Jump mistake now crank no start
10-19-2016, 08:19 AM
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Jump mistake now crank no start
It was very dark out this morning and I made the mistake of crossing jumper cable wires on my 99 Grand Cherokee. (The Cherokee has the bad battery.)
I was able to jump it yesterday afternoon. When I try to start it after the mishap I get a crank, no start situation. All lights work fine but I noticed the fuel gauge and battery gauge are not doing anything.
Can I please get a productive recommendation of things to troubleshoot such as fuses or whatnot? Anything serious and this bad boy is going to the scrap heap as I am sure that it is cursed.
Thank you so very much.
I was able to jump it yesterday afternoon. When I try to start it after the mishap I get a crank, no start situation. All lights work fine but I noticed the fuel gauge and battery gauge are not doing anything.
Can I please get a productive recommendation of things to troubleshoot such as fuses or whatnot? Anything serious and this bad boy is going to the scrap heap as I am sure that it is cursed.
Thank you so very much.
10-19-2016, 10:14 AM
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My recommendation is to take the PCM to someone and get the power supply tested. There's an internal power supply stage for the 5 volts for the electronics. You may have damaged it with the reverse polarity or triggered a fail-safe function.
10-19-2016, 10:52 AM
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My question would be, how long/how many times did you crank it with reversed polarity? More than likely, like Dave said, the PCM is how I like my bacon..... crispyyyyy
10-19-2016, 10:57 AM
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10-22-2016, 10:11 PM
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I accidentally fried my '94 ZJ's PCM by doing that, and blew all of the fuses and relays... gotta be careful about what you're doing, you most likely fried your PCM. 
10-24-2016, 07:55 AM
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yep, the guy that did that at my shop, used my new TJ to jump his 95 xj. at least he hooked the cables up properly on my TJ. not that it matters, but my jeep still ok. this was many years ago.
it fried his pcm, and blew his buss fuse for his alternator.
you could tell where it blew in his pcm when you take the cover off. it was like toasted jelly and stunk like melted crap.
and yeah, you're lucky the battery held up.
it fried his pcm, and blew his buss fuse for his alternator.
you could tell where it blew in his pcm when you take the cover off. it was like toasted jelly and stunk like melted crap.
and yeah, you're lucky the battery held up.
