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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 10:00 PM
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I was putting on some LED bulbs on my taillights (keep in mind that I kept pressing the unlock/lock button on the remote to check if bulbs were lit up, I also just had the daytime lights to check also). Well anyways, I guess I cut some voltage from the battery somehow, and now a variety of things dont work like the radio, gauges are weird(like blinking), my battery voltage on the speedometer is LOW, and it, of course, won't turn on. Keep in mind when I try to turn it on, you could hear like a noise in the fuse box or so. Like the battery isnt giving the car enough voltage. The horn even sounds weak. Do I just have to recharge the battery more? How long will it take? I tried recharging the battery but it still did the same(only for a minute). Do I have to do it longer? Thanks.
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 10:06 PM
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Have you tried jumpstarting the car? When you worked on your lights, you didn't disconnect the battery first, did you?
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 10:17 PM
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um... no I left it connected.... and yea I did try jumpstarting it, but only for not even a minute

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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 10:28 PM
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Just keep the charger on it for a bit or give it a minute when you put on the jumper cables. Shouldn't be anything but low bat.
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um... no I left it connected.... and yea I did try jumpstarting it, but only for not even a minute
I learned the hard way and now disconnect every time I'm working with electronics. Every time I took off the door panel previously I killed my battery, just by taking out the power lock/switch assembly.

Try setting the battery charger to trickle charge and leave it for all night.
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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lol, well I just charged the battery with the charger. I cant believe just some stupid taillight bulbs caused the battery to discharge.
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