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2ss black · 09-18-2019, 05:34 PM

hooked up battery charger wrong on the car 2010 camaro ss and now car will not start also will not come out park left window will not go up open doors with no key in ignition and get double chimes head and tail light do not come on when i turn key on help me if you can thanks checked all fuses and they are good

Jayjellyfish212 · 09-18-2019, 05:45 PM

Yeah when that happens you gotta put red to black and black to red!

Just kidding and please don’t do that..I’m sure everything is fine from your mistake. Check all the fuses and I’m sure you will find you fried some fuses. The system is designed with fuses as a good safe guard to prevent damage from mistakes like yours . You should be fine once you replace all the blown fuses...

if fuses are certainly ok then you need to check the starter and so on so forth...you probably blown delicate sensors. Try also an entirely different battery to because the battery is probably junk now. These cars are very battery sensitive FYI

HDRDTD · 09-18-2019, 09:09 PM

Did you check all the fuses in ALL the locations?

StingrayblueSS · 09-19-2019, 02:36 AM

Don't put the fuses in backwards lol

Neumatic · 09-19-2019, 04:17 AM

Sounds like you may have reversed the polarity of the battery. Get a volt meter and check the polarity if you don’t find any fuses blown.

Welker2 · 09-19-2019, 08:26 AM

How long did you leave the charger/maintainer on? As other's have said, check and replace any blown fuses. I would also take the batter to a local auto parts store and have it checked; depending on how long you left the charger/maintainer on, you could have damaged if not fried it.

SlingShot · 09-19-2019, 09:55 AM

If it's the original battery, I'm sure it's time for a new one. In Florida the heat kills batteries, and normally last about four years. Also make sure you are using an AGM charger. Last year I had to replace batteries in three cars, at about $220 a pop.

SquawkVFR · 09-19-2019, 10:19 AM

Pretty much like Jellyfish wrote....and the others

Stop everything you’re doing and buy a new battery NOW to be on the safe side.

Then find a source showing EVERY fuse (just to be 100% sure) and start checking every one on the car.

To the best of your ability check every exposed wire.

Anything less than sedulous on your part would make you dumbass twice.

PS..and thanks for the thread title...I’ll be listening to the Beatles now...not that it’s a bad thing...

InFiD3ViL · 09-19-2019, 10:51 AM

Car itself it likely fine, but I wouldn't use that battery, that's for sure.

Most moden chargers will not allow a charge and will disable charging if polarity is reversed. I know my Diehard maintainer does that.

But like said above, check everything and do as Squawk says.

SquawkVFR · 09-19-2019, 01:53 PM

Maybe I should have prefaced that with everyone has done dumbass things. ‘cept me of course.

EJSS · 09-19-2019, 02:33 PM

Check all fuses, remove them and verify that there is a small metal piece going across making continuity, that's most likely your problem. If fuses are good, check that the battery is fully charged with multimeter and reads around 12.55 volts. Crank the car a couple times and put the headlights on for a couple of minutes. Check the battery again. Is it still around 12.55 volts? If the voltage dropped a noticable amount, such as from 12.55 to 12.0, your battery is not holding charge good enough and needs to be replaced. Remember that you have multiple fuse boxes. One if under the hood, one is to the left of the steering column and one if in the trunk on the right side behind the carpeting.

Tajefe Couple · 09-19-2019, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SquawkVFR

Maybe I should have prefaced that with everyone has done dumbass things. ‘cept me of course.

Deny, Deny, Deny, you ever been an inmate my friend

SquawkVFR · 09-20-2019, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Tajefe Couple

Deny, Deny, Deny, you ever been an inmate my friend

Fine, but sniffing coke off of hookers asses is not dumbassery. Just the getting caught part was.

Tajefe Couple · 09-20-2019, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SquawkVFR

Fine, but sniffing coke off of hookers asses is not dumbassery. Just the getting caught part was.

Agree other than the getting caught part we use to call that a Saturday night. Please don't ask what we called a good Saturday, not because I wouldn't share just don't really remember anymore

09-18-2019, 05:34 PM	#1
2ss black Drives: black2ss Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: pompano beach fl Posts: 253	help help help hooked up battery charger wrong on the car 2010 camaro ss and now car will not start also will not come out park left window will not go up open doors with no key in ignition and get double chimes head and tail light do not come on when i turn key on help me if you can thanks checked all fuses and they are good Last edited by 2ss black; 09-18-2019 at 05:44 PM. Reason: for got to add

09-18-2019, 05:45 PM	#2
Jayjellyfish212 Drives: 2014 1LE Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 2,050 View My Garage	Yeah when that happens you gotta put red to black and black to red! Just kidding and please don’t do that..I’m sure everything is fine from your mistake. Check all the fuses and I’m sure you will find you fried some fuses. The system is designed with fuses as a good safe guard to prevent damage from mistakes like yours . You should be fine once you replace all the blown fuses... if fuses are certainly ok then you need to check the starter and so on so forth...you probably blown delicate sensors. Try also an entirely different battery to because the battery is probably junk now. These cars are very battery sensitive FYI __________________ Car mods: never enough!

09-19-2019, 08:26 AM	#6
Welker2 Ret AF, cancer survivor Drives: 2013 Camaro 2SS/RS & 2006 Corvette Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mesquite, NV Posts: 2,741 View My Garage	How long did you leave the charger/maintainer on? As other's have said, check and replace any blown fuses. I would also take the batter to a local auto parts store and have it checked; depending on how long you left the charger/maintainer on, you could have damaged if not fried it. __________________

09-19-2019, 09:55 AM	#7
SlingShot Drives: 2012 ZL1 - #670 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Seminole, Fl. Posts: 8,009	If it's the original battery, I'm sure it's time for a new one. In Florida the heat kills batteries, and normally last about four years. Also make sure you are using an AGM charger. Last year I had to replace batteries in three cars, at about $220 a pop. __________________

09-19-2019, 10:51 AM	#9
InFiD3ViL Drives: 2010 CGM 2SS/RS LS3 Swapped A6 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Spring Hill, FL Posts: 4,570	Car itself it likely fine, but I wouldn't use that battery, that's for sure. Most moden chargers will not allow a charge and will disable charging if polarity is reversed. I know my Diehard maintainer does that. But like said above, check everything and do as Squawk says. __________________ 2010 CGM Camaro 2SS LS3 Swapped A6 - GPI LS3 SS1 .647/.638, (224/237, 112 +4, 7º overlap) on CamMotion 8620 core, BTR Platinum .660" Dual Spring kit w/titanium retainers, CHE bronze trunnion upgrade, stock heads milled @ .015, Melling HV 10296 oil pump, TSP 1-7/8" long tube headers (W/Catless Off-road Pipes), Corsa Xtreme 3" Catback, GPI Ported/Rod Mod Intake, Stage 2 Ported Throttle Body, Vararam OTR CAI, Mike Norris Gen 2 catch can + GM 1LE clean side separator, 160º thermostat - Megan Racing adjustable coilovers (lowered 1.75"), MRR M017 10/11" wheels-Tuned by Ryan @ GPI

09-18-2019, 09:09 PM	#3
HDRDTD Drives: 2013 Triple Black ZL1 Vert M6 ECF Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Trenton, Michigan Posts: 7,047	Did you check all the fuses in ALL the locations?

09-19-2019, 02:36 AM	#4
StingrayblueSS Drives: 2013 Camaro SS Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Indiana Posts: 901	Don't put the fuses in backwards lol

09-19-2019, 04:17 AM	#5
Neumatic Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS M6 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,448 View My Garage	Sounds like you may have reversed the polarity of the battery. Get a volt meter and check the polarity if you don’t find any fuses blown.

09-19-2019, 10:19 AM	#8
SquawkVFR Account Suspended Drives: 2010 Camaro Join Date: May 2014 Location: Alabama Posts: 1,971	Pretty much like Jellyfish wrote....and the others Stop everything you’re doing and buy a new battery NOW to be on the safe side. Then find a source showing EVERY fuse (just to be 100% sure) and start checking every one on the car. To the best of your ability check every exposed wire. Anything less than sedulous on your part would make you dumbass twice. PS..and thanks for the thread title...I’ll be listening to the Beatles now...not that it’s a bad thing...

09-19-2019, 01:53 PM	#10
SquawkVFR Account Suspended Drives: 2010 Camaro Join Date: May 2014 Location: Alabama Posts: 1,971	Maybe I should have prefaced that with everyone has done dumbass things. ‘cept me of course.

09-19-2019, 02:33 PM	#11
EJSS Drives: 2010 Camaro SS L99 Join Date: May 2019 Location: New Orleans Posts: 119	Check all fuses, remove them and verify that there is a small metal piece going across making continuity, that's most likely your problem. If fuses are good, check that the battery is fully charged with multimeter and reads around 12.55 volts. Crank the car a couple times and put the headlights on for a couple of minutes. Check the battery again. Is it still around 12.55 volts? If the voltage dropped a noticable amount, such as from 12.55 to 12.0, your battery is not holding charge good enough and needs to be replaced. Remember that you have multiple fuse boxes. One if under the hood, one is to the left of the steering column and one if in the trunk on the right side behind the carpeting.