Emergency help needed

[hammerman]

Hi guys, car is Toyota Yaris 1.4 petrol. It's an old one....Y reg with 118k on the clock.

Stopped car and turned off but left ignition on with radio on for about 15 mins...nothing else on.

All of a sudden, the radio goes off followed, about a minute later, by everything else. I have no ignition, no electics no nothing.

Ive had no warning lights to tell me the alternator's gone and it won't bump start at all (tried down a big hill)

Help !!!

[tenrec]

Could it just be flat battery. It happened to me that way.

[tonyav]

You will need a jump start from another battery, or change the battery. You wont be able to bump start it if your battery is totaly dead hammerman.

[flump1]

Shot in the dark here hammerman, some cars have a big main fuse under the bonnet 30 or 60 amp that might well have blown. It is situated near the battery if your car has one. Other than that might be an alternator problem.

[hammerman]

Thank you everyone. I thought about the main fuse as well as the battery, the main engine management system, the alternator etc etc.

What i didn't think of....<whispers quietly> was that i'd left my bloody lights on !!!!!

Mate jump started it and all is sorted thank you

[flump1]

Oh good hammerman all ok again . Blooming cars eh ?

[hammerman]

i think in this case Flump, it was the blooming owner !!!!!

[tonyav]

Get your battery charged up, hammerman.

[Hopkirk]

Might be time for a new battery

[johnk]

Might be time for extra memory!! Only joking ham