romeo_f

Good afternoon ht, a few minutes ago I was heading back to work on my EM1, I turn the key to on and the dash lighted on as normal then when I turned a little more to start up the engine I heard a loud click on my engine bay and everything just died, I turned it off again and tried again but now nothing lights up, only the stereo turns on but behaves odd like it has a short, I checked my battery but it was fine actually is a new odyssey I bought 2 weeks ago, I suck at electrical problems any suggestions will help.

Former User

If the headlights and hazard lights work, then check the ignition switch.

B16/DelSol

I had a problem like that and it was a loose ground.

Cap'N Chronic

Yeah everything turning off at the same time would most likely be a ground.

romeo_f

Thanks for the input guys, i'm checking the grounds now, what I did notice Ron is that when I turned on the headlights switch they didn't go on and the negative pole of the battery started to get hot.. Any ideas?

Former User

Yeah, sounds like a bad battery ground connection at the chassis. Clean and tighten it.

romeo_f

Success!!! I brushed the battery ground ends with my dremel and left them shiny again, connected it, and started with no problems, thanks for saving my a** yet again guys.