Today I drove my 95 GMC Suburban fairly heavily - about 250 miles. Getting home after the last leg (20 miles), I turned off the car in the driveway, then realized I wanted to move it.
I tried to start it - the lights were still on, along with various other accessories. As I turned the key, everything turned on for a fraction of a second, but before I heard the starter turn, everything dropped dead, leaving me with a dark car - no electrical power whatever. Turning the key again got zero, nada, nothing.
I thought about jumpstarting, and hooked up the battery to the jumper cables. Touching the contacts together got a nice fat spark - the battery had plenty of juice. The cables seem to be tightly attached.
Is there some kind of master breaker or fuse that may have tripped? What else could have happened?
thanks,
Peter Trei