[sudheendrar]

Got the new battery from Pepboys - thanks everyone for your advise.

Now here is the sad part:

OK - Let me preface by saying I am an Idiot.

I put in the battery wrong - positive to negative and thus shorted the circuit.

How do I know?

The negative terminal of the battery simply sheared off and there was acrid smoke coming from the burn.

The Horn button started honking constantly (like an alarm) and lights came on and I noted that the door could not be closed (meaning the window would not wind down a bit to accomodate closure of the door).

Quickly disconnected everything, went back to Pepboys with the broken battery and they were gracious enough to give me a replacement (Shoutout to the kind folks at pepboys for their customer care attitude).

Before putting on the new battery (this time in correct polarity) I had a few questions.....

1. If I am standing facing the Front trunk, am I right the +ve is on Left hand Side and -ve on the RHS? Now that I have removed the old battery, I can't really tell.
2. What fuses may have blown ?
3. Is the fuse compartment near the driver side footwell the only fuse box? are there others there?

Hoping that it's only the fuses and no permanent damage to parts like Alternators and other sensitive electronics/electricals.

Lesson Learnt ! I suppose.

Regards