{"id":57536,"date":"2019-08-02T11:38:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T16:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=57536"},"modified":"2019-08-02T11:38:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T16:38:10","slug":"1998-toyota-4-runner-completely-dead-with-the-seat-belt-light-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/08\/1998-toyota-4-runner-completely-dead-with-the-seat-belt-light-on","title":{"rendered":"1998 Toyota 4 Runner completely dead, with the seat belt light on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/toyota-4-runner.jpg\" alt=\"Toyota 4 Runner\" width=\"600\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/toyota-4-runner.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/toyota-4-runner-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My vehicle ran fine last night. I got up this morning and it was completely dead, with the seat belt light on. Nothing else, No clock, horn, lights, not a click on the ignition. Just that seat belt light. Owner manual said take to Toyota dealer.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Most likely something was left on and ran the battery down. Once a battery if run completely flat, in most cases, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/battery.html\">BATTERY<\/a> will need to be replaced. A glove box light, door ajar, trunk light or even a phone charger can cause this to happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My vehicle ran fine last night. I got up this morning and it was completely dead, with the seat belt light on. Nothing else, No clock, horn, lights, not a click on the ignition. Just that seat belt light. Owner manual said take to Toyota dealer. 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