Hello guys, maybe a week ago I crashed into a back of SUV due to bad tires (yeah yeah laugh about it all you want lol). I have to switch out a whole radiator & radiator support & have all of it ordered already I will include pictures of the damage. All of the fluids got lost due to the radiator cracking & breaking. The car turned on perfectly 2 days after that & ran it just to hear if the engine didn’t have any damage. Maybe 4-5 days after the crash now the car is completely dead with no cranking, no dash board lights, or sounds from opening the doors. Any solutions or idea what may it be ? Bad alternator? Bad battery cables? Brand new battery by the way.

 

the car isnt getting power from the brand new battery.
trace the wires to see if the accident caused any cuts or damage to cables...ground cables and power cables.

 

I’ll get on that right now. Quick question... if it were damage to the cables of the battery wouldn’t it had happened exactly after the crash. Why did it take 4-5 days for it to happen?

 

I dont have the car in front of me; I would start to tear down the car to find out whats wrong. I would also throw a multimeter onto the battery to make sure it is good at 12.2-12.4 volts.

 

It could well be some of the damage is causing a low level battery drain; just because it is a new battery doesn't mean it is a fully charged battery.

 

Accidents can cause all kinds of weird things to happen later on.