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Old 03-01-2008, 10:36 AM
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i went to start my 1998 GT this morning, to make sure its not sitting without running for a while, cuz my dad drives the mach1 to work

and it didnt even start to turn over, and the power door locks dont work either, or the horn, or even the radio

and its not the battery, we just got one about 9 months ago, and the only time the battery is in use, is when i start the car, i dont listen to the radio when parked

anyone have any ideas?
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Old 03-01-2008, 10:49 AM
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Sounds like the battery to me. Did you test it? When did you start it last? Did you try to jump it? Did you make any recent modifications or add stereo equipment?
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Old 03-01-2008, 10:56 AM
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Did you check to make sure your battery cables were connected? Maybe your dad unhooked the negative?
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Old 03-01-2008, 11:31 AM
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everythings connected, and we have done no modifications to the stereo, and the battery is still good, we're gunna try to jump it when he comes home from work

the last time i started it up was like 2 days ago at MOST

and the battery warning wasnt even on
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Old 03-01-2008, 01:02 PM
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Maybewhen youjump it, check little things like your dome light and what not to see if it was left on.
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Old 03-01-2008, 02:15 PM
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I had that happen to the battery in my old neon once. I put the charger on it and it said it was fully charged. I think it was a bad load cell or something. Then I had another problem with a new battery I had in my exploder. The pos terminal must have been broke inside the battery because you'd have to push down on the pos terminal to get any juice. luckily I still had a warrantee on it. Put a charged battery in it, if it starts well thats your problem.
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Old 03-05-2008, 05:28 AM
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problem solved it was parasitic drain in the a/c

just a small short, we replaced the fuse, nothing to worry about

thanks for input tho!
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