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You need to find the burn fuse whit a multimeter. For all this thing lock up, It’s the car computer located normally behind the engine in front of the passenger. See the video to see hoe to find electrical issues. This fuse is the biggest fuse on the car (cost around 20 us$ and sold only in the car dealer). It’s protect the car computer. You might need the car manual too for you car wire ring schematic
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF1gijj03_0[/video]
Check the ground straps from the engine to the body and from the battery to the body. If the fuse was blown, removing it would have no effect.
I just looked at the wiring diagram for that vehicle, looks like you might have just melted part of the ignition switch together. There are 4 sections in that switch, everything that you said does not work is on one section, 2 other sections melted together from shorting the battery would keep DRL and everything needed to run live all the time. So should be simple as change the ignition switch.
[quote=”paulthe harleyman” post=49492]After shorting battery on a 2002 Kia Sportage-lights stay on-switch does not shut off vehicle- no radio-no fan-transmission and steering locked up. Have to pull fuse to shut off vehicle.[/quote]
You need to start checking fuses and fusible links.
sounds like some electronics got hit also.
here is a link for a wiring diagram.am I reading this question wrong? It says to me that the lights stay on and the engine stays running with the key in the off position, the transmission does nothing. so power stays running in sides of the system and not available in other sides of the system. all after shorting the battery. Please tell me if I read that wrong.
As pointed out I’d start by checking the fuses. If all of those are good then perhaps there is an issue with the ignition switch as pointed out or some other problem. Normally the fuses protect the vehicle circuits when a problem like this happens but sometimes voltage can get through and cause problems. I usually see issues with control units in a situation like that. They really don’t like it when you back feed voltage through them. Please keep us posted on what you find.
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