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Old Jan 9, 2015 | 02:11 PM
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1988 4+3 runs great. i put the car away for winter,hooked a battery tender up as i always do. have started the car a couple of times during december without problem. went out today and tried to start the car i put the key in ,dash comes on turn the key and everything went dead.....battery is charged but car is completely dead. i need some help and advise on this one any thoughts would help mike
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Old Jan 9, 2015 | 02:16 PM
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Did you try cleaning and reconnecting the battery terminals?
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Old Jan 9, 2015 | 02:47 PM
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i have tried that still nothing...is there a fuse that controls everything
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Old Jan 10, 2015 | 01:20 AM
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Try extracting the error codes from the ECM:

http://corvettephotographs.com/c4vettes/codes.htm
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1574918379

If you get an error code 46 then you have a VATS problem. Let us know what you get and we'll provide more advice...
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Old Jan 11, 2015 | 05:31 AM
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I had a similar problem with mine , the charger said it was charged but would not come on , so I pulled the battery out of my 79 and it started fine.
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