Help Complete electrical shut down

[Z4me]

Well Wife's civic would not start this mourning, sounded like the starter going bad. Jumped her car with the ZL1 and did manage to get it running then turned her car off and back on again to test it. Nice cloud of smoke started to appear from under the hood. Oh well i guess I will have to take her to work in the ZL1.

I moved my car back up to the drive way again, and turned it off again. Then used the key fob to open the trunk to reload the stuff back in to the car again. One problem though the electrical system went completely down and now I have no access to the trunk anymore.

I'm figuring jumping her car blew a fuse, so whats my next option to get this fixed. I mean the fuses are in the trunk right?

Yes I did positive to positive etc on the cables, the only dumb arse things I did was have my car running when I connected the cables and did not place negative cable to the frame of her car instead of the battery terminal. But in my defence when the little lady is in a rush to get to work, you tend to do dumb things .

Anyway HELP

Oh and onstar is useless when the power is gone.

[HDRDTD]

Originally Posted by Z4me

Well Wife's civic would not start this mourning, sounded like the starter going bad. Jumped her car with the ZL1 and did manage to get it running then turned her car off and back on again to test it. Nice cloud of smoke started to appear from under the hood. Oh well i guess I will have to take her to work in the ZL1.

I moved my car back up to the drive way again, and turned it off again. Then used the key fob to open the trunk to reload the stuff back in to the car again. One problem though the electrical system went completely down and now I have no access to the trunk anymore.

I'm figuring jumping her car blew a fuse, so whats my next option to get this fixed. I mean the fuses are in the trunk right?

Yes I did positive to positive etc on the cables, the only dumb arse things I did was have my car running when I connected the cables and did not place negative cable to the frame of her car instead of the battery terminal. But in my defence when the little lady is in a rush to get to work, you tend to do dumb things .

Anyway HELP

Oh and onstar is useless when the power is gone.

Well, you could jump the ZL1 with something else using the battery posts under the hood, or you should be able to fold the rear seat down to gain access to the trunk inside latch.

[owhite3003]

What HDRDTD said !!

[BPG]

Fold the seat down and pull the little magic truck release handle on the trunk lid. Please do not try to run jumper cable through your car...

Pull the white thing.

[Z4me]

Originally Posted by BPG

Fold the seat down and pull the little magic truck release handle on the trunk lid. Please do not try to run jumper cable through your car...

Pull the white thing.

Thx I'm still in shock about my car, so my thought process is gone. That's why I came here to get the info, I would have evetually figured things out. My wife and I just drove the car Sunday out on the rural highway (70W) of western Maryland. Had a great time and had alot of thumbs up from other drivers. My ZL1 experianced some problems with the power steering and the power steering rack was replaced twice and in the shop for like 3 weeks. Then this happend this mourning so my brain went into meltdown mode.

Really appreciate everyone here and your help.

[Deke736]

Originally Posted by Z4me

Ok I think I follow you go in from the seat run cables to the battery there and see if the car restarts again. If not then check for a blown fuse (more likely that). Just be easier if I could pop the trunk and go from the outside.

Thank you I have to go rent a car now was a rough mourning, if any one has any further thoughts i'm all ears.

You don't need to run cables into the trunk to jumpstart. There are remote terminals under the hood that you can use. In the picture below it's covered with a red cap and has a plus on it. For the ground, there is a bolt right next to your air box you can use.

[eightup]

go to sam's amd buy a jump starter runs about 60 bucks. i use mine to jump lawn mower, neighbors car, any jumping thats needed, can charge cell phone, has an air pump built in, small light to see in dark. When it gets low recharge it.

[Camaro_Corvette]

Originally Posted by Deke736

You don't need to run cables into the trunk to jumpstart. There are remote terminals under the hood that you can use. In the picture below it's covered with a red cap and has a plus on it. For the ground, there is a bolt right next to your air box you can use.

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[Z4me]

Originally Posted by Deke736

You don't need to run cables into the trunk to jumpstart. There are remote terminals under the hood that you can use. In the picture below it's covered with a red cap and has a plus on it. For the ground, there is a bolt right next to your air box you can use.

Yeah and I went to the hood first and probably looked right at it too, then remembered the battery was in the trunk. But when you have your wife late for work and her car won't start and I was half asleep I had a brain fart. But yeah your right, hopefully this might help others in the future. Thank you

[TAG UR IT]

Originally Posted by HDRDTD

Well, you could jump the ZL1 with something else using the battery posts under the hood, or you should be able to fold the rear seat down to gain access to the trunk inside latch.

This. And there are more fuses in the driver side to the left of the tach side of the dash....and more under the hood. I had an electrical problem as well with everything shutting down. Scared the crap outta me. Car wouldn't start. I had to pull every single fuse, finally got the onstar to work, got every code imaginable and guess what. It was due to my LED's (when I was installing them).

Make sure your connections to your battery are good. Turn the key forward and see what you got...power or not. If no power, bad connections. There MUST be power at some point. Even with a dead battery (which is highly unlikely in this case), you'll still get a light or two on in the dash. Something's amiss. Oh...and your onstar fuse isn't in the trunk. But don't ever jump someone's car by using your battery in your trunk.

That's exactly what the terminals are for under the hood.

[Z4me]

Originally Posted by TAG UR IT

This. And there are more fuses in the driver side to the left of the tach side of the dash....and more under the hood. I had an electrical problem as well with everything shutting down. Scared the crap outta me. Car wouldn't start. I had to pull every single fuse, finally got the onstar to work, got every code imaginable and guess what. It was due to my LED's (when I was installing them).

Make sure your connections to your battery are good. Turn the key forward and see what you got...power or not. If no power, bad connections. There MUST be power at some point. Even with a dead battery (which is highly unlikely in this case), you'll still get a light or two on in the dash. Something's amiss. Oh...and your onstar fuse isn't in the trunk. But don't ever jump someone's car by using your battery in your trunk.

That's exactly what the terminals are for under the hood.

When I get home from work tonight, I'll start to pull the fuses one by one.
The battery should be fine, the car only has 6600 miles on it. I tried to start the car up and it's totally dead, in fact the key is stuck in the ignition! I locked the car up manually with my back up key. I just need to spend more time learning about this car (my first camaro). Oh I enjoyed the first Indy camaro fest had a great time.

[Angrybird 12]

Originally Posted by Z4me

When I get home from work tonight, I'll start to pull the fuses one by one.
The battery should be fine, the car only has 6600 miles on it. I tried to start the car up and it's totally dead, in fact the key is stuck in the ignition! I locked the car up manually with my back up key. I just need to spend more time learning about this car (my first camaro). Oh I enjoyed the first Indy camaro fest had a great time.

With no power you cannot get your key out... But there is instructions in your owners manual on how to get the key out.