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Hello! So I'm having a problem with my vehicle and my usual trusty Google fu is not helping track down an answer or even a starting point. Back story: fiancee may have left lights on which finally killed the 12v battery in the trunk or at least that's my working theory, the car was completely dead, I tried jumping it using the points under the hood and when I went to start it with the push button it blinked rapidly and a warning saying stop safely now came on the dash, which I found humorous as of course the car was already stopped! Anyway, I have some knowledge of your standard ICE Motors so figure the 12v battery is either going out or dead. Took the battery to parts store and it tested bad. Bought a new battery, replaced it and I'm still getting the blinking light from the start button and the warning to pull over safely now. My question is could there be a fuse that potentially blew when the 12v died? Is there a way to possibly reset the whole car? Any further diagnostic I can do to determine if this has caused a bigger problem like a dead HV battery? I can't afford to have it towed to a shop nor can I afford really replacing the apparently 6000 dollar battery. Any insights or tricks or sacrifices I can do to get this thing running again will be greatly appreciated. Additional info : car has 70,000 miles, it has the mykey type ignition (can't remember what it's actually called) all accessory lights work, 12v is a brand new battery, and when I push the button I can hear the normal clicking noise from around the car I've come accustomed to hearing, it just won't go into drive mode,and the stop safely now warning comes on.

Hi all I'm brand new here. Have a huge issue. I just installed a used and tested 2.3 in my 2006 Fusion. The car has spark and fuel. It will not start. The spark is weak and orange. I swapped out all the coil packs with known good ones. What am I missing? Any suggestions? Thanks!