Re: One of those days...
 

Problem solved. Once I read the owner's manual and found out where the
2nd fuse box was, it was simple. The fuse labeled AMP (20 amps) had
blown apparently when the +/- wires touched briefly when I was
connecting the jumper cable. I've also reprogrammed the window lift on
the driver's side. So everything is back to normal.

Thanks to all of you who responded.


ritpg wrote:
> Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> it?
>
> Thanks.

Re: One of those days...
 

Problem solved. Once I read the owner's manual and found out where the
2nd fuse box was, it was simple. The fuse labeled AMP (20 amps) had
blown apparently when the +/- wires touched briefly when I was
connecting the jumper cable. I've also reprogrammed the window lift on
the driver's side. So everything is back to normal.

Thanks to all of you who responded.


ritpg wrote:
> Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> it?
>
> Thanks.

Re: One of those days...
 

Problem solved. Once I read the owner's manual and found out where the
2nd fuse box was, it was simple. The fuse labeled AMP (20 amps) had
blown apparently when the +/- wires touched briefly when I was
connecting the jumper cable. I've also reprogrammed the window lift on
the driver's side. So everything is back to normal.

Thanks to all of you who responded.


ritpg wrote:
> Left my lights on my '05 Element today and when I got out of work, of
> course, the battery was dead. The lights were not on that long. I was
> surprised the battery died that quickly. This happened one time
> before. We were tailgating for a couple of hours with the radio on and
> the back hatch open. Dead battery that time too. Today the battery
> died to the extent that I got the enter code alert on the radio after
> jump starting the car. I entered the code easily enough but now I get
> no sound. The radio display indicates that the radio is operating: I
> can switch from AM to FM to XM, etc. Turning the volume knob gives me
> the usual display indication that the volume is increasing but I get no
> sound at all. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I would fix
> it?
>
> Thanks.