teh hatton

Last night was leaving my house to go stay with my girlfriend and was loading all of my stuff into the car. The trunk light turned on when I opened the trunk, the dome light turned on when I opened the door. When I got in and put the key in the ignition the dash lights came on and the fuel pump primed. I turned the key over and the dash lights turned off. It wouldn't crank or anything. Absolutely nothing happens when I turn the key. My entire car is dead; Door locks, dome light, everything. I want to say it is the battery but it seems peculiar that the lights and everything worked before I tried to start it. I had driven the car only hours prior. I suppose it could possibly be one of the main fuses in the fuse box as well. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

pdotjones

that happened to me a couple of times. it was the negative cable on the battery. i just turned it back and forth a little and i worked.

St Jimmy

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Thats what it sounds like to me, happened to me in the past too.

AWD Terror

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This or where the negative grounds to your car may need cleaned.

Could also be the positive

teh hatton

I'll hafta check the terminals and see what I find. I just thought it was peculiar for it to randomly stop working.

dizzzane

Probably didn't stop working in functionality, just a loose ground that broke the circuit; although it is possible the battery had enough voltage to turn on lights, but not crank the car and that drained the last of the power left in the battery.

tegman23

happened to me as well in my da...cleaned my ground and added another one worked ever since..CHECK GROUNDS....

__oversea

yeah, bad connection can make all sort of problems.

St Jimmy

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When my ground battery terminal was loose it would always pop off whenever I tried starting the car. Lights and everything would work but as soon as I would try to crank it I would hear a pop and sure enough it poped off the battery... no idea how but it sounds like the same problem.

teh hatton

I disconnected the battery terminals and reconnected them and the car started right up. wtf you all were right.

dizzzane

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A true mystery.

teh hatton

Jo3f1sh

+1 on this phenomenon...i uber tightened my cable and have been fortunate since. It's annoying having to constantly reset your clock.

teh hatton

At least no more stock cd player codes everytime you reset. Aftermarket cd players FTW.

91redteg

yeah that happened to me this weekend new battery fixed the problem. b4 u buy a new battery tho check the alternator to make sure the belt has tension cuz it could be the alternators just not charging it. sears will check yur battery for free.