emergency question

jtblcksprt · 11-18-2008, 06:28 PM

my cousin was over and we came out to a dead battery. my friend hastily hooked up jumper cables in reverse. now we are getting absolutely no life from car. anybody have any idea what could have been damaged??? the car is a 94 accord.

i know this is not bmw related but figured some experts on here could help

Mk23 · 11-18-2008, 06:58 PM

It's an accord it is prone to fail.

bsamoul · 11-18-2008, 07:00 PM

Could have fried it

92tripleblack · 11-18-2008, 07:42 PM

Could be a lot of things. We need more info. With things hooked up properly, do you have anything like lights, etc?

charlie335 · 11-18-2008, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Mk335i

It's an accord it is prone to fail.

yah, cuz the last time i checked, bmws were more reliable than hondas!

darkphantom · 11-18-2008, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mk335i

It's an accord it is prone to fail.

emphasis on the wink part...

darkphantom · 11-18-2008, 08:08 PM

dude, how did your friend put the mis-matching jumper cables on!? -_-

Ok, so have you since tried to turn the car on with the CORRECT jumper settings?

BzsBimmer · 11-18-2008, 08:25 PM

check your master fuses or all the fuses
tell your cuz to buy a meter from autozone since he owes you
with such a huge voltage short a fuse went

chazzz · 11-18-2008, 08:45 PM

Call Triple A.

jtblcksprt · 11-19-2008, 05:53 PM

well, it's fried like kfc. blew every fuse we could find. i honestly don't know how the guy hooked them up wrong, it's pretty straight forward - red to red black to black. sucks for my cuz (he's had the car 2 weeks!!!) glad it wasnt mine though....... ha now the real dilemma, is the guy who did it liable???

battlehawk · 11-19-2008, 05:56 PM

first check the master fuse, I did that on a friends car I shorted her whole car.

BzsBimmer · 11-19-2008, 05:57 PM

Well someone needs to do a fuse run. Go to a junk yard and just take the whole fuse panel!
Probably just $50 in fuses. Your worst nightmare is if you had an arc significant enough to go through the fuse and get to the components.
Typically you have a master main fuse panel and those fuses lead to the other smaller fuses.
Lesson learned eh. Maybe he's color blind?

halB · 11-19-2008, 10:34 PM

Check all the fusible links as well, not just the fuses.

TWiTCHY · 11-19-2008, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jtblcksprt

well, it's fried like kfc.

I'm sorry, but I can't take you serious anymore.

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darkphantom Banned 595 Rep 5,946 Posts Drives: E93 335i Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The place for Bimmers iTrader: (4)	dude, how did your friend put the mis-matching jumper cables on!? -_- Ok, so have you since tried to turn the car on with the CORRECT jumper settings?
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jtblcksprt Private 21 Rep 92 Posts Drives: often Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: STL iTrader: (1)	well, it's fried like kfc. blew every fuse we could find. i honestly don't know how the guy hooked them up wrong, it's pretty straight forward - red to red black to black. sucks for my cuz (he's had the car 2 weeks!!!) glad it wasnt mine though....... ha now the real dilemma, is the guy who did it liable???
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