Car is dead

[briney11]

I went to start my car and poof! The whole thing went completely dead. The key will not turn to the off position either and is now locked into the ignition. This thing has a new battery from a couple months ago so that shouldn't be an issue. I just drove it around 7:30pm. Now 2 hours later, it's dead? Any ideas? It's an 07 Lucerne.

 

[MelsRegal]

I went to start my car and poof! The whole thing went completely dead. The key will not turn to the off position either and is now locked into the ignition. This thing has a new battery from a couple months ago so that shouldn't be an issue. I just drove it around 7:30pm. Now 2 hours later, it's dead? Any ideas? It's an 07 Lucerne.

The age of the battery doesn't mean it couldn't be dead from a failing charging system or parasitic drain. If you can remove the battery and have it tested or have someone give you a boost to start it and then have things tested.

 

[2007LucerneCXL]

Have you tried jump starting the vehicle? Once power is applied to even a dead battery you can remove the key if not there is a manual method available.

 

[HotZ28]

It's nearly impossible to Jump Start a car with a totally dead battery! All the Jump Start does is send voltage to a dead battery & nothing out of the other side!

 

[02LTD2.0]

It's nearly impossible to Jump Start a car with a totally dead battery! All the Jump Start does is send voltage to a dead battery & nothing out of the other side!

I guess you haven't used a capacitive discharge boost pack.

 

[HotZ28]

Sorry, but you seem to have misunderstood what I was saying. Most people try to jump a car with with a dead battery with jumper cables from another car/battery which will not work! How many people have access to a " capacities discharge boost pack" very few if you if you understand. I have several in my truck & cars.

 

[02LTD2.0]

What you should have said is that most people have cheap jumper cables that are too thin of a gauge to carry enough current. Many years ago I had a 1997 Olds 88 that would not start for me after I did a service call in Brooklyn. I had 2 of my fellow technicians try to jump start my car with cheap cables that were probably 10 or 12 bucks from AutoZone and all it did was click, click, click. I then called for a tow truck and instead of putting my car up on his flatbed he said he would try to jump it using his thick cables. It still didn't crank so he said to give it a few minutes to charge up. About 3 minutes later my Olds fired right up and I didn't shut it off until I got home which was a 25 mile trip. Once I got it home I attempted to re-start it and got nothing. I jumped in my other vehicle and picked up a new battery from an independent parts store. Lesson learned and I never traveled without my heavy gauge cables again. It's all about the ability to carry current and cheap cables just don't work if the battery is dead.

 

[memew]

i had this problem yesterday, try making sure theat the car is in park and your foot is on the break before you start it