Some of the circuits are straight from the battery, such as the horn and emergency flashers. If those don't work when in the dead mode, then that eliminates a whole bunch of suspects. First guess would be a bad battery, but at only 18 months old, seems less likely. After that, then I'd guess corros...

I'll guess you have a low resistance short circuit in the new starter, pulling hundreds of amps. There is no fusible link to the starter, so nothing will blow. But you will kill the battery voltage. You're probably boiling something in the battery, and it has extremely low voltage, just a few volts...

Hoping there's still some old timers around to help a 20 year Vibe guy. My sweet 03 that I bought new off the dealer lot has been trouble free for about 19 years; but Father Time catches up to us all. About a month ago, my starter failed, and it wasn't too hard to diagnose. I bought a brand new, non...

freed - did you get after that AC yet? I just wanted to check that you really, truly are certain that there's a deeper problem with the AC outside of simply low R410a. Did you pressure test it with a proper manifold or something? Ready for a long story? I bought my 2003 GT new off the lot in 2002 an...