Negative on battery melt down

Spark365 · 05-18-2020, 05:11 PM

WTH would cause that ? My car started to mess up today, in the same day the ABS, Brake light came on, car told me my tank was empty but was not, and my radio started to mess up. What can cause this ? Bad ground ? [IMG][/IMG]

tracer bullet · 05-18-2020, 06:08 PM

That would be the positive terminal, but your question is valid. Looks like a loose connection of some sort, at least for a while - might have welded itself. Loose = only a little bit of contact = high resistance / heating / melting. Might have been as simple as not being tight. Right now it might still not be.

Spark365 · 05-18-2020, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tracer bullet

That would be the positive terminal, but your question is valid. Looks like a loose connection of some sort, at least for a while - might have welded itself. Loose = only a little bit of contact = high resistance / heating / melting. Might have been as simple as not being tight. Right now it might still not be.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tracer bullet

That would be the positive terminal, but your question is valid. Looks like a loose connection of some sort, at least for a while - might have welded itself. Loose = only a little bit of contact = high resistance / heating / melting. Might have been as simple as not being tight. Right now it might still not be.

Ok so now I've closed the trunk and power completely went out, so I cannot open it. Do you have any idea how to open it ? I can't find a way

Spark365 · 05-18-2020, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spark365

Quote:

Originally Posted by tracer bullet

That would be the positive terminal, but your question is valid. Looks like a loose connection of some sort, at least for a while - might have welded itself. Loose = only a little bit of contact = high resistance / heating / melting. Might have been as simple as not being tight. Right now it might still not be.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tracer bullet

That would be the positive terminal, but your question is valid. Looks like a loose connection of some sort, at least for a while - might have welded itself. Loose = only a little bit of contact = high resistance / heating / melting. Might have been as simple as not being tight. Right now it might still not be.

Ok so now I've closed the trunk and power completely went out, so I cannot open it. Do you have any idea how to open it ? I can't find a way

Thanks mate I finally got it ! It was exactly what you told ! Thanks a lot again !

tracer bullet · 05-19-2020, 07:49 AM

LOL classic, I have done it too. So you got the trunk open? If not there are ways. Sounds like it though but just to be sure.

And it was a loose connection?

If yes and yes - great!

Spark365 · 05-19-2020, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tracer bullet

LOL classic, I have done it too. So you got the trunk open? If not there are ways. Sounds like it though but just to be sure.

And it was a loose connection?

If yes and yes - great!

Actually got it open with a battery pack and the positive under the hood. Just had to clean the melted mess, make sure everything was tight and the car came back to life like nothing happened. Only thing I had to do was a window relearn because it wouldn't go the 1/4 inch down when I opened it. Now everything is fine!

///Makis · 11-19-2020, 11:23 AM

Fwiw that battery pack thing only works when the negative is still connected to the battery.

If you unplug the pattern completely it will not work.

Ask me how I know.

05-18-2020, 05:11 PM	#1
Spark365 Private 8 Rep 59 Posts Drives: Infiniti g35 Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Québec iTrader: (0)	Negative on battery melt down WTH would cause that ? My car started to mess up today, in the same day the ABS, Brake light came on, car told me my tank was empty but was not, and my radio started to mess up. What can cause this ? Bad ground ? [IMG][/IMG] Attached Images
	Appreciate 0 Tweet Quote

05-18-2020, 06:08 PM	#2
tracer bullet Brigadier General 2382 Rep 3,525 Posts Drives: '11 135i , '15 X3 35i Join Date: May 2011 Location: Saint Paul, MN iTrader: (1)	That would be the positive terminal, but your question is valid. Looks like a loose connection of some sort, at least for a while - might have welded itself. Loose = only a little bit of contact = high resistance / heating / melting. Might have been as simple as not being tight. Right now it might still not be.
	Appreciate 1 Spark3657.50 Quote

05-19-2020, 07:49 AM	#5
tracer bullet Brigadier General 2382 Rep 3,525 Posts Drives: '11 135i , '15 X3 35i Join Date: May 2011 Location: Saint Paul, MN iTrader: (1)	LOL classic, I have done it too. So you got the trunk open? If not there are ways. Sounds like it though but just to be sure. And it was a loose connection? If yes and yes - great!
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-19-2020, 11:23 AM	#7
///Makis Second Lieutenant 55 Rep 277 Posts Drives: BMW 128i Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Piscataway, NJ iTrader: (0)	Fwiw that battery pack thing only works when the negative is still connected to the battery. If you unplug the pattern completely it will not work. Ask me how I know.
	Appreciate 0 Quote