#Diagnosing Electrical Problem2011 Kia Forte Koup

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indigo oar
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Drove my car to my family's house and started fine. When I arrived I turned the car off and went inside. I came back out 10 mins later for it to no longer crank/start.

  • Boosting did not work.

  • Starter connections are fine

  • Battery terminals/connections are fine.

  • The ground connection of the wires off the wiring harness/ECU are severely rusted/corroded.

  • Fuses and relays are fine.

  • The car has an automatic transmission, and I've made sure it was definitely in Park (also tried neutral).

  • I thought it was the starter that died because there was no crank (not even a click) when I had tried starting. I could hear the fuel system working. I replaced the starter today but nothings changed.
    -> There is power going to the starter because I forgot to disconnect the battery and made some sparks touching the starter with a wrench.

  • The AC/Heat does not blow, headlights do not turn on and heated devices do not work no matter the key position.
    -> Normally these would have worked.

Let me know if yall got any ideas/suggestions. I'm going to clean the ground wires and see what happens but I don't think that'll fix it.

indigo oar
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I've noticed that there is no longer a beep when I reconnect my battery