ChristRocket

ok, so i was changin my dead battery and my lil brother was helpin, and he put it in backwards. the ground to the postive on battery and battery ground to pos on car. so like he just touched it for a sec and the horn started beepin andwhatever. well now the radio/clock/cdplayer/lights on temperature controls dont work. checked fuse, its fine. the defrester and vent and everything work. just radio/cd/clock and they're respective lights dont.i just need to know what would have popped cause a backward battery. thanks for your help.

Pioneer162

check all the fuses, under the hood and under the dash...check them all

94HatchbackSI

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I agree.

With the cd player or whatever it could have fried the wires in the back that connect to it.

Padawan

This is the second story I've read recently about people having close-calls with car batteries. I can't stress enough how important it is to be careful when handling and removing/installing them.

beaterdriver

i did that on my dsm back in the day, it blew the main fuse, like the 80amp one