So this has happened to me twice, which is why I figure I'd post it up. Both times, it was raining heavily outside with lightning strikes. As I run into the car and try to start the car, the car wouldn't start. It would light up and then just die...like a brick. The first time, I just left it alone and went back the next morning to fix it, which was a loose battery connection. The second time as I reached back to the boot to tighten the connection (which I did very well the first time, along with a friend). Lightning struck very close by, and my car's lights turned on for about a second, and the wires that connect to the battery twitched. Right after, I attached the wire to the battery and drove home. Weird experience. Anyone have anything similar?

 

Years and years ago in a downpour lightning struck right next to the '84 Nissan Stanza we were in and the car died. It wouldn't restart so we rolled under an overpass and waited a few minutes and tried to start it again. It fired right up and we were on our way. No problems then and none ever surfaced later. I guess that lightning just overwhelms all the circuits and sensors and the computer has to reset.

Now off topic, I parked under a tree once. Ran inside for a minute and in that minute lighting hit the tree and blew all the bark off. I'm sure glad I wasn't in the truck when that happened. The truck was pretty ancient though and nothing was affected.