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Old 04-07-2016 | 08:17 PM
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RX8 not giving energy. HELP, please.

Hello, so I was working on my wheels; I used a jack-stand to bring the car up, and it fell (but honestly very little), so I had to put the jack again. However, I noticed that my radio started to get disconnected little by little, however when I would change the key from ignition to just accessories the radio would sound again. I put the car down and went to eat.

When I got back, I tried turning the car on and received no cranking noise, no feel of power, or anything. Lights and everything worked, but they started to lose power as I kept trying to crank it.

Please help me, I have checked the cables and everything seems okay. Where should I check?

This is what happens when I try turning it on: Levels go up and down, blue-lights flash on & off, no energy whatsoever or noise, windows go down very slow (when I press them to go down), the security-locks do not work, and the lights on the door-panels and on top of the passenger seat seem more yellowish than usual. Please, anybody?
Old 04-07-2016 | 08:27 PM
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It sounds like your battery is low. May not be related to dropping the car, maybe its old or was discharged while you worked on the car.
Old 04-07-2016 | 08:42 PM
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It sounds like your battery is low. May not be related to dropping the car, maybe its old or was discharged while you worked on the car.
Hi Loki, that's what it looks like. The lights turn-on for a little, then start losing the power. I had the radio on while I was working on the car. Maybe that's it?
By the way, when I get on the car, the door-panel lights stay on with a yellowish color. Is it the battery?
Old 04-07-2016 | 09:38 PM
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Yes if they're not burning at full brightness you definitely have a battery problem.
Old 04-08-2016 | 02:58 AM
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Your battery terminals are most likely very loose.

You say you "checked all the cables" - how did you do that?

Grab each terminal on the battery post, and give it a good twist. If either clamp turns, even a little, that's a bad connection.
....and you can't just tighten it up, you need to take it off and clean both the clamping surface AND the post sides.



TL:DR It's ALWAYS the battery terminals.
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