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@@hk3vids glad the video helped 😄

So if your pathfinder does not already have from the factory a 7 pin connector on the rear bumper then you do not have the towing package, which includes the extra transmission cooler, and without the towing package your pathfinder can not two 6000 lbs, it has a much smaller towing capacity, I think it varies by year but a lot of them I saw supported 3500 lbs. My 2023 Rock Creek came with the towing package and part of the 7 pin connector is to send the electric brake signal to the trailer, the brake controller I installed gets information from that white connector I exposed in the dash that tells it how hard the brake is being pressed and that gives a variable... but adjustable signal to the trailer on how much braking is required. So if you do not have a 7 pin harness I don't know if your pathfinder will have the necessary connections under the dash to hook up a 7 pin connector... that you would have to wire all the way back from any brake controller under your dash to where you would be installing the connector on the rear bumper... and again your towing capacity is probably not 6000 lbs but something much smaller. Sorry.

Good question, I like driving manual but they are far and few between here in the USA. But the problem here is that the car does not sense it is in park... and in a manual there is no "Park", so I guess the problem does not happen on a manual?

@@bholtzhauser Not sure really, all my wife's mentioned recently is she couldn't turn it off as it was not reacting to pressing push button etc. You know women, I've asked if the engine was off and dash and radio still on etc? She couldn't remember... Just researching and want to be prepared just in case. Thank you!

Glad this video is still helping people :-)

That would mean the Tekonsha 2050-P is not supposed to work on my 2023 Pathfinder RC, but I can assure you it does. I just went to etrailer and asked if it fit your Pathfinder and it says it is the correct part www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Tekonsha/3050-P.html?hhyear=2024&hhmake=Nissan&hhmodel=Pathfinder So I would go ahead and install it and see if it works.

I hope it goes well for you, I like your profile pic, I like hang gliding, but so far only gone up several times with an ultralight tow, many times running down the sand dunes at kitty hawk 😄

Only cost about 20 bucks and 20 minutes! 🙏 bless you

Glad to hear it even helps on 2013 models, I thought the "issue" started with the 2014s

Awesome! Glad you could get that done and saved money and headaches... very cool.

Awesome, the parts just keep getting easier to find and costing less... I am so glad you found this helpful.

Great to hear that you were successful, glad the annoying issue is gone!

Sounds like "Great Success" 😁

i don't recall my start button flashing / blinking orange, I would pop off the cover and check the wires again, it is possible the switch you got and installed is bad too. If you still have the old switch just hook up the wires to it (no need to "install" it) and see if the start button does the orange blink.

Thank you for the positive comment on the video, It really does make me feel good that so many have found this useful, at first I was thinking... a handful, but its like hundreds ♥ I am glad you got that issue resolved!

There is no need to connect the brake controller to the 7pin in the rear of the car... where you plug in the trailer. One of the pins in the 7pin connector is the "Brake" wire, putting the brake controller in like this (plugging the brake controller in that white factory connection under the dash) activates and coordinates that "Brake wire" in the plug to modulate the voltage/current on that wire and controls the brakes on the trailer.

Dang, I’m sorry I’m still not understanding. So you don’t have a 7 pin connector for your trailer?

@@jorgecastillo0920 I do have a 7pin, I assume you do too. The 7pin on your pathfinder, or any pathfinder... that does not have a brake controller installed will not be able to activate the brakes on a trailer equipped with electric brakes. The "Brake wire" in the 7pin will not have a signal on it. So that is why you install a brake controller, When the brake controller gets connected to that factory provided plug that is under the steering wheel, it puts that signal on the 7pin in the rear of the car... when you hit your brakes, the brake controller sees that and sends the appropriate voltage on the "Brake wire".

@@bholtzhauser no mine doesn’t have a 7 pin connector. We added the hitch and the only one we can add is a 4 pin. The rear harness doesn’t have the connector for a 7 pin. Only 4 pin. But it does have that connector under the dash like yours.

@@jorgecastillo0920 OH, So that probably means you do not have the other parts of the puzzle that fit together for the larger towing capacity, if you have the 7 pin and the extra transmission cooler etc. from the factory the tow rating is like 6000 lbs, but without it I think it is more like 3,500 lbs. So be careful what you tow, and a 4 pin connector does not have a "Brake wire" so you can not activate any electric brakes on whatever you are towing.

I would definitely try it, that sounds like it is related to the switch that senses that it is in park or not, the symptoms are different, but for the price and minimal effort I would try it. Good luck, let us know here if you do try it and if it fixes it or not.

@@bholtzhauser i will sir 🏆

Hi Ana, just google this "KDY0-46-040"

Thank you 😊

Glad it worked on 2024's too, thanks for the comment

Hi Jeff, that is the first I have heard of this on the newer Mazdas, sorry that is happening for you.

@@bholtzhauser Thank you. A weird audio issue (apparently a long standing one with Mazda) in an otherwise terrific car (CX5 Signature Turbo). Haven’t found a solution yet, even from dealer. Waiting to hear from Mazda. We’ll see.

yeah the price has come down, when I first did this video about 5 years ago, it was not even on Amazon, its great that the part is easy to get.

@@bholtzhauser You can’t even buy the part from Mazda any more, except as part of the entire shifter assembly (as previously alluded to.) Yes I looked. Mazda seems to be doing some funny things lately w.r.t. parts sales. Arm yourself with the parts lookups online, with the actual msrp for the part, because they will try to rip you blind at the parts counter on the price of stuff, lately, at least at the local (to me) dealers.

Awesome to hear from a RHD, I updated the video description and the tags for the video to include KDY1-46-040, some others had asked about that part, its hard to find that in the comments so I updated the description. Thanks for the tips on the pliers... every little bit helps. Glad you were able to get this annoying issue resolved.

It is really great to hear people find the video useful, thanks for commenting, I am glad you were able to get rid of the problem.

I tried to make this as short as possible but still informative for someone that needs to put in a brake controller, thanks for the comment :-)

I think for towing to work as expected the transmission cooler has to be added, because towing something puts so much load on the transmission that it heats up, and if you don't get rid of the heat, the mechanically solid parts of it will be pushed past their design specs and predictably fail much sooner than expected.

but at least it is easy to fix ;-)

Good luck with your controller install... is there anything different on a 2024 that you can see?

Hi Brani1974, the part of the switch that makes contact with the shifter was made of softer material that breaks down over time and usage... and Mazda should have used better materials in the switch. Some people have creatively built that part of their original switch back up vs replacing it. WD40 would likely make problems with the original switch worse(speed up the softening of the rubber like material).

@@bholtzhauser awesome mate! Exactly what I wanted to know... thank you!

According to a commenter here on this video about 10 months ago the part number for Right-side drivers is KDY1-46-040 a quick search shows that for example you can get it here www.nengun.com/oem/mazda/kdy1-46-040

@@bholtzhausermuch appreciated, you are a true scholar

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I am glad you found the courage to try this, and that my video helped you. And its great you no longer have to "deal with it" 😁

Its nice to have a video to go back and watch in case you missed a step or got out of order, I could have shown my steps putting things back but longer videos get skipped over when looking for a quick easy to follow one for a particular task. Glad you got it all back together :-)

I would start with taking it apart slowly, looking for something jamming the shifter mechanism, I would look at the pictures / videos (there are lots of pictures and other videos other than this one out there, if you can not see the angle you need, just search for KDY0-46-040) to see if you can spot some difference. Maybe someone else here that had that issue and recovered will chime in.

I had the same thought after I fixed mine... why did I put up with it for so long. Since it was relatively easy and inexpensive to DIY. I am glad this video helped.

I have searched Google many times and learned a lot and even changed my mind about something... but never stopped me from retuning a car! That is a great story :-)

So there are a few other videos out on TH-cam that go over the same thing, I think this guy made his video after watching mine ;-) But hey sometime more information is helpful (Sometimes more information is just more noise)... but he does give you a very good look at the spring. th-cam.com/video/KWRFQn5v4hE/w-d-xo.html

And this one will show you the spring too th-cam.com/video/6D0WxWwFKtA/w-d-xo.html

That is good to hear that the video helped and that it only cost $29 ... and you got it on Amazon.

I drove a 2003 Mazda Protege 5 with a stick for about 10 years, I miss the active engagement in the driving process, but I have gotten used t automatics, every once in a while I drive my sons Fiesta ST ;-)

Glad you found it. Yes it is beyond my wordsmithing to be able to find the right words about how much I really miss those times and great people.

@@bholtzhauser i agree, Bill. I can't explain to others how transformational those times were in my life, mostly because it was so much fun.

De nada, me alegro de que el video te haya sido útil.

OH... sorry, French: De rien, je suis ravie que la vidéo vous ait été utile.

That's great to hear, I think 20 minutes is the quickest I have heard anyone finish it. Good job. Thanks for taking the time to comment here.

Thanks, Almost every "problem" I run into I search TH-cam for the solution, and I am so glad that others have found this useful.

Great to hear your success story and only 30 mins!

I used that cable from Amazon (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NZMBVC) that plugs into the back of the brake controller and the other end plugs directly into the Pathfinder. I do have a stand alone kind of cable like you are mentioning that came with the brake controller that plugs into the back of the brake controller and exposes four wires (no plug on the end), I would guess that would be something you could use if you knew the wiring specs of your vehicle and were courageous enough to splice it into your vehicles wiring, if you could not find the appropriate cable for your vehicle. I would look for the adapter cable ;-) The one I got will probably work for you, but I can't say for sure what might be different with our trim level (Platinum) vs mine (Rock Creek).

@@bholtzhauser Thank YOU !!!!!! For taking time on helping me with this situation !!! God Bless

Hey Todd, that is great to hear, It was a well spent 30 mins :-) I'm glad you found the video useful, and it saves money 💸doing it yourself

Sorry about that, I think with youtube editing tools I was able to remove that section, TH-cam says it could take several hours though.

@@bholtzhauser no, need to remove it. leave it in, its shows how things really are. I grew up around animals being abused and i dont hide it, in fact i make videos about it to show it for the record. Its the least we can do for animal victims.

That is awesome, $26 is way better than what dealerships and other shops want to fix this issue :-( I am glad you found this video useful.

So I don't see this part number being used on a cx-3, for example if you go here(www.mazdacarpartsonline.com/p/Mazda__CX-3/Switch/64886770/KDY046040.html) it will say it does not "fit your cx-3". I don't know how to find the right part for your car, all my searching does not show a solution, there is a lot of chatter about iStop and showing how to turn that off permanently. Sorry I can't help more. I did notice that there are a lot of other videos out there about this issue on CX-5 and Mazda 6 though.

@@bholtzhauser I'll take a look on specif cx3 forums but thanks anyway.

@@GuilhermeSouza-hf2xy good luck, if you find something about it that other people looking for the same might stumble on here, post on this thread :-)