I'll preface this by saying I'm 100% not a car guy, so all that awesome stuff you guys already know I definitely don't have that goin' for me.
My girlfriend has a 2008 Nissan Versa, and her car is doing exactly what's described in this thread.
More specifically, it's doing this (from that thread)
Punch the gas. No response from the car, and her brake lights also don't work. We recently took it to the dealership, and (luckily!) they replaced her transmission for some other reason (something about a Nissan callback, and her car was still under warranty, so, the transmission is brand new). She's been driving it like this for the past couple months, and I'm worried that perhaps she's doing irreparable damage to things that I wouldn't even know about.
So, two questions!
1) The Nissan tech told me to just replace the switch first and see if that'll fix it (he believes that it will), but I dunno exactly what to look for (aside from googling: 2008 versa brake light switch), and even after getting the part I don't feel particularly competent to replace it without a clear set of instructions. Can anyone points me towards some? A video, or has already done this and can fill me in on the details?
About all I think I know is that I need this part:
W0133-1844773
which is presumably an OES Genuine Brake Light Switch
2) Assuming the worst, driving her car like this for the past couple months on the new transmission (and about 6 months since the problem appeared), are there other things we should look in to for potential damage/problems that may have arisen out of this particular problem?
Thanks for any help.
My girlfriend has a 2008 Nissan Versa, and her car is doing exactly what's described in this thread.
More specifically, it's doing this (from that thread)
Punch the gas. No response from the car, and her brake lights also don't work. We recently took it to the dealership, and (luckily!) they replaced her transmission for some other reason (something about a Nissan callback, and her car was still under warranty, so, the transmission is brand new). She's been driving it like this for the past couple months, and I'm worried that perhaps she's doing irreparable damage to things that I wouldn't even know about.
So, two questions!
1) The Nissan tech told me to just replace the switch first and see if that'll fix it (he believes that it will), but I dunno exactly what to look for (aside from googling: 2008 versa brake light switch), and even after getting the part I don't feel particularly competent to replace it without a clear set of instructions. Can anyone points me towards some? A video, or has already done this and can fill me in on the details?
About all I think I know is that I need this part:
W0133-1844773
which is presumably an OES Genuine Brake Light Switch
2) Assuming the worst, driving her car like this for the past couple months on the new transmission (and about 6 months since the problem appeared), are there other things we should look in to for potential damage/problems that may have arisen out of this particular problem?
Thanks for any help.