2005 nissan pathfinder le vss?

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Topic: 2005 nissan pathfinder le vss?

Posted By: dcman41
Subject: 2005 nissan pathfinder le vss?
Date Posted: December 20, 2009 at 5:25 PM

Im having trouble locating the VSS WIRE for this car. I have the Bose stereo that i replaced with a AVN 6620. I used installogy, and directechs and they told me that it was behind the dash in the radio harnes LT blue(wire doesnt exist in my car), and also said it was pin 6 LT Blue, behind the gauge cluster. which is the wire i tapped into, and that That wire also did not work. Does anyone know the correct VSS wire/location for this car? Any help is apprecaited thanks! My AVN 6620 just sits on studsying pulse. Or maybe i have the right wire and i need to calibrate the GPS? The gps does NOT tell me how fast i am moving, so im assuming that the VSS is wrong.

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Posted By: Mike M2
Date Posted: December 21, 2009 at 6:49 AM

I've done a few of these, pin 6 in the cluster is the corect place.Most Pathfinders don't have a wire in pin 6 and i have to strip a piece of wire back and shove it in the hole to touch the pin inside. Works every time...

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Mike M2
Tech Manager
CS Dealer Services

Posted By: dcman41
Date Posted: December 23, 2009 at 8:10 PM

Well i just checked, pin 6 has a lt blue wire in it. But it does not work! the avn 6620 keeps saying studying pulse. So i dont know what to do. Are there any other ways to get this wire ?

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: December 23, 2009 at 8:22 PM

EDITED. Please make sure you read the last line of this post.

Audiovox has the following as a note for your vehicle. They do not give any info on a wheel sensor wire.

THE VEHICLE SPEED SIGNAL IS SENT THROUGH A DATABUS LINE - YOU MUST USE A WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WIRE.

Each wheel should have a wheel sensor. It is used by the Anti-Lock Brake system. You may want to jack the vehicle up and remove a wheel. There should not be many wires going to the hub assembly. There may be 2 wires going to the sensor.

Following is a picture of the speed sensor for that vehicle.
https://www.am-autoparts.com/AM/Sensors/Nissan/Pathfinder/-/AM-38684546/?utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_source=ShopComSF

According to info on the Frontier truck, that wire in pin 6 is only 8 pulses per mile. I think that is a very low number of pulses. It may take the unit a few miles to learn that.

Posted By: Mike M2
Date Posted: December 23, 2009 at 11:20 PM

Man that just can't be right! There has to be more than 8 a mile....

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Mike M2
Tech Manager
CS Dealer Services

Posted By: mustyk@att.net
Date Posted: December 25, 2009 at 11:30 AM

I AM AN IDIOT is right there is no VSS wire in that cluster the VSS signal is multiplexed into the CAN/LAN data bus lines. I looked up some factory diagrams from nissan and they do not give any ABS sensor info in there either. Best bet is to TRY to tap into the wheel sensor wire but keep in mind that signal is an A/C pulse not a square wave pulse necc to be read by your Nav unit!

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thetopinstaller

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: December 25, 2009 at 4:55 PM

Copied and Pasted from techservices.audiovox.com Info from an 05 Frontier truck

Tachometer	ANY UNCOMMON	(AC)	ANY INJECTOR
Crankshaft Sensor	GREEN	(+)	AT ECM MODULE ON PASSENGER SIDE OF FIREWALL UNDER HOOD
Camshaft Sensor	BLUE	(-)	AT ECM MODULE ON PASSENGER SIDE OF FIREWALL UNDER HOOD
Speed Sense	LT.BLUE	(AC)	RADIO HARNESS, 8PPM ALSO IN CLUSTER PIN 6
Parking Lights	GRAY	(+)	LOW IN DRIVERS KICK
Brake Lights	BROWN / RED	(+)	AT SWITCH ABOVE BRAKE PEDAL

Like I stated earlier, when the unit was onnected to the pin in th cluster, the fact that the deck said it was learning, since it said that, I think it was seeing a pulse, since it is only 8Pulses per Minute, it may take a few miles to figure out that this is the correct wire. Before I got under the vehicle, I would make sure that the wire into the harness thing did not work.