no dash lights or anything else?

[sds14240sx]

i was replacing the alternator accesory belt and one of the wires from the alt. touched the motor and made a spark. from that point on my electrical system started acting funny, there was a whining sound from the alternator and was only charging at 12 volts, my power windows only worked when i reved the motor, radio would not turn on right away. on my drive home the gas light, temp light, air bag light came on and the car started bogging out and then it cut out while on the freway. so i turned everything electrical off and started the car again and made it home with all my lights still on. i turned the car off and it would not start up again. i got a new battery and alternator and put them both in and nothing but my headlights work.

[Malac0da13]

you sure yer belt is tight enough...my gfs VW was acting retarded and it was pretty much cuz the belt wasnt tight enough...all kinds a trouble lights were coming on and car was buckin and bogging and after the belts were tightening car was running like a gem

[ricebike]

note to self: unhook negative battery cable before playing in the engine compartment... a good thing to do & it'll reset your ecu back to factory specs while you're wrenching...

did you check for fuses & or continuity test to that wire?

recharge that battery if it was drained... then look for a parasitic drain/ those fuses & that test on the wire that sparked...

[fayceoff]

Check your 75A ALT fuse in the engine compartment. One of my friends hooked a battery charger to my car bckwards and blew mine. Gave me a lot of the same symptoms... Good luck.

[sds14240sx]

oooohhhhh. i know, i was replaceng the belts at work and i did not disconnect the battery cuz i did not have my alarm switch and my alarm does not have a valet setting. but i found the ploblem it was a 100a fuse to the electrical charge.

[ricebike]