jumpstart ps
 

Good morning Whopper,

First technical post/query...

Son left lights on, door open, battery drained to get wood in...

Jumped as per directed under hood. Power steering of course off now, will go check #19 fuse and the #20 60amp J case fuse (ex hubby on way to check out)

Here is my dilemma...

After the jump the "power" of acceleration is down, could only drive 20 mph?
Ex is on his way back over now to disconnect the battery from back and then restart the computer?

Anyway single Mom, Grandma, Proud American Owner of Chevy 2010 HHR Victory Red!

If you jumped per the directions the power steering would not be affected, Hooking the cables up wrong can cause lots of problems; from simply blowing the 60 amp fuse to destroying the computers.

I suspect that the Check Engine Light is on. Having the codes read would lend us some help.

X2 on what DonBrew says. My son jumped his HHR from the wrong spot and I was scared it might have taken out the power assist motor, luckily it merely took out the 60amp yellow fuse. I did not even think about the computer being affected. That post with the red wire attached to it next to the yellow 60 amp fuse is NOT for jump starting your HHR. BTW, that is the yellow fuse in the top left corner that popped when my son tried to jump start his HHR wrong.

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