No power at all

BEICHM

MEMBER
2009 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
3.4L
4WD
AUTOMATIC
246,000 MILES

I came out of work, found that there wasn’t any power in the vehicle, the gearshift is stuck in park, turn the key, nothing happens.I put a new battery in it 3 months ago, haven’t noticed any change in how it drives. I replaced the ignition relay, no change. A coworker had a portable battery charger, hooked that up, no change. It seemed to show the battery was fine. Any suggestions? Thanks

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KASEKENNY

MECHANIC
18,907 POSTS

There are a number of things that come to mind but the first and foremost is we have a fuse issue that is causing a power issue to the ignition switch.

So, I would suggest we start with checking the fuses and make sure you have power on both sides of the fuse with the key in the on position.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-a-car-fuse

Next, we should go to the ignition switch and check for ignition voltage on pin 1 and 2 then battery voltage on pin 3. This will be 12 volts but you should have 12 volts all the time on pin 3 and then 12 on 1 and 2 when you turn the key.

I attached the wiring diagram and pin out diagram that will help with this.

Please let me know what you find, and we can go from there.

Thanks

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