no power from batterty to car eletrics ;fuse not blown battery ok nothing working compleily dead any ideas

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Asked by jcb51 Apr 06, 2015 at 09:29 AM about the 2001 Ford Focus LX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

a short circuit in the car shut everything down no blown fuses not one thing working im good at car stuff  but cant think of anything els to do any ideas.thanka.  john b

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No nothing is working a short circuit from fuel pump wireing caused a spark then everything went dead no fuses blown cant find any els to check.its like the main 40 amp has blown but no fuses have blown. the battery fully charged but not one single component is working. jcb

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Me to it will start if i boost it but when I turn anything on it dies and then there is 0 power

Hi mine turned out to be a bad battery cable on the positive terminal side, no obvious signs of failure or corrosion, had already replaced the ignition switch to no avail and checked all fuses.

Went out of town for 2 months, came back to a dead battery. Tried to "boost-start it with my battery charger and lost (almost) everything electrical. I have no lights on the dash but the radio, emergency flashers and the horn works, and the key fob (as well as the dash button) will release the trunk lock. I did disconnect the battery which took a charge (only a year old), still the same issue.

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