No power with key on HELP!

[Lofty]

Weird thing.

I installed a new starter today, accidently grounded it out on the chassis. Whatever then I installed it, it started up right fine. I go and drive it some. Park it, starts up good again, then go park it and I get no power with key on.
Gauge lights don't light up, headlights do turn on. No window power with key on, no nothing with key on. I try to start it, and nothing happens. It's not battery, it's not starter. So can anyone give me some advice? Any fuses? MFI fuse/relay maybe? Would that make windows have no power either? No chance to push start it, because i wouldn't get ignition with key on anyways. Help?

 

[92AWDHX40]

try the fuses on the battery, check fuses in the fusebox in the bay.

 

[Lofty]

I believe I did and they all looked fine. I'm almost sure, just checkin what else I should look for because if it's not fuses I'm lost....

 

[92AWDHX40]

Well no power i think you blew your a fuse, change them out or swap them around and see. It sounds like you blew your altenator fuse its 80 amps it has power wires to the altenator.

 

[92AWDTalonTSI]

Could also be sub fusible links. I believe they are in the relay box just in front of the stock battery location.

 

[steve]

I believe I did and they all looked fine.

If you didn't check them with a multimeter then you really don't know.

You can make a list of what works and what doesn't then look the the power distribution wiring diagram in the manual to figure out where the things that don't work are common and those that do aren't to figure out where the problem should be.

 

[mattspyder]

I kind of have the same issue with my car. I don't get any power inside the car either. the top won't go down, interior lights won't come on. car won't even turn over.

 

[SlushBoXRacer]

more then likely is the 80amp fuse in the fuse box, under the hood, they are held in by small 8mm or 10mm bolts that are down low on the side of the fuse, so dont just start pulling on them. good luck!

 

[steve]

I kind of have the same issue with my car. I don't get any power inside the car either. the top won't go down, interior lights won't come on. car won't even turn over.

Since your a 2G spyder the process for working through the process is the same but the specifics aren't. Please open your own thread not hijack this one.

Lofty,

The starter is directly wired (no fuse) to the battery and shorting the big cable to ground would produce fireworks. The headlights are connected before the alternator fuse but the rest may be behind the ignition fuse on the battery or after the alternator fuse.

 

[Lofty]

Steve, that was it. It was the 30A ignition fuse off the battery terminal. Not sure how it started just fine TWICE after the whole grounding out starter issue. But yep, sure enough, didn't look bad, then i popped off the clear (yellowed ) cover and it was broken. Any idea why my car started fine twice after that?

 

[steve]

Any idea why my car started fine twice after that?

It didn't. The question is what blew the ignition fuse.