I was leaving my buddy's house today when I noticed something wrong with my 88 Brougham. It was raining like crazy and when accelerating from the lights the car started to hesitate (like misfiring) for about 5 secs. So I kept driving home when my radio would keep turning off and on (a couple of times). I turned of my stereo and cruised home (didn't misfire at all again) and parked in my driveway and turned off the car. Then my friend noticed that the power locks weren't working at all. I tried to turn the car back on but there was absolutely no power at all - NOTHING. All that happens now when I turn the key is that I hear a small click and nothing else. No lights, no radio nothing. What the hell happened?? Thanks in advance...

Sounds like a bad ground wire connection (or maybe even a hot wire connection). But for random stuff to not work, I bet that's it. Check your battery terminals. I had my hot wire fall off when it was loose once. The who car started to act funky. If not that, then check other ground places or battery line places that could come disconnected, undone, or what have you.

Also check you're alternator plug to see if it's come off. I replaced my belts once, and forgot to plug the alternator back in. The car started off the battery, but slowly everything started to fail: first the headlights, then the door locks, and then the radio. I plugged it back in, jumped the car, and I was back in business.

For whatever reason, your car didn't get the power it needed. The spark plugs didn't even get enough arc to strongly ignite the fuel, which would explain the hesitation on acceleration. You're dumping more gas in that it can't burn. When you got home and killed the motor, the battery was dead by that time. And you're hearing the starter just barely engage with that click. Did you notice your headlights dimming? That'd be due to battery drainage. And if you ran the A/C the electric clutch would have really pulled amps and drained it, or whatever source the power was coming from. If it's not a poor connection problem, then the next likely culprit is a bad alternator.

If and when you do find the culprit, check your fuses to make sure nothing has blown due to a short.

Best,
Greg

thanks for the info I will definitely try that tomorrow. Also I checked the battery and it still has 12.64 volts. I don't know if that helps at all.

Bad ignition switch maybe?

This happened to me once, and it was a ground.