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Okay, so I got home and my dad asked me to go online and try to figure this out...

A guy at my dad's work had the battery in his Protege die. A couple guys went out there and replaced the battery and the + and - "accidentally" touched together... Well, they checked the fuses inside and under the hood and none of them were bad. However the radio, lights, and keyless entry aren't working now. Any idea what blew?

Don't most radios have a fuse in the back of them or somewhere just in case? I think they might need to check that, too, if there is one...

There's probably a fuse panel somewhere on the driver's side, either underneath the dash, or behind a pull-out panel on the left side of the dash where it meets the door panel. On the panel they should be labeled RADIO, HORN, A/C, etc., but if they're not you'll probably need a service manual to tell you which one's which.

Oh, and since this involves a Mazda, +1 rock.

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There's probably a fuse panel somewhere on the driver's side, either underneath the dash, or behind a pull-out panel on the left side of the dash where it meets the door panel. On the panel they should be labeled RADIO, HORN, A/C, etc., but if they're not you'll probably need a service manual to tell you which one's which.

Yeah, I doubt they checked that. I asked my dad if they checked the fuses inside the car and under the hood, and he said they did, but highly I doubt it...

Oh, and since this involves a Mazda, +1 rock.

:rotflmao:

maybe it fried the computer? happened to a friends explorer

I was thinking that too...cooked something somewhere...

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