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RamaReno1983
Maybe its not a fuse afterall? Something else?
After this it got worse, with the battery still hooked up to jumper cables, after several attempts at starting, the car began trying to start itself, and opened the trunk by itself, even with the key out of the ignition. When the jumper cables are removed, even after 20+ minutes of charging off another car, all power in the Grand Am dies instantly, so I guess the battery isn't holding charge.
I have no idea what this is, and really don't want to tow the thing (I'll probably have to tow the thing) haven't been able to find any answers to this problem anywhere on the internet, anybody help me?
You can't charge up a battery in 20 minutes anyway, and it's not a good idea to jump start a completely dead battery anyway--it could explode--so either remove your battery and have it charged overnight, slowly and then load-tested, or get yourself a new battery and then take it from there.
It's been eight days since the car was repaired, and so far it's been working fine.
I was also asked if it had ever reached or gone above 200, it never has reached that it tends to hang around 100-150.
Another thing to note is that the power steering has looses it's fluid over time and the power steering pump whines when it's levels are low, I doubt that issue has anything to do with my current issue, thought I would put that in for context with my car's current state.