Helping out my bother-in-law with his 96 DOHC. It has sat for a year or so and when we tried to start it there was a pop then no electrical power. When I first turned the to to run... the gauge lights came on, I heard the fuel pump run all the normal stuff. As soon as turned it to start is when it popped. Now I have no electrical power... no head lights, no gauge lights... no dome light... no starter...no nothing. The battery is putting out 12.23 volts, I have a good continuity on my grounds, I have power all thru the fuse box behind the battery. I am hoping you guys can point me in the direction of what would cause this? Are there any fuseable link's to check? I know my Ford Contour has a master fuse that can go bad, anything like this on the Neon?

 

any help would be appreciated, Thanks.

 

Your best bet is to start checking the battery cable and see where the problem is. Take a meter with a sharp probe and start checking the wire, and then the fuse block.

 

I once installed an amp for my speakers in my car, saw a spark had no power, nothing nada, just like you, first i checked all the electrical parts that I could and no luck, so I took it in and the guy said I blew a fuseable link.