Nikon D3300 DSLR Camera Dark Images?

Hi
Today i have just bought a Nikon D3300 DSLR and need some help. I was using the camera fine and getting amazing photos. This is where i made the mistake of attempting to explore the camera more. Now even in the bright sun outside the photos coming out are so dark you can just see an outline of what i'm photographing. On the readings it says the image is too dark and the exposure marker is going past -2. This is even after i've opened the Aperature to 5 (Biggest opening possible with lens), Put the ISO on 1600 and put the shutter speed to about 1/60. I want to take photos of fast action e.g. Car racing but i can't even take a still photo without blur due to long shutter speed. What do i do?

Try putting the camera down… And exploring the instruction manual more…

One of these might help: http://www.youtube.com/...0+tutorial

Take out and put back in the battery and the card, Refit the lens, and set your camera to automatic mode. (They can crash and require rebooting like a computer)
If it still will not function under normal lighting conditions then there's a technical fault which no amount of manual-reading will rectify and you will need to contact the supplier.

It should be clear that you are underexposing your images. What means is that you are not paying attention to the lightmeter in your camera

Use this link to help you with using your meter.

http://camerasim.com/apps/camera-simulator/

There's an old saying…"When all else fails, read the instructions!" That's what I'd do if I were you. You should be able to find the instructions for getting back to the Default Settings.

So it's -2 (underexposed) in the lightmeter? Increase light until you bring the lightmeter back to 0 (correctly exposed) or a bit to the + side (overexpose).

In M mode, adjust to make aperture larger (lower f/number) and/or make shutter speed longer.
In S mode, turn wheel to make shutter speed longer (slower).
In A mode, turn wheel to make aperture size bigger (lower f/number)
In P mode, hold +/- and turn wheel to swing lightmeter to 0.

The manual only tells you how to operate the camera. It doesn't teach you photography but you still must read it anyway.

Dark pictures mean underexposed pictures. Time to learn the Exposure Triangle and learn how to use your camera's light meter.

http://digital-photography-school.com/learning-exposure-in-digital-photography

Read the Owner's Manual for your camera.

Check through your camera settings to make sure you don't have any weird special effects turned on