No one has any general ideas on this issue ??

 

Fix 1;

Were the terminals cleaned [wire brush!] upon putting in new battery? That's all it takes 9/10 times. I had this happen to me once, and recently a buddy on his '14 Taco. Cleaned terminals really well with wire brush, then once on, coat with dielectric grease [don't have to do this, but it's a good thing to do].
The factory puts a coating on most batteries that's not visible but just enough to not make enough contact to crank it over.

*remove cables [make sure they're away from the battery to not contact anything, put a grocery bag over them or something!], now clean the terminals one by one with a wire brush.

Fixed? No - move on;


Fix 2; check ALL of the fuses/relays. Why? If there's any chance you jumped it or installed the battery backwards, this would blow fuses. Check them all over. Like ALL OF THEM, under the engine bay, interior fuses, etc.

Fixed? No - move on;


Fix 3; Try starting the vehicle in neutral to see if it will even crank over. Disengage shift lock - do this on level ground....


Fixed? No - move on;

I guess at this point you're scratching your head, we need more details. Does the car have an aftermarket immobilizer? Sometimes these are very particular things and something like a battery change [in either car or remote] can cause funky issues... At this point if you're not running tow it to the dealer, because that's the extent of my knowledge.

Good luck.

 

I appreciate your response 01lexpl...... Basically thats the extent of what happened,came home earlier fri morning and crashed out about 5am and went to leave around 4pm sat morning and the whole car was dead....... Went to autozone and got another battery and dropped it in and then all lights,the key remote etc etc worked then tried to start her up and she wouldnt start..... it was like it wanted to start but didnt and no death click from the starter and the fuel pump works. And as far as putting it in neutral wont work as it wont go into neutral bcuz i thought about the neutral relay switch so yes this is puzzling and im willing to bet its very minor but yes thats all that has happened to it and there are no aftermarket parts nor any mods at all jus a plain ole 2012 Camry SE bro.........

 

New batteries typically are not fully charged. If your "new" battery sat around for months before you bought it, it could be on the weak side. Avoid buying a battery that is more than a couple months old, they go down hill from the day they are made. A new battery should have a sticker on it that is coded with the month and year it was made. A letter for the month, starting with "A" for January, and a number for the year, "5" for 2015.

 

Thanks Robert i'll check that next bcuz i was thinking that same thing whereas a new battery is possible not to have enough charge to start the car as well ......... Oh btw the battery was made in April of this year and i got it on sat day before yesterday........

 

clean the terminals... batteries are not supposed to be just "dropped in"...

guaranteed that's what is wrong here, go to autozone, they even have battery terminal cleaners where you slide over the terminal and twist by hand. Clean the cable ends as well since you'll have it apart.

http://www.autozone.com/test-scan-and-specialty-tools/battery-terminal-brush-cleaner

 

clean the terminals... batteries are not supposed to be just "dropped in"...

guaranteed that's what is wrong here, go to autozone, they even have battery terminal cleaners where you slide over the terminal and twist by hand. Clean the cable ends as well since you'll have it apart.

http://www.autozone.com/test-scan-and-specialty-tools/battery-terminal-brush-cleaner

do you have smart key?

 

What kind of battery did you get?
Any chance the specs are off or battery is discharged?

 

It's a duralast gold bro......... but i've had it taken to toyota and they know whats what and it will be ready by morning and preciate the input.......

 

I don't like to do it, but try jump starting it, just be careful to get the connections right and avoid sparking. Do it like shown in the owners manual.

 

Thanks Robert,i've talked with the toyota guys and everyone is stumped so to speak but with everything thats working on the car other than the current issue i'm now leaning towards a possible security/computer anti-theft code error and not to mention i fogot to state that the radio doesnt boot up at the start either so im hoping thats what it may be bcuz everything else has been checked,and as we all know at times when a battery goes dead or is disconnected... at times the security/computer gets tripped and the computer thinks the car is stolen but it's at toyota now and they are on it 1st thing in the morning......... Thanks for your input

 

dont jump batteries take it out and charge it for a few hours then see what happens.

 

Was it the security system then?

 

You having the same issue? Same thing happened to me. I’m trying to see what the issue is.

 

2 things not mentioned. Thing 1 the ecm has forgotten how to make the car idle, have you pressed the accelerator about a quarter of the way while cranking? Thing 2 and more likely from the radio not booting up is one of the main fuse links has popped, in one of those long plastic thingies to the left, good luck trying to see in there, sorry. If the car is cranking ( by now it may need a charge) there is plenty of battery power.

Look for a vid on how to access/replace. A coworker popped one on a 06 couple of months ago, I bypassed it with a fuse link and a wire to where the blown link went until the part came. Was about an hour and a half to replace.