Car won't start after headlight retrofit. HELP!!
 

I was retrofittin Q45 projectors on my 04 X and when all was done, I turned the key to start the engine and it wouldn't start. All I hear is clicking noise as I turn the key. All other electrical function seems to work. What I didn't do as I was retrofitting was unhooking the battery. I did connect one headlight assembly at a time to check for alignment but the other was disconnected. So could it be that? Could I have blown a fuse? The other is that I left the car door open all night long. Please help!!!!

check to see if you have a dead battery

All other electrical function is still working......could a weak battery cause the problem? Can't jump right now anyway...my wife has the other car with the cables.

BY the way where is the fuse box????

It is not recommended to jump modern cars off of each other. You need to use a battery charger or a booster pack or you can fry your ecu.

I've seen them at pepboys...how much are they? Anyone else with solutions to my problem is greatly appreciated.

YOu could take your battery down to autozone and they'll check it out for free, even charge it if needed for free.

Sorry to hear about your loss it has to be the battery the fuse will not stop the car from starting. Get pixs of the retro up asap and again good luck to you.

Really? I've never heard that before. Heck I've jumped mine a few times. I've left mine on through the night while doing Mac OSX updates and forgot to turn the car off afterwards.

alright guys I jumped it and its running but I haven't turned it off yet. I have 60K+. I might actually need a new battery. When i clean the G I'll get pics up. Looks good though.

Just type "Jump starting new car" in google search. If they show you how to jump start they have a disclaimer about newer cars. Considering what it would cost to replace an ECU I wouldn't take the chance.

This is funny. I did the search on google and this is what it gave me

Your search - "Jump starting new car" - did not match any documents.

:rofl: :bowrofl:

I took out the quotes and this is the closest thing that I could find after reading 3 different articles.

As far as I know we don't have special "jump-start lugs". So our cars should be fine.

If you have 60k on the stock battery I would get a new one. Here in Phoenix we are happy to get 2-3 years out of them!

So you did a Q45 retro. I would love to see some pics of that. I was going to do those until I found out they were only low beam so I went with TL's. I also wasn't sure they would fit.

I'll get some pics out soon once it's washed...hate looking at new mods on a dirty car. So what kinda battery would you recommend?