no power to car period

Asked by griff13 Jul 27, 2012 at 10:04 PM about the 2001 Volkswagen Jetta GLS VR6

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

motor removed from car and re installed no power to headlights, no ignition nothing. checked all
connections. is there a master fuse or a breaker in the wiring that i'm not aware of ?

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Rucko answered 9 months ago

check battery cables and trace from there.....

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Scott answered 9 months ago

Make sure the ground(s) from body to engine are good.

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garageman answered 9 months ago

Check the battery fuse box on top of the battery case,there are several large strip fuses in side several feed the main fuse box inside the car.They all should have a good solid 12 volts on either side

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Hector answered 9 months ago

Also check the ground cables, a loose ground and all the power goes. Does anything in the car has power?

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