2000 Cadillac CTS BATTERY CHARGING

2000 CADILLAC CTS
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BTIREMAN
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Electrical problem
2000 Cadillac CTS Engine Size unknown Two Wheel Drive Automatic 170000 miles
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A friend's car is in my driveway with a dead battery and will not take a charge with my battery charger (must have less than 1 V charge according to the charger instructions or is just plain dead).

I was going to try to use my jumper cables but I am not sure where the negative is. I only see the postiive cable and the battery has a fuse and relay system on top.

Reluctant to cause more damage I backed off and left the car. In this case would I go to a ground on the car and the positive terminal?

Thanks, Bill
Mar 23, 2008 at 11:40 AM
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MASTERTECHTIM
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do you see the battery under the hood? i think the battery is under the rear seat. the positive thing you see under the hood is probably the jump start terminal. get back to me.
Mar 23, 2008 at 11:54 AM
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You were exactly right - the battery was under the back seat. I would never have looked there. THANK YOU!

After a while I did get the car started and got it back to my friend.

Another question if I may. My daughter has a 99 Toyota Solara with about 110,000 miles and from time to time she has complained that the car tries to stall out at a stop (however there have been times when the car has begun to run rough during operation).

We never get a fault code and I think the dealer who sold us the car may have disconnected the check engine light system after repeated attempts to fix it.

Last night I was driving the car and stopped and it began to try to stall. I gave it a little gas and kept it going. For a second I thought I could smell something but did not recoginize the smell.

A few minutes later it did the same thing in a friend's driveway.

We bought the car used at 91,000 so I do not know what has been done with it previously.

What do you think could be causing the problem? The local Toyota dealer said they would need the card for a few days to try to get it to repeat the problem.
Mar 23, 2008 at 8:00 PM
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does the check engine light come on when you turn the key to run? have yoiu had the computer scanned for codes?
Mar 24, 2008 at 9:36 AM
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The check engine light never comes on. Firestone has had it on a diagnostic machine several times but they never get any codes.
Mar 24, 2008 at 3:40 PM
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