Installed battery backwards on a 2009 VE COMMODORE sedan

[someguy360]

the fact the magic smoke came out
is not a good sign

It's a problem with wiring, once you let the smoke out you can't put it back in.

 

[Ant McBride]

From what l've read on these forums, theres a fuse type thing on the positive battery terminal. That blows, & by blowing it should protect all the other circuits?
So replace it with a good one from the wreckers or Holden service centre.

Cheers Lex

 

[Lex]

Cheers Lex

Did you see the video that @stick3 put up. That tells & shows you exactly what you need.
As long as you haven't damaged any other components?

 

[Ant McBride]

Did you see the video that @stick3 put up. That tells & shows you exactly what you need.
As long as you haven't damaged any other components?

Thanks so much Lex

 

[Fu Manchu]

It’s a computer network. Reversing the polarity is going cook a lot of modules. Smoke from the vents would be cooked headunit or hvac module.

Any toasted modules will begin a huge headache of gremlins and major faults. There are a lot of VIN matched modules in VE.