Electrics Issues

[refusnik]

Hi I was wondering if anyone can throw some light on a problem I have with my mk ll Galaxy. The battery was flat and needed jump start. The well meaning work mate who gave me the jump did not know his poitive and negative ends of his battery and subsequently gave my car a real problem. There was some smoke and I quickly got the leads off, corrected them and the car started ok after a few seconds. Now I have the electric windows working, but no indicators, no internal lights but the outside lights are working, the central locking is out. I have checked the fuses and they seem ok and the car is driving ok. I am hoping someone knows what I've done and has some advice on how to fix it.

 

Thanks

[davie]

Hi I was wondering if anyone can throw some light on a problem I have with my mk ll Galaxy. The battery was flat and needed jump start. The well meaning work mate who gave me the jump did not know his positive and negative ends of his battery and subsequently gave my car a real problem. There was some smoke and I quickly got the leads off, corrected them and the car started ok after a few seconds. Now I have the electric windows working, but no indicators, no internal lights but the outside lights are working, the central locking is out. I have checked the fuses and they seem ok and the car is driving ok. I am hoping someone knows what I've done and has some advice on how to fix it.

 

Thanks

 

HI i have the same problem but the battery was never connected the wrong way round i have found that i have a few problems

1 no central locking/remote or by key

2 no intermittent and 1st speed wipers

3 no interior light

4 no hazard lights

5 no indicators

 

i tried to change the control module above the fuses but still the same.

 

any help will be much appreciated

[cyborg]

Its one of those really small fuses about 1cm length 10amp can't find my hand book at mo but if you open the fuse panel its the ons on left coloum. What i do is put a voltmeter on earth then go down fuses checking for 12 either side of fuse.

[davie]

Hi I was wondering if anyone can throw some light on a problem I have with my mk ll Galaxy. The battery was flat and needed jump start. The well meaning work mate who gave me the jump did not know his positive and negative ends of his battery and subsequently gave my car a real problem. There was some smoke and I quickly got the leads off, corrected them and the car started ok after a few seconds. Now I have the electric windows working, but no indicators, no internal lights but the outside lights are working, the central locking is out. I have checked the fuses and they seem ok and the car is driving ok. I am hoping someone knows what I've done and has some advice on how to fix it.

 

Thanks

 

HI i have the same problem but the battery was never connected the wrong way round i have found that i have a few problems

1 no central locking/remote or by key

2 no intermittent and 1st speed wipers

3 no interior light

4 no hazard lights

5 no indicators

 

i tried to change the control module above the fuses but still the same.

 

any help will be much appreciated

 

RESULT!!!!!!!

 

I spent a while this morning and have sorted my problem

 

I had a broken wire at the battery terminal that caused all sorts of untold headaches

 

the attached picture shows the small wire that i reconnected with a red ring connector

Edited March 20, 2011 by davie

[snowytop]

Hi Davie,

Great work, glad you were able to find the problem and sort it out. Thanks also for taking the trouble to post your results back here, it could turn out to be invaluable to somebody else one day.

 

Well Done.

[Carlg1978]

Thanks Cyborg, i know this is an old thread but i have just had this problem, and it was the 5amp fuse in the column where you said, you have just saved my car alot of pain with a lump hammer, was just about at my whits end so thankyou from me and the galaxy.

[Tikka]

great post, I did the same trick jump started my car with the leads wrong way round as I was not concentrating on what I was doing!

 

checked fuses ok,

wires seem fine on battery,

 

any ideas?

 

thanks