My cars instrument panel is out and it won't shift out of gears?
My cars instrument panel displays will not come on and my car will not shift out of park. My car cranks up, and the interior lights and security system works. We just took the battery and alternator off and got them tested and they both passed and work fine. But when I start the car and crank it all of the instrument panel lights are off except for the light telling me that my door is open, and my car will not shift out of gear. The problem started when I went to the store and came right out and my car was completely dead. When I had my mother come help me and give me a boost she hooked the cable on wrong which started a spark and small fire over my negative terminal that went away. When she did that thought my car came back on to where it would crank, but I had those issues I mentioned with the instrument panel and my car refusing to shift out of gear. The only way I was able to get home was by pressing a button on my gear to put it into shift override that allowed me to put the car in Drive. Before all of this happened I noticed certain things on my car was messing up, like my passenger side window would not go down, and my headlights were very dim almost the point of not being able to see at night at all.
Vehicle Make (Ford, Toyota etc): Toyota
Vehicle Model (Camry, F150, etc): Camry
Year of Vehicle: 1998
When you reverse the cables you usually blow out a bunch of the electronic sensors and/or the computers which will give you all sorts of weird indications. You need to take the car to a good mechanic, probably best is the dealer, tell them about the cable reversal and the indications you're getting and let them track down the bad electronic devices.
Open the engine compartment fuse box and check all of the large fuses which are called fusible links If you're lucky the one that is supposed to protect the electrical system from idiots is blown. If the key was turned on when the cables were hooked up wrong you may have fried all the modules and the PCM and will be looking at a good $2,000 worth of electrical equipment!
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