TheBoosted96GST
20+ Year Contributor
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- Jun 16, 2002
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Avondale,
Arizona
alright so i'm having this sudden problem, first off i have a stock 1990 Talon Awd, I went to the store the other afternoon, car's been driving perfecty fine. when i get to the store i turned the car off, go inside and get a few things. I come back out about 15mins later and go to start the car and i hear a light faint click (doesn't sound to be from the starter-guessing relay?). I turn the parking lights on (pop-ups) and they wouldn't even wanna pop up, the parking lights in the gauge cluster were really dimmed the auto seatbelts were clicking fast, but slowly moving until they stopped about half way, I tried jumpstarting it, and my car wouldn't even jumpstart, so i figured the battery must be toasted. I had my g/f go get a new battery from autozone, i put it in hooked up all cables went to start it, and apperently it sparked from the (-)negative battery post, i was in the car but my g/f told me it sparked plus i heard it from inside the car, it wasn't loud but definetly a sparking noise, after that I tried to put the parking lights on, there was no power to anything, no parking lights/no radio/no dome lights or interior lights not even the keylight ring on the ignition. So here comes the tow truck,when i got it home i checked all the fuses(inside and engine bay) - and all are good, i pulled the ecu out and the capactiors are fine,good news it's eprom baby i checked the battery cables everything looks fine, cleaned the cable ends really good to insure a good contact,tested the new battery and its good 12.6v, hooked the battery back up opened the door and i saw the door-ajar light on the gauge cluster lit up, so i figured maybe all was good, before i put the key in I turned the parking lights on and the door ajar icon turned off(this was done with the ecu out of the car), NO ELECTRIC power to anything in the car. It won't crank over, car showed no symptoms prior to it dying. i'm taking the starter to be tested tomorrow, any ideas?? thanks in advance