# Battery problems with my 2002 Camry **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** toyota\ **Created:** [November 26, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629 "2018-11-26T18:04:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dude03060\_145066](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dude03060\_145066](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dude03060_145066)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/1 "2018-11-26T18:04:54Z")
I just realized that my negative battery cable was missing so my car is driving now with just the positive connected what will happen to my car driving with just the positive wire connected to my battery? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/2 "2018-11-26T18:18:44Z")
Nothing. It won’t run. ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/3 "2018-11-26T18:42:53Z")
It would be impossible for the engine to run with no ground. Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![Dude03060\_145066](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dude03060\_145066](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dude03060_145066)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/4 "2018-11-26T19:20:13Z")
Well that’s the thing it’s been about 3 or 4 days and it’s running still starts and runs ---
**Author:** ![Dude03060\_145066](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dude03060\_145066](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dude03060_145066)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/5 "2018-11-26T19:24:00Z")
Well I’ve been driving around for like two three days and it drives ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/6 "2018-11-26T19:24:59Z")
Then you are not looking at the battery connections. You may have another ground wire unattached that you may be looking at. Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![Dude03060\_145066](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dude03060\_145066](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dude03060_145066)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/7 "2018-11-26T19:25:16Z")
So it’s not impossible for it to run ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/8 "2018-11-26T19:26:01Z")
impossible!!! Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![Dude03060\_145066](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dude03060\_145066](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dude03060_145066)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/9 "2018-11-26T19:26:22Z")
It definitely has no negative connection to the battery it’s totally missing ---
**Author:** ![Dude03060\_145066](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dude03060\_145066](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dude03060_145066)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/10 "2018-11-26T19:27:46Z")
Only the positive connection to the battery is connected ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/11 "2018-11-26T19:30:34Z")
Please Post a picture. ---
**Author:** ![Dude03060\_145066](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dude03060\_145066](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dude03060_145066)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/12 "2018-11-26T19:31:20Z")
Sure I’ll go down and post a picture of my battery with no negative terminal wire and show you ---
**Author:** ![Dude03060\_145066](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dude03060\_145066](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dude03060_145066)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/13 "2018-11-26T19:35:55Z")
![1126181433](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/6/6bd5bd7486c087c56992a8ffe887ba3872741580.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dude03060\_145066](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dude03060\_145066](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dude03060_145066)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/14 "2018-11-26T19:36:52Z")
And the car is running while I posted this picture ---
**Author:** ![Dude03060\_145066](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dude03060\_145066](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dude03060_145066)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/15 "2018-11-26T19:37:38Z")
As you can see there is a positive wire connected to the positive and no wire connected to the negative ---
**Author:** ![Dude03060\_145066](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dude03060\_145066](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dude03060_145066)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/16 "2018-11-26T19:40:20Z")
If you don’t believe me go disconnect your negative battery terminal and your car will still start and run ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/17 "2018-11-26T19:44:27Z")
The metal strap on the negative terminal is your negative battery cable. ---
**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/18 "2018-11-27T00:29:29Z")
Is this some kind of joke? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/19 "2018-11-27T00:36:24Z")
Your negative cable is connected, I can see the bolt and cable in the red circle. ![6bd5bd7486c087c56992a8ffe887ba3872741580](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/f/f854b98e64b264a6e092bc782464b8a30307270e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 4:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629/20 "2018-11-27T04:43:52Z")
The battery negative looks to be connected to me also. See that gadget that encircles the right hand post? OP, what makes you think the battery negative isn’t connected? Are you looking at the shiny silver round circle thing above the battery? I don’t know what that is for, but is most likely unrelated to the battery. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problems-with-my-2002-camry/129629.md?page=2)