2001 Lesabre won't start - please help

[lesabrefan]

At first the remote control stopped working, I thought it was the battery. Then I could not open the trunk from the inside of the car. When I tried to start the engine, nothing happened at all. No lights, no noise, the engine did not turn over. The battery is 1 or 1.5 years old. From reading the web it does not seem like it's the battery.

Thanks in advance

[lesabrefan]

Here's a crazy update. Started to jump the car. The jumper cables are connected and the assisting car is running. Tried my remote on the Buick - it worked. Put the key into ignition and turned. At first got a couple of clicks/grunts. Tried one more time - gray smoke started to come up from the engine, on the left hand side between the coolant tank and the engine. Then there was a pop and I obviously stopped trying

What is going on?
Thanks

[maxwedge]

Any leaks?, it may just have popped back from low voltage, leave the jumpers on for 5 minutes, try it again. Not much we can see or do from here.

[lesabrefan]

maxwedge, there are no leaks, nothing visibly burned. Retried jumping/jumpering. Now the remote does not work during the hookup and turning the key does not do anything. So it seems like something did go
If nothing comes to mind, I guess it's a tow to the mechanic?

[inafogg]

fuses???

[lesabrefan]

Originally Posted by inafogg

fuses???

I opened up the fusebox under the hood. Looks as clean as it can be - nothing burned, nothing melted.

[HotZ28]

Even though the battery is fairly new, that does not mean it is good. You need to have the battery load tested to verify condition. All indications point to a dead cell in the battery.

[lesabrefan]

HotZ28, thanks! You got my hopes up. Going to get a new battery tomorrow.

[HotZ28]

Let's hope the engine it is not hydrolocked!

[lesabrefan]

HotZ28, it was simply a bad battery. Advanced Auto replaced it since it was only a 16 months old. Thanks for your help guys.

P.S. Good lesson for me too, a "new" battery can die too.