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dkuest
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Feb 8, 2013, 2:13 PM

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1994 Sonoma won't start and no power to dash

94 GMC Sonoma
V6 4.3L Vin-W

I was able to drive my Sonoma all day without incident. Then in the evening went to start it and had no power to ANYTHING when I turned the key. I tried a battery jumper on it to start with no change, still no reaction on dashboard by any gauges. I put a volt meter to battery and is showing 12 volts. I changed out the ignition switch on top of the steering column. No change.
I am stumped! Any suggestions?
Thanks

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Feb 8, 2013, 3:08 PM

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Re: 1994 Sonoma won't start and no power to dash

Make sure the battery connections are free of corrosion and tight. Have the battery tested.

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dkuest
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Feb 10, 2013, 2:47 PM

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Re: 1994 Sonoma won't start and no power to dash

So the side mounted battery connection had seemed tight, but upon removing it I found some rust and corrosion hidden underneath and it was not as tight as it felt by hand. I cleaned it up and tightened it good and it worked.

Thank you so much for your help!
David

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Feb 10, 2013, 8:24 PM

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That would do it. Sometimes those side posts will leak acid and etch the inside of the battery cables too. Glad to read you resolved your issue. Thanks for the follow up. Locking thread as solved.

Since we volunteer our time and knowledge, we ask for you to please follow up when a problem is resolved.

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