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aztec

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  1. If you have the center console with a plug inside, that one is always on. Otherwise, you can run a wire to the fuse block and tap a battery connection, go direct to the battery, etc. I added an extra outlet that way. Fuse block worked for me.
  2. Meter the resistance value on the airbag connector on the seat. Find a resistor that matches and connect it to the harness. That has worked in the past, but my knowledge is dated. I remember, vaguely, reading about airbag delete dongles being sold. Maybe google that up.
  3. You might have put a screw into something when you did the upfit.
  4. If it starts with a jump see if it's charging. If it doesn't check the ground wire. After that, it gets interesting.
  5. Agreed. It's down to chance. My wife averages 5 nails a year in her tires and has never had a windshield chip, let alone a crack. We gave her last car to one of the kids and he immediately got a pair of good size stars. I get maybe 1 nail a decade (and spend much of my working life on construction sites) but get lots stars. So far I've only been lazy once and ignored a star that turned into a crack. Sold that van to a friend and the new windshield is now cracked. Now that I've jinxed myself, happy new year. May it be chip free.
  6. Great news, thanks for the input.
  7. If the van was used for stealth camping someone might have bypassed the door switches.
  8. I'm not all that tech savvy but if I had multiple, unrelated codes I'd be looking at the wiring harness for rodent chew and checking multi pin connectors for corrosion. After that the service manual has a flow chart for trouble shooting all the sensors. There is a link on here somewhere for downloading the manual.
  9. Take it to an independent shop and get the alignment checked. That should "settle" it.
  10. Good to know. So far my 2019 3500 has been great but for the jamming sliding door latch. Easy fix though, and it hasn't bothered me since. Like your outfit I will trade it in at 90k unless they discontinue it and resale goes to zero. Then I might ride it out until something I can't fix myself fails.
  11. Do people really take their vehicles to a dealer for service? The concept is so alien to me I can't picture it.
  12. Whatever you do, don't be tempted to get the Transit. The ecoboost is terrible. Gas mileage is worse than the NV V8 in the mountains, and running the turbos hard to climb grades will warp the exhaust manifolds and break the studs, necessitating engine removal to repair. The seats are also not good for long drives. Painful. Also it's a unibody. A simple tire rotation runs the risk some yahoo will do severe damage getting it in the air, chassis alignment requires factory intervention, and the sliding door either works or it doesn't. Spent 5 years on the Transit forum and nobody ever got a technician to properly adjust that door. Then there's the hundreds of TSBs and service bulletins to be constantly aware of. Other than that, I really enjoyed it. Like driving a car. I was sad when it died.
  13. I owned an E series for 16 years (03). I've had my NV for about a year. Seat comfort, ride quality, turning radius, ergonomics of the controls, etc. are all right about even. Couldn't recommend one over the other based on comfort.
  14. What model tires did they put on? Those tires come in a lot of flavors. Some are E rated with a max pressure of 80psi. Those would be fine. Others not so much.
  15. Did a reset after rotating the tires today. It is indeed a ridiculous routine. It did work on the first try though, so there is that.
  16. The manual is free to download. Mostly it talks about chasing down codes. Might need a better scanner.
  17. It's been done on other Nissans, but the ECM would need to be programmed.
  18. Either the standard tire rotation relearn procedure (as outlined in the owners manual) will enroll a new sensor or it won't. The service manual is not crystal clear on this, but it does not specifically say it won't work on a new sensor, so there is hope. On my Transit the rotation procedure was very different from the sensor replacement procedure, but both could be done without special tools. Just be certain to take the spare well away from the vehicle before you get started. Also try several times if it fails at first. By all accounts the system is a poorly conceived pain in the taco and rarely works on the first try. Here's a youtube of a guy getting it to work after a rotation (with the same sensors):
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