Hi you guys, I’m having trouble with my car, can someone please help!

i start my car like normal after it being parked for 10 mins from a 20 minute drive; put the key into the ignition and there is no beeping noise stating that the car door is open. Then I turned it once more and nothing turns on (no radio, no headlights, gauge needles don’t turn over, no mileage) the only thing that did turn on is the lights above your head and the mustang symbols that are on the door panel.

Then once I tried to start it, no clicking noise, just dead silence.


I tried jump starting the vehicle and it did not work with 3 different vehicles... with 2 different jumper cables. Went to autozone and tested the battery and it’s still good. I replaced the terminals and cleaned everything.

what else can it be?! Please help!

 

Howdy! Welcome to the forums!

Just wanna first say multiple threads aren't the best idea, as you wind up splitting the attention. Stick with this one in here, unless the mods move it to the other one and merge them.

Now, with the information that you gave it just seems to this here armchair mechanic from WAAAAAAY over here that maybe the ignition cylinder has gone bad. All the symptoms indicate the thing is not connecting. However, you'll need a fancy scan tool to ask the computer directly, or you'll have to get a multimeter and take the column a little apart to get to the connectors.

It could also be the smart junction box, a fuse or two or 14, I can't be sure... and then there's rodent problems possible, because that does happen...

If the battery is fine, jumping it wouldn't solve it. Matter of fact, if the battery's even got something, something should wake up with the key on. And definitely if you're connected to another running car. So it's not the battery.

If you're not inclinedto /confident in your ability to chase down electrical gremlins, it might be worth it from a time/money perspective to go ahead and get it at least diagnosed by a professional. That amount of time/money spent could be a big savings once you know what the problem is and can decide to do the work yourself and/or save your hair/sanity. Not that the diagnostic would be any guarantee, mind, but if the person is good like Eric O of South Main Auto (go look him up on youtube, excellent diagnostic man of all things car, and look for ignition cylinder on his channel to figure out what I mean by that scantool above), then it's very likely that what they say is the problem is the problem.

I hope that helps. If you get more info, or figure it out, let us know!