my car wont start and the battery is charged (terminals smoke)?

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i have a 1999 ford mustang and today i went to start my car and it just clicks and i also realized that my negative terminal is smoking. i tried cleaning the terminals and it still didnt start. I also checked the battery and it is fully charged. thx in advance to any answers
 
I don't think you did a good enough job cleaning the inside of the battery connectors and the battery terminals. Smoke from heat is due to a bad connection and you can't "see" bad electrical connections most of the time. Likewise the battery should be recharged and "load tested" to make sure it's good at the auto store. Use the wire brush below for easy battery terminal maintenance.
PS Like Carl says below, it's always possible you have a big short circuit on the starter motor connection to the battery.

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Search?catalogId=10101&storeId=10101&sku=battery+brush
 
Sounds like a loose battery connection. That is if the battery is indeed, fully charged. Did you check it with a voltmeter or did you take it to a place that sells batteries so they could do a proper load check on it. Most of the time you can have a plumb dead battery and a voltmeter will still read 12v.
 
Make sure you got it hooked up right - red to positive, black to negative !! If you did that you might have fried your electrical system. Maybe not.
 
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