Radio dead after changing battery

Asked by Guru9NTJRJ Jan 22, 2022 at 02:55 PM about the 2009 Pontiac G6 GT

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

battery was dead, got a jump. The guy pulled the jumper cables off my car
while the other car was hooked and running. He then put the cables back on
my car. the cable sparked and the cable blew up. we pulled the cables off and
installed a new battery. now the radio does not work. everything else works.

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Never put the cables back on once the vehicle is running. I would check the fuses, namely the one to the radio. It probably blew, or the wiring burnt.

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Never ever use another vehicle to jump start a computer heavy vehicle like yours. Use a capacitor type jump box. So check for blown fuses first, however it may have blown the radio itself and could have corrupted the BCM programming. Remember computers do not do well with voltage spikes or power drop outs.

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