Q: Car was broke into, the ignition and wiring harness both completely removed 1992 Mazda MX-3

asked by on March 12, 2017

My car was broken into, while checking for damage I noticed that the whole ignition assembly was taken out, the wiring harness was cut out. They HotWired the car, and I had no choice but to drive it to work. It was working fine all day, but now it won't start, or even get any power. If I replace the ignition assembly should my car work again?
My car has an automatic transmission.

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