Car wont start

Asked by DCtheRedneck Feb 22, 2019 at 02:29 PM about the 1999 Kia Sportage EX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I replaced the alternator and the battery in
my car. yet when I try to start it the is no
response. the lights won't even come on the
dash. what should I do??

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Dietrich220 answered 5 years ago

I would start by checking and cleaning the battery connections both on the terminals and on the body.

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stevieray4 answered 5 years ago

Check behind your work.If the lights were working before work was done and don't work now and it won't crank/start and nothing works,then a couple possibilities .1st if the HOT wire was disconnected from the alternator before the battery was disconnected and it shorted to ground. 2nd if the new battery was connected backwards,"reverse polarity"(pos cable connected to neg battery terminal/neg cable connected to pos battery terminal? If this happened,you should have seen SPARKS? TEST ALL fuses with a test light,both sides of each fuse,take less than 5 minutes to test all fuses,key ON.

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