# 1994 Nissan Pathfinder XE **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [February 28, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-nissan-pathfinder-xe/27107 "2009-02-28T17:18:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dennisgrady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@dennisgrady](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dennisgrady)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-nissan-pathfinder-xe/27107/1 "2009-02-28T17:18:43Z")
I park the car, and the brake lights come on, and it won’t start again. The front drivers side turn signal also comes on. If I play with the brake when the light has come on after parking, I can make it go out. Thinks its a short, and how do I localize it? ---
**Author:** ![dennisgrady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@dennisgrady](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dennisgrady)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-nissan-pathfinder-xe/27107/2 "2009-02-28T17:22:09Z")
OH yeah. Its a brand new battery, and it always restarts with a jump.(bought a little hot shot tool). But within 3 mins it won’t start if the lights come on. I forgot to add this info to my post. dg ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-nissan-pathfinder-xe/27107/3 "2009-02-28T18:21:40Z")
I would start with the brake switch that you can play with to get the light to go out. Adjustment or defective switch. ``` The other part of your message would indicate that you may have a bad battery cable connection (remove clean and securely reattach both ends of each battery cable. Have the battery (yea I know it is new) and the charging system checked. Many auto part stores will check them for free. ```