Nuk

Recently purchased a 2002 gs300 runs and drives great, however recently its been a few times where I got no power upon trying to start, slam the hood and it starts also the dash just didnt light up or anything upon turning on so it's gotta be some type of electrical/fuse issue anybody experience this and what's the fix..?

lexo98

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Check all the connections to the battery. If you don’t find anything there shake some of the wires around by the fuse box

CurlyG

I once had the dash lights not turn on, after doing some maintenance work. After searching for the cause online, I found the fuse location, and the blown fuse, and replaced it, which restored the dash lights.
+1 on checking the battery terminal connections, if the car starts after slamming the hood. Also check that the power wires are still robustly crimped to the wire terminals, and are in good condition. Also, is there corrosion on either of the battery terminals?

Nuk

No corrosion, newer battery I think it's the fuse box.. thanks for your help guys

QLex300

Hi Hope all is well..
Did you figure ifit was the fuse box?

melac1

Had similar issues of random non-starting, and it ended up being the battery connectors. Even with a new battery, I had to clean up the battery terminals attached to the car and made sure to bolt them down firmly.

QLex300

I changed the positive battery terminal it was really bad looking and wasn't able to tighten up completely, negetive looked great almost new?

maybe previous owner only changed the one?

melac1

I do remember it was the positive terminal giving me issues. I just took some of the rust off and cranked it down completely. I would try and get it tightened down fully before looking at other options. GL