Pathfinder - Cannot find brake light fuse

You didn't say what year PF, but no matter. There is a fuse box under the dash by where your left knee might impact! It is very typical to blow the brakelight fuse when you connect trailer lights. What really sucks is that with that fuse inoperative, the circuit that locks up your transmission shifter will not disengage, leaving you temporarily stranded. Anyway, I replaced mine with a 30 amp, and that took care of the problem.

Until the wiring harness melts...

The wiring is plenty robust enough to handle 30 amps.

Thanks!

I found the fuse and it was blown, but also had to replace a fuse in my remote starter too.

It did not seem to have any affect with my transmission. My PF is a 98.

You mean to tell me that when your brake light fuse blows you cannot take your PF out of Park? That's nuts! Maybe mine worked because I had my remote starter installed from Best Buy so they might have possibly bypassed that. Good thing for butchers!! (never thought I would say that) It would have sucked being stranded..

That circuit is how the vehicle knows you have your foot on the brake. No foot on the brake, no taking the tranny out of park. I don't agree with wiring like that, since most people won't know what to do with their stranded SUV. You would have been stuck had your remote started not circumvented that circuit.

I checked today and I cannot put my car in gear without putting my foot on the brake. When I do press the brake I hear a relay right by the gear shifter. I don't know if that was altered (for the better) when I had my starter put in but I was able to put it in gear with the brake fuse blown.

My PF is a 98, what year is yours? Maybe they improved it or deimproved it..

Mike