Will not start after turning the ignition while charging battery off another car

1995 TOYOTA AVALON
110,000 MILES • 0.8L • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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EDDIE.GOINS
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Turn the ignition wire tap tap tap tap tap lights came on. turn the ignition again while charging battery with another vehicle now nothing works; no lights, no noise no clicking, no engine start.
Jan 24, 2021 at 1:42 AM
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KASEKENNY
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This could be a couple issues but we need to start with checking the battery. The fact that you had to jump it to get it to click then we need to most likely replace the battery. Here is a guide on how to load test the battery:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-battery-load-test

If the battery checks out then here is the next guide that we need to run through in order to start to figure this out:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/starter-not-working-repair

Let's start with this and go from there. Thanks
Jan 25, 2021 at 9:22 AM
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