First, I apologize if this is a repeat message, but my wife and I had a vacation scheduled today.

 

Last night my battery died in the cold. I tried to jump it, but it was dead. I replaced the battery this morning, and I now have power to the seats, security system remote entry, but the dashboard seems dead. No clock radio, no radio, no dome light. I do have power to the seats, power locks, and the remote key entry works to lock, unlock, and set the panic alarm.

 

Any ideas? I briefly checked over the fuses to see if they were blown or not, didn't see anything - but I could have missed something.

 

Is it possible the security system has locked something out? Did I fry something during the jump?

 

-Zen

hey, I just answered my own question. i blew my main fuse....

something is wrong. Jumpstarting a car should not blow a fuse, assuming you hooked the cables up correctly..

I'm guessing at incorrect jumper placement also.

http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=39790&highlight=jumpstart

 

i swear, some people just have no business working on cars.....

http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=39790&highlight=jumpstart

 

i swear, some people just have no business working on cars.....

 

That used to be me also, reverse polarity is pretty minor to an incident where I wiped out 5 brand new s-10 pickups with a ford taurus that lost its brakes! We all have off days.

I definitely did not hook it up backwards. I was working on a very old battery that I've had to jump 8 or so times, so I have the procedure down pretty good. Not sure what made it go, perhaps I'll find out when I replace it.

did you hook one negative terminal of the jumpers just to vehicle ground and not to post of battery? I assume you did not do this.