Well my 'new' car left me stranded today. (something my fb never did) I drove it about 100 miles to my parents, then left to go home and went about 20 miles, stopped for gas, and when I restarted it, it idled ok but when I put it into gear, automatic by the way. It died. The headlights and the door chime and dome lights are the only thing that has power. No idiot lights no stereo and most important no start. It is still sitting at the gas station 80 miles away. Any ideas?

 

And you're going to tell us that every fuse was checked, right?

No crank at all?

 

all the fuses I could see were ok, It was getting a little dark though

 

Oh and yes no crank at all. When you turn to the crank position the headlights did not dim at all.

 

blown main fuse

 

ok, what would make it blow? I know, that is a wide open question. And I take it that is either the 80 or 100 amp fuse under the hood. Also do FC's not have fusible links?

 

Yep underhood.

could also be the bolts too it (the main fuse) are loose.

 

thanks for the input, I'll get my nephew to run by in the morning to check this out. I'll report back tommorrow.

 

sorry, not the fuse. My nephew found the problem in the daylight, a connection was melted. Spliced in new wire, car runs. Now the question is what made it melt!

 

what connection???

 

don't know what connection, the car is still at my parents. I have to wait until the weekend to go get it.

 

This is a common problem that should be in the FAQ. There is ONE black wire that goes from the engine fuse box to the ignition switch. If it pulls apart/breaks, your left with no start/no idiot lights BUT the headlights work.

Basically anything the ignition switch feeds goes **** up. But anything not fed by the ignition switch works.

About six to eight inches below the engine fuse bos is a sinle wire connector. BLACK WIRE. It feeds the ignition switch. Commonly pulled apart by accident when the engine is removed or the a/c is being played with.

 

good to know, like I said this one was melted for some reason.