Lost all power

[9ernation]

Lost all power to the electrical system. Initially I thought that my 1 year old battery died due to the unusual cold weather. The alternator is a new 220amp, duralast gold battery. Did go and replaced the battery just in case since it was under warranty. I lost all radio and temp controls initially. Now the entire system is dead to the point it won't even take a jump start. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

 

[BossHogg]

Does anything work like courteous lighting? Does the instrument cluster light up when the ignition is switched on? Do you have brake lights?

 

[9ernation]

I have nothing at all, it won’t even allow me to lock the doors

 

[Wild one]

Start with checking the cables at the battery post,if they're tight an easy way to see if they're making a complete connection is to use a booster cable. Tie one end of your booster cable to the positive battery post and hook the other end of the cable to the 13mm lug on the fuse box,if things come back to life,your positive battery cable is probably toast,if nothing happens with the positive,then try the same thing with the negative cable,hook one end to the negative battery post,and hook the other end up to an easy to get at bolt on the engine,if things change,then you know you have a bad negative battery cable

 

[turkeybird56]

@Wild one

Wild would a bad IBS do the same thing? Could he 1st pull the 10 mm bolt off of the ibs or even hook cable to post to rear ibs nut and see if he has power? Maybe IBS toast.

After that definitely bad cable somewhere? Might be worth a look at positive cable on starter too!!!

 

[Wild one]

@Wild one

Wild would a bad IBS do the same thing? Could he 1st pull the 10 mm bolt off of the ibs or even hook cable to post to rear ibs nut and see if he has power? Maybe IBS toast.

After that definitely bad cable somewhere? Might be worth a look at positive cable on starter too!!!

It could be,but he initially only lost partial power,then it went totally dead and won't take a jump,which leads me to question the cables more then anything.
They might not be his issue at all,but it's where i'd start looking,and it sounds like he has booster cables on hand,so it's easy to use one cable of the booster cables to bypass the factory battery cable for testing purposes

 

[turkeybird56]

It could be,but he initially only lost partial power,then it went totally dead and won't take a jump,which leads me to question the cables more then anything.
They might not be his issue at all,but it's where i'd start looking,and it sounds like he has booster cables on hand,so it's easy to use one cable of the booster cables to bypass the factory battery cable for testing purposes

Gotcha, just thinking outside of the Boird Brain, maybe the IBS was on the way out.,. Not be the 1st time I heard that, just a saying.

But I also lean more to a "primary" cable being bad, whether positive to TIPM, positive to Battery, or main ground (negative), off somewhere. I gotta remember that hook cable to positive to TIPM (positive block), input, 1st time heard that, good info to remember.

 

[9ernation]

Thank you all for the insight. I tried the cable trick, no change on either one. It just got picked up and headed to the shop.

 

[turkeybird56]

Thank you all for the insight. I tried the cable trick, no change on either one. It just got picked up and headed to the shop.

Well we tried. PLS report back on resolution, may help someone else.

 

[9ernation]

Just got word that the wiring harness has been chewed!

 

[ibike]

 

[turkeybird56]

Just got word that the wiring harness has been chewed!

ARGH, that gonna be an ordeal and expensive. Keep yer fingers crossed they can get the part of the harness that needs to be replaced in a timely manner.