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HELP:RADIO Does not turn on by puri
Mar 21, 2008 (6:20 am)
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Help please!
i have a 2008 Altima (sedan), last nite when i went out for dinner, left the lights on and after an hr and a half came back the car would not start. Called AAA and they jumpstarted the car. But interestingly the radio panel (radio, cd etc) does not turn on at all. Do you think something shorted or do i have to run the car longer (already ran it for 20 mins last nite and about 35 mins this morning). I want to see if there is something else that can be done before i take it to a Nissan Dealer.
has any one experienced this?
pls help
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radio problem by skinsfan3
Mar 21, 2008 (7:07 am)
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The last time I used AAA for a starting problem, they sent one of their battery vans. The driver ran a diagnostic, which printed out the results. I ended up with a new battery. Fast quick and easy. With a good warranty.
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Re: radio problem [skinsfan3] by puri
Mar 21, 2008 (8:12 am)
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Replying to: skinsfan3 (Mar 21, 2008 7:07 am)

so you think that if everything is working and just not the radio its a battery problem?
i think highly unlikely!
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Re: HELP:RADIO Does not turn on [puri] by jd10013
Mar 21, 2008 (4:12 pm)
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Replying to: puri (Mar 21, 2008 6:20 am)

deffintily something wrong there. the altima has a battery saver feature that will turn off the headlights after 5 minutes. Your lights should have gone out on their own.
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Re: Car stalls while driving [skinsfan3] by jd10013
Mar 21, 2008 (4:14 pm)
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Replying to: skinsfan3 (Mar 20, 2008 4:51 pm)

In general, it seems that the most of I have heard is that don't bother wasting time on the check engine light. I had a toyota Mr2 and lived with it for 9 years and 220,000 miles
 
unless you have to deal with emmisions. inspections. where I live (VA) they will automatically fail a car with a check engine light on.
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Re: HELP:RADIO Does not turn on [jd10013] by ken75
Mar 22, 2008 (5:52 am)
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Replying to: jd10013 (Mar 21, 2008 4:12 pm)

The "time delay" on the switch located with the lights must be selected before the lights will turn off automatically. If the switch is in the "time delay" mode, you have a problem as they should have turned off automatically, otherwise it may be operator error or some other problem.
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Re: HELP:RADIO Does not turn on [ken75] by jd10013
Mar 22, 2008 (6:44 am)
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Replying to: ken75 (Mar 22, 2008 5:52 am)

no, your wrong. You don't have to do anything. the lights will automaticly turn themselves off. there is no switch that must be selected. and before you argue with me, I own a 2007 altima 2.5s and have tested it. once the car is turned off, the lights are on a 5 minute timer.
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Re: HELP:RADIO Does not turn on [jd10013] by ken75
Mar 22, 2008 (7:19 am)
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Replying to: jd10013 (Mar 22, 2008 6:44 am)

Well then I sure would like to know what that time delay, actually it is labeled as "auto", part of the light switch is for on our 2008 2.5 SL. I did not catch what year Altima was being discussed so it is quite likely an older model would not have this item.
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Re: HELP:RADIO Does not turn on [ken75] by jd10013
Mar 22, 2008 (10:53 am)
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Replying to: ken75 (Mar 22, 2008 7:19 am)

It's a 2008. and I'll quote from the owners manual, page 2-29
 
"Battery saver system
If the ignition switch is turned OFF while the
headlight switch is in the on position,
the headlights will turn off after 5 minutes.
 
what your talking about is the autolight system on the sl models which allows you to set the lights to go off after a set time period. or come on when it gets dark. there are probably a couple other things it can do.
 
but what I'm taking about is a standard feature on all altima's.
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Re: HELP:RADIO Does not turn on [jd10013] by ken75
Mar 22, 2008 (11:01 am)
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Replying to: jd10013 (Mar 22, 2008 10:53 am)

Was not aware of that feature. Be a good idea to break out the manual. I would then have to say there may be an electrical problem which can be a veritable son-of-a-gun to track down. Should there be a warranty in effect for this sort of thing? Good luck!

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