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What a pain in the butt... Car wont start and its weird
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 5:10 PM
Hi All,

I have a big problem here and I've searched and searched and couldn't find the answer to my problem. My car wont start and i can't pinpoint the problem. Here is how it happens in order of event... I open the door, dome lights goes on, then i turn the ign. to start the car, all power goes out. Not even a crank. I check all fuses and they all are fine. I tried jump starting the car with my truck, same problem happens... all power goes out as i turn the ign. Finally I figure the battery is bad... so i took it out and took it to PepBoys and they confirmed it was a bad battery so I got a free replacement since it was an optima battery and I had one more year of warranty on it. I bring it home and put it in my cav and hooked everything back up, I go in the car and dome lights goes on.. i turn the ign and tried to start it, all power goes out like before.

Im more than puzzled than before so anybody can help me out here?




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Re: What a pain in the butt... Car wont start and its weird
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 5:17 PM
High probability of a bad ignition switch. The electrical portion does go bad over time.

Dave
Re: What a pain in the butt... Car wont start and its weird
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 5:21 PM
check your main ground for corrosion. its under the battery tray.



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Re: What a pain in the butt... Car wont start and its weird
Thursday, July 30, 2009 1:49 PM
I had the same issue not to long ago. Check the wire going into the fuse box make sure its tight. Mine was loose and did the exact same thing.



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