I have an 04 Acura TL that was running normally when I left on Sat. I hit a large pothole pretty hard, but that may or may not have anything to do with the problem.The car sat for about 30 mins., then when I tried to start it, it was completely dead-no dash lights, no ignition click. Got a jump and that didn't work. One of the terminals was badly corroded. A local mechanic came to look at it, and when he jiggled the cable, the dash lights came on intermittently and the ignition would click when I turned the key.

He replaced the terminals and cleaned the contacts really well, and--nothing. No ignition click, no dash lights. He checked all the fuses and connections, everything had power where it was supposed to and all the fuses looked good. There's a reset button on the fusebox under the hood, so we tried that, and still nothing. Pretty sure he checked all the grounds, too, but we're going to go recheck everything.

Is there anything I'm overlooking? Any suggestions? Nearest dealership is 75 miles away and were no help when I called.

 

It's probably the main fuse, or the chassis ground.

 

It WAS the ground...even though backwoods mechanic already (allegedly) checked it. Sorry to have wasted your time. Sooo thankful!

 

Which ground caused it? I'm having that same issue and my battery fuse is blown.

 

It was the chassis ground, I believe.