Battery changed and now won’t start

Hi everyone,

having a heck of a time here. My battery was low so I decided to change the battery. Well now it won’t start. Everything electrical is working it just won’t turn over now. Any suggestions?

 

Clean terminals and make sure terminals are tight

 

Battery terminals tight? Is the vehicle in park? Give the starter a couple taps with a hammer.

 

I did that. There is a blue light that is flashing beneath the dash left lower side.

 

sounds like there is an alarm in place

 

Probably a Fortin remote start...

 

Yes there is a viper remote system. If I hold my fob key close to the start button and hit the lock button down for 5 seconds there is a long beep and then the truck will start. Once that’s done and I turn off the truck it won’t start again unless I do the same process again.

 

Holding the fob to the start button is normally a workaround for a dead fob battery.

 

You changed you fob battery?
Did you pull the plastic off it?

 

One time when I changed a car battery and I put the negative terminal on first and then the positive terminal on second and blew ignition relay.

 

Yeah I didn’t do that. Connections were correct.

 

What about the second battery? Are you certain it is fully charged?