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I'm so confused and scared right now...I can't figure out for the life of me what's going on with my car.
![]() It started with me trying to start it, and only the fans turning on. I checked the fuses and none were blown, so I checked the switched wire at the starter, and it was giving me no voltage. I then unplugged the battery and went inside to take a break. When I came back out and plugged the battery back in, I noticed that the trunk light didn't turn on. I looked at the dash and the door open light wasn't on either. I tried turning on the parking lights and they didn't turn on. I tried the horn and it didn't work. Basically, nothing on the car works. This is where it gets confusing. I've got a fuse 6" from the battery, and it's in good shape. Figuring I'd popped some other fuse, I checked all of them in the dash and under the hood, and they were all good. I pulled the main 50 amp fuse under the hood and tested voltage on the hot side. Voltage started at around 10 volts and over a couple seconds rose to 12.4 volts and held there. I then tried the same thing for the horn fuse under the hood, and it started at about 8 volts before rising to 12.4 and staying there. At this point I disconnected the negative cable and came inside. Someone suggested testing voltage between the terminals and the clamps with the headlights on to test for a bad battery connection, but this yielded no voltage. At the battery terminals, I'm getting 12.4 volts. At the battery's fuse and a bolt in my trunk, I'm also getting 12.4 volts. At this point, I'm so confused. I've never seen anything this weird in my life. ![]() -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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i had a similar problem and every few days my battery would go dead... i would charge it fully with a portable charger i have and it would be fine for a few weeks, then i parked it for like 20 minutes and the battery was completely drained, i had weird things with electrical stuff not working... its simply a bad connection, one or more of the connections are in need of cleaning... and its not neccessarily a problem you find AT the battery, you might have to take it in to a good autobody place where the can lift it and clean all the connections... i had to after i thought i fixed the problem (i had a bad battery as well) luckily i have 2 cousins who each own a autobody shop, one does body work, collision repair and painting, one does mechanical, electrical stuff
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