kchin

Hey all,

I accidentally left my lights on two nights ago. Last night, my roommate helped me to jump start it. Things went fine. Foolishly, I only drove around for about 30 minutes to charge the battery.

Early this morning, I went to start it up, and nothing. I tried to jump start it again, but no dice. Occasionally, the red security light in the rear fog switch would come on. So I tried again two hours later. No start. The engine turns over, but there's no evidence of spark. Accessories, like the radio, turn on.

I'm going to get a new battery to see if that works. Does anyone have any ideas of what's going on? Could I have fried the ignition switch?

Thanks

UrS4boy

Never jump start these cars. They hate it.

kchin

Why shouldn't I jump start? Are there some components that are subject to failure?

ROCCO_16V

When my battery was dying, it was still able to crank the engine but not at the required rpm.

UrS4boy

You missed the various jump = dead ECU threads?

kchin

I must have missed those threads. I was wondering if I was having an anti-theft or electrical problem.

Thanks for the answers, but I put in a new battery, and all is well.

UrS4boy

Our cars do NOT have an anti-theft immobilizer per se.