mcclendon

my battery recently died my granpa reverse charged my battery I saw smoke and sparks he took it of and charged properly it charged but now my gas pedal no longer works does anyone have any ideas. car basically only rolls 5 mph.

msekanha

Oooffff... I'd say try to leave the battery unplugged for a few hours and plug it back in. Try to reset the system.

rlx101

take the battery off and have it tested for free at local autozone. If it does not pass the test get a new one. takes 30minutes.

mcclendon

thx I will try both suggestions.

StuckInVA

I had a Ford Escort that some hospital staff did this to when I was in for my lung. Fried my 100A main fusible link and toasted my alternator. Since then I never let anyone else hookup anything to my battery. Actually I didn't let anybody before that, my mother was the one who let them attempt a charge. (enough griping though)

Safe to say it's not your battery, if you can idle the car and various elec. equip. (headlights/radio) still work then your battery is supplying power. I'd start checking your fuses, all of them. Keep an eye out for a battery discharge indicator. Every vehicle I've seen this done to had the alternator fried. (4 vehicles/only one was mine)

Hope it goes well

mcclendon

wow was it an expensive repair for u?