No power to the car

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I got in my 93 NSX today and went to start it. I turn the key and everything seems to be working until I try to start the car. I hear a click and now I have no power to anything. Is it a fuse, the battery, or something worse. The car had been sitting for 2 weeks.

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John
 
battery def. how old is the battery? sitting for 2 weeks, do you have any after market amps/ stereos?
 
Well I took the battery out and will get a replacement tomorrow. Hope this will solve the problem. The other issue is I need to drive it more. :)
 
If it's not the battery connections or the battery, it's something placing a decent load on the battery. The car shouldn't be dead after 2 weeks.

Good luck.

Cheers,
Ian
Depends on what electronics he's got (alarm, audio, etc) and what kind of battery he has.

I've seen quite a few mismatch battery's.
 
Even a stock NSX can easily be dead after 2 weeks.
 
If the battery was good to begin with, and the connections are clean, and the altinator is charging at a decent rate, you should have the starter kicking over the car pretty good unless there is something pulling juice from the battery while it sits. If it has an alarm system turned on, it will draw some but ----in two weeks it should still be fine. In fact, a car sitting 2 months with a good battery and no draw down should crank over pretty good. Many times the connections at the battery get oxidized which inhibits the altinator from charging the battery while you run. You then get poor starting and immediately suspect a bad battery which is actually a bad connection. Most decent batteries should last several years with no issues if all else is correct. Only other issue is weather related--extreme cold sucks the life out of batteries and also turns oil into mud which can reduce the engine cranking speed. But--clicking when you turn the key is usually a weak battery and/or poor connection at the battery.
 
I got the battery out and it was from 2006, so it was about time to replace it. I put a new one in and she fired right up. I still don't understand how it went from lights on the dash and interior, to no power at all only when I tried to crank it. I would still think there would be some residual power in the battery for some lights.
 
if the batts core is bad you will get some power out of it. but not enough cranking power.

they can work one day and not the next if the core is bad/ going bad

Im glad it was the battery though easy fix
 
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