su problema, pero no creo que sea así.
Will this fuse keep me from getting power on my 12volt constant wire in the radio harness? I installed a new head unit sunday and I have wired a bunch of units over the last 20 years but I now have no power on the constant wire in the harness and none of my fuses are blown and I even tried the pull the fuse under the hood truck for 10 secs and still nothing
Sorry, I have no experience with the Titan to give my personal input, that said I found this wiring information guide for the 2004 Titan that might be of use. www.titantalk.com/threads/audio-wire-color-codes-for-04-nissan-titan-se.85900/
I have an 08 Armada and idk what's wrong with my stereo. If I'm listening to a cd then turn off my vehicle and turn it back on the stereo flips to aux. If I change it back to cd it doesn't play the last disc I was listening to but plays a disc I might have previously listened to. I've held down the power button more that 10 seconds to reset it but it just powers off. What do you suggest?
My 2012 Pathfinder is doing the exact same thing. However I do not have the Bose system... I tried this and it didn't solve my problem. Any other hacks you and think of to address it? I would imagine I could start the car with it out, I am just wondering if that might trigger it do something different.
I don't have anything else to try, and even for me this is a temporary fix. If I take out my battery, it will get messed up again. Every time I'm at a Nissan Dealer I ask about the radio. They always act like its the first time that they hear of it.
@@DIYNorth thanks for the reply. I am considering buying a radio off of ebay, I've called 2 different dealers and they too act as like they have never heard of this issue, I find that really hard to believe. They want a 140 dollar diagnostic fix on it and quoted me like 2k to replace the radio. which is absolutely ridiculous. I may trying draining all the circutery because its some how holding on to all of its previous memory, since the time and such never reverts back to 12:00
@@Tonster2428 if it's just the head unit it would be easy to replace and I would definately do that. This Bose thing has amps and a bunch of other crap that increases the complexity quite a bit.
I got a lead from another comment on reprogramming the keys. I messed around with it and it actually seems to work. I intentionally put it back into a messed up state and fixed it 3 times with the key reprogram method. It might help you. Will try to do a video on it soon. basically get in car and lock all doors with driver side door lock. insert key and turn it to ACC, then back to off then remove key (do that 6 times) after doing the key insert and turn 6 times, turn to ACC and leave it there. press the lock button on one key fob, then press the lock button on the second key fob then on the driver's door press unlock, then lock. turn key back to off and remove it. that's it. Why would that work....I have no idea. but it seems to have worked. I initially did only one key, and it worked fine with just the one key fob, the second one would mess it up again. now that i did the whole thing again with both fobs it seems to work with both of them. There seems to be a few types of key Fobs in the Pathfinder line up, and if you search nissan intelligent key or key fob reprogram in google you'll find some nissan dealers have details on how to reprogram various types.
I have nissan altima 2014,my stereo is working but voice is hanging alot whenever i low the volume its working accurate but as i up the volume its become hanging problem.can u help me to fix this?
@@DIYNorth when im connecting bluetooth the voice is streaming,buffering,but when i sloe the volume its fine but when up its again streaming and stucking like aaa eeeee oooooo like this
Sorry, I'm not sure. I don't actually have a bluetooth stereo. I still have to plug into the AUX jack. As a result I don't have any background in bluetooth stereo issues.
I'm guessing that it won't be. If the radio turns on and it can not get any channel then it may be an internal problem with the radio. If everything with the radio still functions correctly when you turn on the radio, but it is just forgetting its settings then yes it might work for you.
No sorry I have never even seen a Frontier radio to provide a solid opinion on it. If it is a standard double Din head unit though I would consider just getting an aftermarket head unit put in at a stereo installation shop or do it yourself if you have the confidence. I know the Bose head unit in my Pathfinder is $1000 at Nissan which is insane so I wouldn't go there. As long as you don't have Navigation or a complicated set up that would make it problematic I would personally go aftermarket without hesitation. It will work and will sound better.
Hi, my radio clock won't hold the correct time regardless of how many times I set it, the memory of the presets are fine, is this something that you experienced ?
Yes, I have had this issue, and it's very annoying. Basically every time I remove the battery or just the negative cable the Nissan goes back to this state on me. The only way I have had any luck fixing the issue is to set the clock with the vehicle running, turn off the vehicle and the headlights and pull the long term storage fuse for a few seconds and then re-insert it and turn the vehicle back on. Even then it doesn't work every time. I don't know what the root cause of this electrical problem is, but for some reason the long term storage fuse removal has been the key to getting the time sorted out in my case.
Do you have the same vehicle? Mines a 10. Also they are very much colour coded. Reds are 10, Blues are 15, and Yellows are 20. If you have a different fuse type the colour may differ, but look at your other fuses and they should have some indication of size on some of them.
@@DIYNorth I have 15 murano but it doesn't Match any of the colors. It is fried for sure. The color looks like a glow in the dark color. So I'm thinking was clear until it got fried. I replaced it with a clear which is a 25A. Everything works like before but the same issue with the clock and radio settings resetting are present.
Interesting that this is such a common thing across Nissan platforms since I've never had this occur in any vehicle before. It doesn't apply in my situation, but I have read that some Nissan models have a smart key that stores user preferences (radio station, time zone, etc.). If you have such a key it might help to set your stereo and then reset your user preferences to that key FOB. Just a thought. I'm going into Nissan in a couple of days, I'll ask them why their radios suck so bad.
@@DIYNorth right lol. I've owned over 12 cars and never had this issue lol. Idk what kind of key exactly as we bought it 3 days ago but ill find out and look up how to reset that. Ty and yes ask them that lol
I have armed 2008 with simple audio it is not Bose and only Twitter is heard, I already checked fuses and they are fine, someone who has the service and workshop manual of this truck
Does your vehicle have an amplifier in addition to the stereo head unit in the dashboard? (amp might be under a seat) If the tweeters can be heard, I would probably work backwards from the speakers towards the stereo as it is obviously sending some signal.
I already checked under the seats and there is no amplifier, I checked the fuses and they are all good! I thought about changing the stereo for a new one, but how will I connect the air conditioning controls so that it can be seen on the screen of the new stereo?
by the way the steering wheel controls do not work and the horn does not work !!! I don't know if the electrical part of the steering wheel rim is affecting the stereo and inhibiting it
Es español…….. mi nissan pathfiander 2012, le pasa lo mismo con el reloj 🕰 y con las estaciones de radio? Hice lo del video y no se arreglo el problema alguien sabe otra cosa que puedo hacer gracias
La otra cosa que funcionó es resincronizar las llaves inteligentes con el vehículo. Debe haber un procedimiento de reaprendizaje para su tipo específico de tecla. Yo intentaría eso.
Hopefully this works to fix it. It is surprisingly annoying the have the radio continually reset itself. Checking / cleaning the battery terminals might also help.
You just saved me $650 that it would have cost to replace the stock head unit with an aftermarket one in a new-to-us 2012 Pathfinder Silver Edition... thanks a ton, man!! Simple explanation, easy fix
Glad it was of use
Thank you, the first time this happened to me I took it to the dealer and they had no clue how to fix it.
Been reseting my clock every time I turn it on.
Again thank you, you are a life saver!
Hope it works for you.
I have found mine can still be problematic. For example if I disconnect the battery to do something it can re-scramble the memory. And then I have to either deal with it, or yank the fuse once or twice. There is definitely a deeper issue, but somehow this fuse is on the chain of that issue.
Omg this is happening in my 2023 Nissan Sentra. Thank you
Just wanted to say thank you! The console in my 2014 pathfinder stopped responding and nothing I did was working until I pulled that fuse in and out a couple times and now everything is responding again.
Glad it worked out for you.
Thanks for watching.
Dude, I don’t even know you but I love you!!! This has been driving me crazy for MONTHS!!! FYI peeps… the Murano fuse box is right above your gas tank release!!!
Hope it is the long term fix that you are looking for. For me it is still sometimes a pain.
My 2016 frontier radio was cutting in and out. You just saved me alot of time and money with this quick fix thank you.
No prob. I hope it keeps working
Thank you! This whole last year I dealt with this happening in my pathfinder and finally I had an enough brain power to think maybe if I ask UA-cam, someone else has it too! Sure enough this fixed it for me! Thanks!😊
Thanks for watching
You are marvellous. It worked. Even the garage couldn't do it.
Glad that it helped. Thanks for watching.
Awesome info. I just bought a 2017 Murano today and this is happening. Now I know what the fix is and I can call them and tell them to have it fixed!!! Always UA-cam it, you can find anything!!!
Hope you solve your problem. I find my Nissan has more little electrical issues than anything else I've owned.
@@vicentej1229 Next time maybe, the price difference is a bit staggering for a 4 Runner though.
@@vicentej1229 The Pathfinder is better for my DIY channel, helps ensure weekly content. What would I do with a 4 Runner? Start a Knitting Channel lol.
Dude....I haven't tried it yet but you may be my new hero. Thanx
I hope it works for you. It definitely worked for me, but I find the issue periodically comes back. If I remove the battery or otherwise have the power cut its almost a sure thing that the issue will come back. Then I'm back in the fuse panel pulling and replacing that fuse. Its like there is a deeper issue somewhere, but that fuse is on the critical path to the problem. Judging by the number of views this video gets (more than any other video I have) this isn't an isolated problem. I've asked a few Nissan Dealers and they said they can replace my Head Unit for $1500. I want the clock to keep time, but not that badly.
I tried this as well. Unfortunately, it did not work. I ended up taking the positive battery terminal off, and cleaning and putting it back on. Since that day, the clock has kept time. Darn these quirky Nissans. Haha. BTW, I've watched all of your Pathfinder videos and they help me a lot. Thank you.
I have found this vehicle has more electrical quirks than any other that I have owned. Nothing that prevents it from working, just small annoyances. Glad to hear that the videos are helpful.
Help! My clock won't hold the correct time 😒
Thanks for the video. I want to ask if anyone has replaced that fuse? I tried pulling it out but couldn't, I didn't want to put too much force on it to avoid breaking it.
Yes I've replaced it. I had no issues with the replacement but I had to use needle nose pliers.
@@DIYNorth thanks, I will give it another try.
Wow, nice and simple.
Thanks.
thanks for watching.
How do you take the white part off? I'm having trouble getting to that fuse.
It is difficult to remove, I used needle nose pliers, and rather than trying to pull it straight out I used a twisting motion towards the driver side. This resulted in the passenger side portion coming out first.
Hey I got the same problem and my 2011 Nissan Pathfinder so I'm going to try it out I hope it works because it's really annoying thank you so much for the video
I wish you luck.
I did a second related video as well if this doesn't work for you. It involves reprogramming your key fobs to the vehicle which actually gets better results and more long lasting results for me.
ua-cam.com/video/tPnPXgLS8os/v-deo.html
Thank you so much man I really appreciate it
Is the white plastic housing permanently attached? If not, how can you remove it to replace the fuse. I've got the same problem, but after pulling out the fuse, it will not fully unseat the housing. I can put it in and out of “shipping mode” but the radio still resets all settings.
Yes it can be pulled out, and in fact I did pull the one out of my vehicle. I pulled the passenger side of the fuse housing out first using needle nose pliers. sort a twisting motion towards the driver's side of the vehicle, then I pulled out the driver's side of the plastic clip. It can be done, but it is definitely harder than you'd think it would be.
@@DIYNorth damn, I'm trying to pull mine and it is really difficult
@@aaronmagnuson2772 Fully agree. They didn't intend on that thing falling out by accident.
Hahaha I just picked up the vehicle this week and got a little nervous about pulling on the thing to hard 😅. Came back inside to review the comments. Guess I'll just have to get brave and go try again LOL
Mine is a JDM Gtr R35
I've been having this av unit fan non stopping even when the car is off for a while now, but I figure I just pull the av fuse out everytime I park overnight then it should be fine. And it has been good for quite some time until recently one day when I start the car (I put the fuse back in everytime before I start the car) the radio won't turn on (if you push it it wont make sound and if you turn it wont show volume bar) radio status is OFF, and when this happens the reverse camera will be blacked out too.
What I notice is that if the car is parked overnight with the fuse out (the battery will drain if I dont put the fuse out), the next time I drive the car the radio and the camera slowly come back on (after 5 minutes of waiting) and as long as you dont turn the car off, it will continue working. But if you make a stop somewhere and turn the car off for longer than 10 minutes, it sometimes will then work sometimes won't, and then if you make another stop and let the car off it won't work anymore until I get back home and pull the fuse out and wait till the next drive.
it is like the car is getting a hard reset once it is off with the fuse out but then when you just turn off the car and go somewhere and come back it is like only getting a soft reset which leads to losing the audio and reverse camera image. do you have any ideas?
I will try to.look at this fuse tonight and hope it works. It's been troubling me for too long!
The other thing that I've found makes the radio function better with my nissan is to resynch the smart fob to the vehicle. For some reason my pathfinder "forgets" settings for the keys over time and goes into some previous setting.
I am having an issue where my 2017 Pathfinder radio will never turn off! I found a hot wire behind the radio and when I cut it the radio finall turned off. I pigtailed the wire to another wire that was only hot when I started the car and that kind of fixed the issue. Unfortunately now I have to accept the user/information agreements every time I turn my car off and back on again. I am guessing the wire that I cut has something to do with extended memory, but it's weird because my radio doesn't forget anything, it just makes me accept the ser agreement. I was thinking a bad ground but holy crap, the wiring on this car is absolutely absurde! I have taken it to the dealer and they waisted thousands of dollars telling me they were fixing it, but in the end I got my car back not working. They are now telling me I need a whole new wiring harness and that's something like $10,000 after install. There has to be a solution to this issue! I still owe somewhere arond $24,000 on this car! Please help! Thank you so much!
$10000 is absurd. I miss the cars of the late 1990s and early 2000s where you could go to best buy and buy a head unit for $250 and it would sound better than anything that is stock today. Straight up front, I don't know anything about the 2017 Pathfinder and its radio. I can tell you this 2012 is a nightmare, but your issues sound worse for sure.
What I have found to actually work is to re-synchronize the smart keys to the vehicle. The issue is that it will work perfectly if I only ever use one smart key, but if the wife goes and drives it with her smart key it all goes to hell again. Its not a factory re-programming, there should be an online guide that tells you how to do it.
But if you cut a wire then I'm not too sure. I also don't know why it would just stay on. That is strange.
Hey cool vid. I dont know if its the same issue but I got a 2016 nissan pathfinder radio turns off along the controls to the climate controls ac/heater. Would this be the same?
I would assume that it isn't the same issue, but maybe. The other thing that seems to improve my situation is doing the re-learn procedure for the intelligent key fobs. There might be a tutorial on line for your year model.
Should include turning car on and off, maybe locking the doors a couple time and hitting a few Fob Buttons.
My 2023 Nissan Sentra SV radio keeps resetting the date and time every time I turn the car on. Presets remain but date and time and menus keep resetting. I’m going to ask the dealership about this. They keep saying they don’t know and just hard rest the radio, which doesn’t work at all.
I would also suggest trying to re-link the key fobs.
I find that if I relink a fob and only use the one fob it will keep memory.
If the other fob is used it dumps the memory
@@DIYNorth Thank you. I will try that also. I'm open to any suggestions.
Hi DIYNorth! Thanks for your video and many replies to others. My Nissan Altima 2012 has a similar problem. The sound does not come out although CD player seems to work fine as I see on the display that tracks are working; telephone seems to work although I don't hear any sound out of the system. My friend called on my mobile and I answered through the car bluetooth. He heard my voice but in the car I do not hear him. The panel shows the last used radio stations; yet the key pad where I have stored other stations do not display on the panel when I press any of those keys. It's mainly the volume button that doesn't operate normal... I tried to pull that white plastic blob in the fuse block as you suggested but it doesn't come out completely. It stops halfway. What should I do to pull it out completely? I was afraid of crushing when using the plier. Looking forward to hearing from you. Eric
I don't know anything about Altima's, but to me it doesn't sound like the same issue that I'm having with that long term storage fuse. To answer the last question first, yes that white thing can come out but it isn't easy. I used needle nose pliers and removed one side at a time. Sort of twisting motion, but yes difficult. It might make sense that people can hear you but you can't hear them. There should be a bluetooth microphone somewhere in the car that is separate from the speakers which picks up the sound of you talking and sends it onward. If everything looks like it works but there is just no sound it could be an issue with the volume control, but it could also be another issue. Does your car have a separate amplifier? Perhaps under the driver or passenger side front seats. If so that might be the issue, it could be the head unit is sending signal to the amp, but the amp isn't pushing that signal to your speakers. The amplifier also likely has an inline fuse somewhere, if that is blown it will also impact your sound. If i were to test it what I would likely do is a reset of the stereo, then look for any fuse that might be blown, If there is an amp I'd check to see if it is receiving a signal and or outputting a signal, then lastly pull the head unit and see if there is a signal coming out of whatever is there for speaker outputs.
Did you clean the corrosion off of the fuse block? Also, have you had any trouble with the head unit forgetting what settings it had when you turned the car off and going back to the same trip computer mileage and time, as well as same radio station, even if you reset them or change the radio station? In my case my 2012 Pathfinder constantly recalls some some settings from the past.
If I disconnect the battery I find that I have to fight with it to get the settings back. Usually yanking that fuse again does the trick. But yeah, if I disconnect the battery for whatever reason it randomly will go to some settings and time that I actually would have set, but could be from a year or more ago. It makes absolutely no sense when it does that. Its like there are settings that are burnt into the system.
Thanks for the info. If the navi kept resetting, could it be a blown fuse ?
I don't have any navi, but maybe. If you turn the car off, and it resets itself after you turn it on then perhaps it is a issue related to the long term storage switch. On the other hand if the vehicle is running and it just drops out and restarts, then I don't think it will be a fuse, but rather something with the navi/headunit.
Is this fuse a dealership item or what type of fuse is it?
they are fairly typical vehicle fuses. I find that they are a bit smaller than the fuses I'm used to on North American vehicles. Generally there are enough spare fuses in the various fuse boxes that you don't need to buy one the first time a fuse goes out.
I'm having an issue with a different Nissan radio. When I turn the ignition on it comes up Nissan, the outside temperature and the clock, the clock flashes. Nothing else happens its like the display is on but nothing on the radio works I can't get the nissan sign off the screen. Any ideas?
What Nissan an year do you have? I looked around a bit and you might be able to reboot the radio by pressing and holding the power button for at least ten seconds.
Your system might be bricked... does the Nissan boot screen animate?
@@AUA-camChannelwithNoName Yes the boot screen comes up.
2013 primastar, I took the stereo from my mates trafic plugged it in to my van and it worked straight away. I ordered a new radio (same as standard) fitted it and it worked. 1 day later whilst driving that radio switched off and now I'm in the same situation it will not go back on. Its as if something is frying the systems but I have had the plugs checked and they show 12v so nobody can find whats actually wrong.
@@michaelmcmillan8814 That too bad. These electrical problems are not easy to get sorted. The electrical is my biggest complaint about my Nissan though I still like the vehicle. If you could get an aftermarket stereo to hook up that would be ideal and just by pass the Nissan electronics. It can be hard to fit an aftermarket stereo in new vehicles though.
Pregunta! Después de jump started the car. La radio no enciende los fusible están bueno. Crees que sacando ese fusible puede ser la causa del problema
Eso es desafortunado. Si el estéreo muere después de arrancar el vehículo, asumiría que el problema está en un fusible. ¿Tienes exactamente el mismo vehículo y radio? Algunas radios también tienen un fusible en la parte posterior al que solo puede acceder cuando quita la radio del tablero. El fusible en el video es solo el fusible de almacenamiento, por lo que podría estar relacionado con su problema, pero no creo que sea así.
Will this fuse keep me from getting power on my 12volt constant wire in the radio harness? I installed a new head unit sunday and I have wired a bunch of units over the last 20 years but I now have no power on the constant wire in the harness and none of my fuses are blown and I even tried the pull the fuse under the hood truck for 10 secs and still nothing
Sorry, I have no experience with the Titan to give my personal input, that said I found this wiring information guide for the 2004 Titan that might be of use. www.titantalk.com/threads/audio-wire-color-codes-for-04-nissan-titan-se.85900/
I have an 08 Armada and idk what's wrong with my stereo. If I'm listening to a cd then turn off my vehicle and turn it back on the stereo flips to aux. If I change it back to cd it doesn't play the last disc I was listening to but plays a disc I might have previously listened to. I've held down the power button more that 10 seconds to reset it but it just powers off. What do you suggest?
I'm not sure. I've only worked with this Bose system. Does your Armada have the same head unit? I would recommend starting with fuses.
I'll check those next, thanks
My 2012 Pathfinder is doing the exact same thing. However I do not have the Bose system... I tried this and it didn't solve my problem. Any other hacks you and think of to address it? I would imagine I could start the car with it out, I am just wondering if that might trigger it do something different.
I don't have anything else to try, and even for me this is a temporary fix. If I take out my battery, it will get messed up again. Every time I'm at a Nissan Dealer I ask about the radio. They always act like its the first time that they hear of it.
@@DIYNorth thanks for the reply. I am considering buying a radio off of ebay, I've called 2 different dealers and they too act as like they have never heard of this issue, I find that really hard to believe. They want a 140 dollar diagnostic fix on it and quoted me like 2k to replace the radio. which is absolutely ridiculous. I may trying draining all the circutery because its some how holding on to all of its previous memory, since the time and such never reverts back to 12:00
@@Tonster2428 if it's just the head unit it would be easy to replace and I would definately do that. This Bose thing has amps and a bunch of other crap that increases the complexity quite a bit.
I got a lead from another comment on reprogramming the keys. I messed around with it and it actually seems to work. I intentionally put it back into a messed up state and fixed it 3 times with the key reprogram method. It might help you. Will try to do a video on it soon.
basically get in car and lock all doors with driver side door lock.
insert key and turn it to ACC, then back to off then remove key (do that 6 times)
after doing the key insert and turn 6 times, turn to ACC and leave it there.
press the lock button on one key fob, then press the lock button on the second key fob
then on the driver's door press unlock, then lock.
turn key back to off and remove it.
that's it.
Why would that work....I have no idea. but it seems to have worked.
I initially did only one key, and it worked fine with just the one key fob, the second one would mess it up again. now that i did the whole thing again with both fobs it seems to work with both of them.
There seems to be a few types of key Fobs in the Pathfinder line up, and if you search nissan intelligent key or key fob reprogram in google you'll find some nissan dealers have details on how to reprogram various types.
I’m trying to correct the “Telephone” display issue for my 2010 Nissan Altima. Would you have any information on that?
Unfortunately I have no Altima experience.
I have nissan altima 2014,my stereo is working but voice is hanging alot whenever i low the volume its working accurate but as i up the volume its become hanging problem.can u help me to fix this?
I'm not sure I fully understand what you mean by the "voice is hanging a lot"
@@DIYNorth when im connecting bluetooth the voice is streaming,buffering,but when i sloe the volume its fine but when up its again streaming and stucking like aaa eeeee oooooo like this
Sorry, I'm not sure.
I don't actually have a bluetooth stereo. I still have to plug into the AUX jack. As a result I don't have any background in bluetooth stereo issues.
Amen!
Thanks for watching
I have nissan navara 2010 and channels and radio dont work is this the same solution
I'm guessing that it won't be. If the radio turns on and it can not get any channel then it may be an internal problem with the radio. If everything with the radio still functions correctly when you turn on the radio, but it is just forgetting its settings then yes it might work for you.
My 2013 frontier radio keeps cutting out and in...any idea?
No sorry I have never even seen a Frontier radio to provide a solid opinion on it. If it is a standard double Din head unit though I would consider just getting an aftermarket head unit put in at a stereo installation shop or do it yourself if you have the confidence. I know the Bose head unit in my Pathfinder is $1000 at Nissan which is insane so I wouldn't go there. As long as you don't have Navigation or a complicated set up that would make it problematic I would personally go aftermarket without hesitation. It will work and will sound better.
@@DIYNorth I was giving it a taught...
What does it look like underneath the white thing?
For me it's really just a fuse.
Once the white plastic is off it is fairly indistinguishable from the other fuses
@@DIYNorth so like is it blocky or like very slim
@@jorgearreola5340 it's just a standard small fuse.
How do you remove the white plastic
I used pliers and twisted one side out at a time
Donde puedo ver el video en español tengo un problema justo con la misma radio
No tengo una versión en español de ninguno de mis videos.
¿Cuál es el problema que estás teniendo? ¿La radio está perdiendo su configuración?
Hi, my radio clock won't hold the correct time regardless of how many times I set it, the memory of the presets are fine, is this something that you experienced ?
Yes, I have had this issue, and it's very annoying. Basically every time I remove the battery or just the negative cable the Nissan goes back to this state on me. The only way I have had any luck fixing the issue is to set the clock with the vehicle running, turn off the vehicle and the headlights and pull the long term storage fuse for a few seconds and then re-insert it and turn the vehicle back on. Even then it doesn't work every time. I don't know what the root cause of this electrical problem is, but for some reason the long term storage fuse removal has been the key to getting the time sorted out in my case.
DIYNorth ok
Anyone know what size of fuse? Mine doesn't say the amp on fuse. Really weird
Do you have the same vehicle? Mines a 10. Also they are very much colour coded. Reds are 10, Blues are 15, and Yellows are 20. If you have a different fuse type the colour may differ, but look at your other fuses and they should have some indication of size on some of them.
@@DIYNorth I have 15 murano but it doesn't Match any of the colors. It is fried for sure. The color looks like a glow in the dark color. So I'm thinking was clear until it got fried. I replaced it with a clear which is a 25A. Everything works like before but the same issue with the clock and radio settings resetting are present.
Interesting that this is such a common thing across Nissan platforms since I've never had this occur in any vehicle before. It doesn't apply in my situation, but I have read that some Nissan models have a smart key that stores user preferences (radio station, time zone, etc.). If you have such a key it might help to set your stereo and then reset your user preferences to that key FOB. Just a thought.
I'm going into Nissan in a couple of days, I'll ask them why their radios suck so bad.
@@DIYNorth right lol. I've owned over 12 cars and never had this issue lol. Idk what kind of key exactly as we bought it 3 days ago but ill find out and look up how to reset that. Ty and yes ask them that lol
@@DIYNorth turned out that it was due to our murano missing the map SD card. It uses that card to store preferences. Dumb imo lol
I have armed 2008 with simple audio it is not Bose and only Twitter is heard, I already checked fuses and they are fine, someone who has the service and workshop manual of this truck
Does your vehicle have an amplifier in addition to the stereo head unit in the dashboard? (amp might be under a seat) If the tweeters can be heard, I would probably work backwards from the speakers towards the stereo as it is obviously sending some signal.
I already checked under the seats and there is no amplifier, I checked the fuses and they are all good! I thought about changing the stereo for a new one, but how will I connect the air conditioning controls so that it can be seen on the screen of the new stereo?
by the way the steering wheel controls do not work and the horn does not work !!! I don't know if the electrical part of the steering wheel rim is affecting the stereo and inhibiting it
Es español…….. mi nissan pathfiander 2012, le pasa lo mismo con el reloj 🕰 y con las estaciones de radio? Hice lo del video y no se arreglo el problema alguien sabe otra cosa que puedo hacer gracias
La otra cosa que funcionó es resincronizar las llaves inteligentes con el vehículo. Debe haber un procedimiento de reaprendizaje para su tipo específico de tecla. Yo intentaría eso.
Hi, now everytime I set the preset radio stations, set the car then the presets are back to the old stations, Help 🤣😂
Sorry for the late follow up, have you got it sorted out?
Thank you!!!!
Thanks for watching
Radio has stop working
Sorry to hear that, has everything stopped, or just specific functions?
Wow this is happening now with my 2006 Altima smh
Hopefully this works to fix it. It is surprisingly annoying the have the radio continually reset itself. Checking / cleaning the battery terminals might also help.
Oh I'm in a 2004 Nissan titan
Have you had other electrical issues. The electrical system is my biggest complaint about the Pathfinder.