car won’t start none of electronics work

[distant obsidian]

Did you see if the battery has power

[brazen lodge]

Those battery cables look awful

[graceful spoke]

Sounds like a dead battery

[elder spindle]

I was thinking that too

[graceful spoke]

Or yeah, cables

[elder spindle]

The cable was messed up before too tho when I installed

[brazen lodge]

Especially because you said its a basically new battery, im guessing something is drawing power

[elder spindle]

Wrong angle

[elder spindle]

Yeah that makes sense ngl

[brazen lodge]

Negative terminal looks kinda crusty

[elder spindle]

No idea what that is

[brazen lodge]

The metal that contacts the terminal of the battery

Id clean that

[elder spindle]

Y’all be cleaning the front end?

[brazen lodge]

Well it could be getting poor connection

You got a wire brush?

[elder spindle]

Nah

[brazen lodge]

Hmm

They are super cheap

[elder spindle]

So something could be draining the battery and the wiring

[brazen lodge]

Yes

[fleet geyser]

I’m blind where is the date on battery

[fleet geyser]

Something simple as a broken wire could cause this or a mouse that bite your harness if you park car for long periods of time

But first makesure the battery is good before you jump to that which is the biggest pain to find

[elder spindle]

So if the broken wire is the issue will I just have to send it to the shop?

What’s weird tho is the dealer sold me this car w/ a completely dead battery and when it wasn’t working before the lights still turn on and it would try to start. But now w/ a newer battery nothing happens

As irritating as this is just happy this didn’t happen at work 😭