# 1999 Mazda Millenia - Battery trouble

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-mazda-millenia-battery-trouble/165924>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mazda\
**Created:** [June 17, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-mazda-millenia-battery-trouble/165924 "2020-06-17T20:44:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jay58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jay58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jay58)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-mazda-millenia-battery-trouble/165924/1 "2020-06-17T20:44:00Z")

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battery charger hooked up backwards tried to start car new battery is charged but absolutly nothing for power.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-mazda-millenia-battery-trouble/165924/2 "2020-06-17T21:30:55Z")

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If the terminals were hooked-up “backwards”, there is a high probability that the _fusible link_ in the positive cable was blown. That is the _best-case scenario_, and I hope that it holds true for you.