Help! 2002 is stone dead.
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St. Jude Donor '09-'11-'12-'13-'14
Help! 2002 is stone dead.
Battery is fully charged. Starter won't even click. No dash lights. When you hit the key with a meter on the battery voltage does not change. Last driven 1 week ago, no issues. Sitting in the garage.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
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Does the battery pass a load test? Same thing just happened to me. My battery was actually on a tender showing fully charged. Tried to start car and completely dead. Newer battery. Took battery out and resting voltage was 12.65V, but under load it was toast.
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Before replacing anything, spray the inside of ignition switch with electrical spray such as CRC Mass Air Flow Sensor Cleaner, clean your key, and try your second key. I had a similar problem 4+ years ago, did the cleaning routine and had no further problems. BTW, the spraying the ignition is a semi annual maintence.
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St. Jude Donor '09-'11-'12-'13-'14
Before replacing anything, spray the inside of ignition switch with electrical spray such as CRC Mass Air Flow Sensor Cleaner, clean your key, and try your second key. I had a similar problem 4+ years ago, did the cleaning routine and had no further problems. BTW, the spraying the ignition is a semi annual maintence.
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St. Jude Donor '09-'11-'12-'13-'14
Found the problem. The screw holding the negative battery cable was stripped. It turns out the screw was a lot shorter than it should have been when I replaced the battery last year and I wasn't paying attention. When I checked for them being tight today it twisted out when I tightened it. Replaced it and all good now.
Thanks for everyone's responses.
Thanks for everyone's responses.