When starting my car today, there was a loud pop, then everything died and a little smoke came from under the hood. Now, nothing electrical functions. Slowly, the dash lights started coming back on when i put the key in, but all the electricals are very faint if anything....and the car won't start at all.

I'm guessing its something electrical, but I haven't checked all of the fuses yet.

any ideas?

thanks,

Tim

Check the main fuses and also the battery wires. The pop was either a fuse blowing or an electrical arc (spark across an air gap) The smoke you mentioned makes me think of wires near the battery. It would take a huge discharge to make a pop and smoke from electrical stuff usually comes from burnt wire insulation. My quick guess would be a loose battery wire arced and singed a bunch of insulation. Now its connected but there is probably some carbon buildup and if the wire is loose you won't have efficient power flow hence the dim lights