Engine Light on

[comicjoker]

I have a 2002 Kia Sportage.
I purchased the car about 2 weeks ago, 2nd hand.
It has 71000km on the clock.
I took it to Kia to get a full service and to sort out a number of items.
One of the items was the engine light "orange light on the corner of the dashboard" that was on.
The first time, i took it there, they told me that it was a connection plug that connected to a fuel sensor, and that they managed to clean it up.
The 2nd time they told me that the fuel sensor was faulty, so they replaced it.
The 3rd time, they told me that the oxygen sensor was acting up, but they managed to sort it out.
Now the 4th time, they tell me that i need to replace the oxygen sensor.
This has all happened in a space of 1 week.
I have now spent a fortune, and still no resolution, and i think the car has been at kia for longer than i have had it.
Any one have any suggestions, if this keeps one going i'm going to end up replacing all the sensors, and still have the same problem.

[ron1004]

Welcome to the forum.

Not all Kia service centers are good.
Check that the service center has a scanner (not code reader) which they should connect to your cars OBD2 port and view the real time data from all sensors and this way they would be able to confirm if the sensors are working properly.
It sounds like they don't have this equipment leaving them with only trial and error method of fault finding.

It is possible that they suspected the problems were caused by bad connections on each of the sensors, and then later when the fault returned they decided to replace the sensor.

Start asking them questions - do they have a scanner - what error codes were stored on the ECU.
Post the error codes here and we'll explain them.

[mgbgt1972]

Originally Posted by William Lee

Has anyone checked for a crack in the exhaust manifold?
It's expensive to replace, so I live with it. No problem so far.
If I get ambitious, I mght try to locate a used one.
My mechanic has said trying to weld it won't work. It'll crack again.

Living with it may be cheap but it's not a very bright idea!

Exhust gases leaking from the crack in the header will seap into the cabin, one day you'll be driving on a long road trip the gasses will build up, you'll feel sleepy, fall asleep drive off the road hit a bus full of nuns and kill not only yourself but others! And since you knowingly drove with a defective vehicle, youre insurance company can wash their hands of you, you would be charged with negligible homicide if you killed another person, leaving you and your family ruined!

Or you could get it fixed correctly!

Yes it can be welded depending on where the crack is. And a used one should not run you over $50 from a wreakers yard, and take an afternoon to replace.

[WA2YNE]

I bought a 2002 Kia Sportage last week, and am doing a few minor things to it.
the coolant was showing some rust color, so I flushed the system and replaced the coolant with new 50/50 antifreeze mix.
beofre, and while running it with a flushing agent, no unusual lights came of. Now, the next day after, the Check engine light came on and stays on. the engine is not overheatting, and seems to run fine.
I need to recheck the actual level of coolant in the radiator (forgot to do that earlier, and too amny mosquitoes out there now).
Evidently there are amny sensors that can make the darned light come on. In fact, some cars used to have a similar light that would say service engine soon, and many of those had to be reset after a certain mileage came up on the odometer.
Does Kia have such a reset? Where might it be if so?
Also, the battery and brake indicators tend to glow slightly part of the time. Charging voltage seems to be okay.
I'm thinking maybe a ground problem with those lights. Or possibly needing a new alternator belt (I plan to replace all 3 belts anyway, to be sure of what I have.
Vehicle has 104,000+ miles on it.
Odometer reads slightly slow as well.

Originally Posted by mgbgt1972

Living with it may be cheap but it's not a very bright idea!

Exhust gases leaking from the crack in the header will seap into the cabin, one day you'll be driving on a long road trip the gasses will build up, you'll feel sleepy, fall asleep drive off the road hit a bus full of nuns and kill not only yourself but others! And since you knowingly drove with a defective vehicle, youre insurance company can wash their hands of you, you would be charged with negligible homicide if you killed another person, leaving you and your family ruined!

Or you could get it fixed correctly!

Yes it can be welded depending on where the crack is. And a used one should not run you over $50 from a wreakers yard, and take an afternoon to replace.