So this evening, I got out to start my car. Battery is dead, left cooling fan on, gah.

I had a battery sitting in my garage for this car, so I just threw it in the the same way the old one came out and the terminals were switched, so I hooked up the pos to the ground and the ground to the pos and when I was doing the last one a bunch of sparks shot up and now nothing even comes on.

HELP please.


Modified by Cole89ef at 8:52 PM 7/2/2008

 

You most likely blew a fuse. Check in the engine compartment on the passenger side, there is a black box with multiple fuses. Take each one out and inspect to see which blew. I believe it would be the main relay fuse so look at the diagram on the box and check it. Good luck, you should be fine

 

My buddy did this the other day...check your alternator fuse...that's how I fixed it...

 

its one of those fuses that has two screw holding it down in the box autoxthis . no need to worry too much. just go grab another fuse, replace and your good to go

 

haha funny, i would mainly check the fuse box in the bay. those are the ones the likely went out. check the yellow one, that has two screws holding it down. its most likely that one.
but just go through them all (underdash and bay) wont take too long.

 

possibly pay more attention when hooking up battery. Ive grounded out things before should just be a fuse. GL

 

Totalled, you fried your flux capacitor, you should buy a new one.

No for serious, I just wanted to say something different, look at yer fuses.

 

I know it was stupid but it was dark out and I put the new battery in the same way the old one came out...

And I was in a hurry.

 

i did the same thing to my neon once. The problem there is the neon didn't have a fuse for the battery incase this happend and it fried all my wiring under the dash to the tail lights. That was a stupid mistake that took me a week straight to fix

 

I already fixed it, just fried the 60A battery fuse.

(The yellow one with the screws.)