2002 Mazda Tribute no power to suv

BIGTEDDY45

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2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE
3.6L
6 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC

I hooked the battery up backward and my headlights stayed on the whole time.I thought my headlights were on tried to crank but nothing.I then cut it off fixed the cables and the suv now dont have power come to it. I tried another battery that's new and it not that either

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CJ MEDEVAC

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I'M ONLY FINDING A "3.0L" IN ALL THREE SUB-MODELS ON A TRIBUTE

DON'T REALLY MATTER

SOUNDS LIKE YOU FRIED A FUSE OR FUSIBLE LINK (WHICH HOPEFULLY SAVED YOUR RIG FROM FURTHER EXPENSIVE DAMAGE.)

I DID FIND A "POWER DISTRIBUTION DIAGRAM" IN "PRODEMAND", I DID NOT SEE A FUSIBLE LINK IN IT BETWEEN THE BATTERY AND THE FUSE BOX

SO, I'D CHECK ALL OF THE FUSES, ESPECIALLY THE LARGER AMP ONES

IF THAT AIN'T HITTING ON MUCH, LETS LOOK AT/ INSURE THEY ARE NOT BURNED (CONNECTION LOST) ALL OF THE CONNECTIONS AT THE BATTERY AND ALL OF THE CONNECTIONS AT ANY OF THE LARGER POWER CABLES, THIS INCLUDES THE "NEGATIVE" CABLES TOO.

IF YOU HAVE A CHEAP 12 VOLT TEST LIGHT/ VOLTMETER, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO START AT THE BATTERY AND TRACE OUTWARD, UNTIL YOU FIND WHERE THE POWER STOPS

GOOD LUCK!

LET US KNOW WHAT YOU FIND

THE MEDIC

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