# 2012 Nissan Armada - Won't start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-nissan-armada-wont-start/181013>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan\
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-nissan-armada-wont-start/181013 "2021-12-01T19:36:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![VeronicaMHorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e79b87/32.png) [@VeronicaMHorn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VeronicaMHorn)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-nissan-armada-wont-start/181013/1 "2021-12-01T19:36:32Z")

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my car wouldn’t start played with gear shift and finally started, what is wrong

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**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-nissan-armada-wont-start/181013/2 "2021-12-01T22:10:33Z")

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do you have a check engine light on? if you do and it has the code p1706 than it is your Park and Neutral Position Switch

Read more: [P1706 NISSAN Code Park and Neutral Position Switch (With Video)](https://www.autocodes.com/p1706_nissan.html)

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-nissan-armada-wont-start/181013/3 "2021-12-02T19:21:59Z")

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It sounds like the neutral safety switch is going bad. Next time the truck won’t crank, shift the transmission to neutral.