I have a bad battery in my Tercel 99, so I jumped the battery with another car. But I did a mistake by letting the positive & negative of the jumping cable touch each others. So I guess that my fuses are dead, the car won't start again, even with the jumped battery (I get no power at all).

Which fuses should I check to replace them?

I assume u are saying they touched after connecting them to the Toy before connecting to other vehicle.

Just for tomorrow - clip the loose - free clip which will go to the starting vehicle around the wires.

Then after u have connected to the dead battery and after u connect the + clip to the starting battery, remove the - clip and attach that.


when jumping batteries, one places the cables on the battery terminals.
The only way to get a fuse to blow is to place the cable someplace else so the current will flow thru the fuse.

If u did that, then I would start with the fusable link usually the first thing u come to off the + terminal of the battery going to the other fuses. It is possibly integrated into the + terminal.

The starter cable does not have a fuse on it. It goes directly from the battery + to the starter.

Now, is it possible to damage other components like a PCM.
Not hardly. Since there is now way to draw current thru it by shorting leads out.

Is it possible to damage an alternator?
Maybe depending on where u clipped the cable. If u connected to the alternator, u may have a problem here.

Lesson, NEVER connect + lead to anything but the battery terminal.

NOW, when u try 2 jump it do u get any spark when attaching the - lead (after the + always). If not, maybe the cables are open. I assume the other vehicle still works.

you got more problems then a fuse...good luck...ur gona need it.