Did some looking and think it's a blown fuse, but wanted some opinions. Here's the background. Got a new battery about 6 months ago.

A little bit later starter was starting to go. Would turn over great several trips, then not turn over, removed key, restarted and turned over. Took car in, mechanic check starter, battery etc and said everything looked fine, but it probably was the beginning of the starter going bad.

After several months, it would not turn over more than it would turn over so I took it in. Mechanic said it was the starter. Replaced it and for several weeks it's been starting and driving great. No warning lights, no dim lights, everything seemed perfect.

Went to the store tonight. Tried to start car to leave store and the seat belt chime dinged once, the interior lights turned on for a brief second then the car went COMPLETELY dead. No lights, no dings, remoted key lock won't work. I turned the key back and forth several times and absolutely nothing happens. Very strange. I'm thinking since the battery is relatively new, the starter is new, there were no warning lights (battery not charging light in particular) and they tested the ignition system, it has to be a blown fuse.

Thoughts? Does anybody know what fuse specifically it would be (i can search, no big deal). I also should check the battery connections, although given that the car was just worked on, I suspect everything is nice and tight.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

Check battery voltage at the terminals. I replaced the terminals a while back, first few cranks were good then it went dead. It took me all day to diagnose that the terminals had a bad connection(paint on them) and needed a good wire brush to them.

 

Hmm, i'm not sure but try checking your alternator fuse. Mine went out and holy crap it pissed me off it took me couple of days to figure out why my car wasn't starting.

Get one of those volt meters and measure each fuse or just take each one of them out and see if any are blown.

Could be loose terminals.. happened to me as well

 

alternator fuse is "ALT 120A" in the engine bay right? (I'm an automechanical zero)

 

correcto mundo. test it to see if any power is going through.

 

battery terminals loose / corrosion..........

 

^+1. Is your terminal loose/ corroded?

Also, try using complete sentences next time, lol.

 

Yeah, sorry about that. I typed that in a hurry last night.

Thanks for the tips, I will check everything noted and post the end result.

Tom

 

Turns out the negative battery cable was loose. Problem solved! Thanks for the help.

 

thats good, happy it was a simple fix.

 

The wierd and strange problems are usually the simple ones.

For instance, whenever I took a left turn, my radio fuse would blow. Turned out to be a loose wire

 

The wierd and strange problems are usually the simple ones.

For instance, whenever I took a left turn, my radio fuse would blow. Turned out to be a loose wire

 

I wish all problems with these cars were that simple and easy (and cheap) to fix.