1997 Toyota sr5 4 runner. Took battery out to be charge put back in now car won't start

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Asked by Ttree98 Jan 05, 2017 at 09:55 AM about the 1997 Toyota 4Runner 4 Dr SR5 4WD SUV

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Had to take out battery to be charged put it back in and reconnected
terminals horn blared so disconnected the horn . I have headlights but no
dash lights and truck won't start...please help

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Bob answered 7 years ago

Did you install the battery backwards with reverse polarity. I sure hope not.

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Ttree98 answered 7 years ago

You mean put the negative on the positive ...no didn't do that Or are you talking about something else

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Ttree98 answered 7 years ago

Umm maybe she put the battery itself in backwards if so what does that do Now I'm worried

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Bob answered 7 years ago

If it was put in backwards it can burn out all kinds of things. And yes I did mean positive to negative.

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Ttree98 answered 7 years ago

So if it's hooked up right... do you have any idea why it won't start and has head lights...? Could it be a security system or something

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Ttree98 answered 7 years ago

So if it's hooked up right... do you have any idea why it won't start and has head lights...? Could it be a security system or something if so do you have any idea what I need to do..please and thank you very much for your reply/help

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Ttree98 answered 7 years ago

Ok went and had battery checked and it was bad so bought new battery and still it won't start.... it would just make sense that when I hooked up battery after being disconnected and the horn started blaring that it would be an indication that it activated a security feature of some sort but now I have no idea what to do...can anyone help please and thank you in advance.

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