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Old 05-09-10, 12:03 AM
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So I just finished painting my interior and put the interior back together. Pretty sure i connected every wires that I had to. Right now the battery is dead because I left my stereo on playing for about 6 hours when I was working on painting . So basically nothing works - stereo, lights, gauges, engine, etc. Gonna get someone to jump the car. But the dead battery has nothing to do with it. Just dunno why I cant open the trunk or the gas tank lid! Any ideass?!
Old 05-09-10, 12:48 AM
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Did you unlock the switches with your key
Old 05-09-10, 12:50 AM
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yeah i did lol. my hood opens though =/
Old 05-09-10, 01:35 AM
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the hood is an actual cable going to the hood. those other two switches are electric. Go into the trunk and remove the carpet on the right side...you should see a little black tab with a chord attached with a gas pump symbol on it. if you pull it does your gas flap open? if so i would say its electrical issue.
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Um... so you did try a charged battery?
If not, then dude... They open electrically. You can open the trunk with a key and there is a cable that can open the gas tank lid also.

edit: Someone beat me to it

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Old 05-09-10, 12:17 PM
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could be a fuse,happened to me once..well when it happened to me,my door switches wouldnt work,my trunk or gas lid wouldnt open,my doors wouldnt lock,my dome light didnt turn on,my hazards didnt work..turned out to be a fuse.check your fuses...i dunno if this helps.i think its number 10 fuse i had to change.
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I think you forgot to plug in the harness.. you should go back and check.. it only takes 5 minutes to take it apart anyways
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@ Drewbeeee : Yeah all those things u mentioned dont work in mine too. Even the dinging noise when the door is open is gone and the open door symbol also doesnt show up on the gauge. But if my whole car doesnt work, do u rly think it would be a fuse thats causing the problem lol

@ FuMoFFuTT : Yeah theyre all plugged in lol.

Im just waiting for a friend to come over with some jumper cables and well see what happens
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Originally Posted by jegMAN
@ Drewbeeee : Yeah all those things u mentioned dont work in mine too. Even the dinging noise when the door is open is gone and the open door symbol also doesnt show up on the gauge. But if my whole car doesnt work, do u rly think it would be a fuse thats causing the problem lol
im pretty sure its the fuse,it was the fuse for my car when out of stupidity i was installing my 350z rear view mirror and the wires touched; blew the damn thing..smh,but it all led back to what i think was a 10 fuse ?im not sure what number,but test the fuses and u should find which one is blown.
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Hey its all good. Got a friend come get his jumper cables . It was the battery. Thanks for the input and help!!
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The battery? ... even when I couldn't start my car with the battery, I was still able to open the gas and trunk.. lol

well.. glad you fixed it..
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