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  1. Kia Carens & Rondo Forum
    I lost the "clamp" to the battery cable negative pole, when charging the battery. The clamp tightens the "ring" around the pole, with a bult and a nut. The Kia service shop offered me the complete battery cable, for a "small" cost of 4000 SEK. I solved it with a wing nut, that i drilled a hole in.
  2. 3G 2011 - 2016 Sportage
    Hi all, not sure if this is a feature or a bug. Whenever I (or the kids…) switch in the cabin lights in the “always on” mode, they don’t switch off even when the doors are locked. As a result, I’ve had the battery run empty around 5 times so far. Is this widespread? Or is there a button/toggle...
  3. 2016 - 2020 Sorento Forum
    Hey guys. This is driving me absolutely nuts. I have a 2016 Kia Sorento EX 3.3l AWD 115k miles. I maintain this vehicle. It's in great mechanical shape, which is why I'm at my wit's end. Last year I got backed into with a forktruck on the passenger side rear. A collision shop replaced the...
  4. 2003-2010 Sorento Forum
    I have Kia Sorento CRDI 2005, atm. This evening I faved a strange problem. I drove to local shop everything ok. While driving back the ABS light switched on, a bit later stereo rurned off and on few times. Headligjts were more dim. Driving ok. When stopped snd switched off the engine, and tried...
  5. Kia Soul Forum
    Hey all- 2011 Soul 180K miles and still going strong! (until noWas a couple miles from home when I noticed the battery light on my dash was lit up. I kept on moving, hoping to make it to the house, at least. Within a minute, every warning light on my dash came on and headlights went dim and 10...
  6. Kia Carnival & Sedona 2006+
    I would like to replace my Kia Sedona 2006 cranking battery with an AGM battery. My current alternator outputs 13.5 volts while driving around or idling. Based on my research, AGM needs to be charged preferably at 14.6v - 14.8v. On YouTube, some people have replaced a charge 7.5 amp fuse with a...
  7. 5G 2022+ Sportage
    We took delivery of our 2023 PHEV Sportage a week ago and have a Type 2 EVSE (from ChargePoint) on order -- but it's back ordered and might be another few weeks. The battery was "empty" when we picked up the car, so we used the trickle charger the first day to bring it up to 100%. Since then...
  8. 2016 - 2020 Sorento Forum
    I was having issues with my battery, while looking online I saw that disconnecting your negative battery cable while the car is on will test your alternator. I was telling a friend who is a mechanic and they tried it themselves and proceeded to disconnect the positive cable. After disconnecting...
  9. Kia Picanto Forum
    Hi everyone! I have a 2008 Kia Picanto. Last night everytime I unlocked the car the alarm would start to go off. This morning I went to start the car and it would not turn over. The dashboard lights will come on and radio will turn on but the car will not turn over at all. a couple of hour...
  10. Forte/Cerato and Koup (post in sub-section only)
    Hi everyone, I have a 2011 Forte Koup 2.4 and I am having a rough idle/stalling problem after I reconnect my battery from doing unrelated work. This isn’t the first time this has happened, it happened after I replaced the battery about a year ago with a new oem replacement. It eventually found...
  11. 2016 - 2020 Sorento Forum
    Was replacing my battery when I lost the nut/bolt for the negative terminal. It fell down into the engine some place and now I can’t find it. The cable is pretty tight on the battery post so I am able to start it and drive, but I’d like to know if anyone knows where I can find a replacement...
  12. Forte/Cerato and Koup (post in sub-section only)
    Driving along and car just dies. Check Engine light came on right before. Thought maybe low oil makes engine shut down. Got towed home, went to start and dash lit up. Turns over really slowly. Car has been stuck in mud twice in the past few weeks. Could that be an issue? Mud in where it...
  13. Canada
    2014 KIA OPTIMA 4cyl 2.4L I stopped driving my car and when i went back to it the battery was dead. I believe the battery was dying before this but because I used to be a daily driver it seemed to be holding on until I let it sit for months. In the car now is a AGM battery with a 760CCA...
  14. 2021+ Sorento Forum
    Put 500 miles on the car from new, now its at the dealership for 3 weeks awaiting a new battery 🙃. The perils of buying a new model car lol. Apparently it has a specialty battery and has to be shipped from Korea. Took them a week to look at the vehicle because they're out 3 techs from COVID...
  15. 2011 - 2013 (XM) Sorento Forum
    Ok I'm going to try to give as much info as briefly as possible 2011 Kia Sorento base model, 133K miles, regular oil changes, and basic maintenance. Mid-November the radio began shutting off randomly while driving - sometimes turning back on and off several times, sometimes never By...
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    Kia Venga positive battery terminal
  17. Forte/Cerato and Koup (post in sub-section only)
    Hello Everyone, I am having an issue with my battery light. Its been to the dealer 3 times and they can't figure out what's going on. Please see the attached Pictures. I have a video but I can not upload it.
  18. 4G (2011+) Optima
    I bought a non running 2012 Kia Optima Hybrid with 171,000 miles. Outside of the miles it has been well taken care of and the previous owner parked it after they got the dreaded Hybrid warning and stop on the dash. After diagnosing it. I was able to determine the battery pack was dead...
  19. New Member Area/Introduction
    Since I am always looking to learn about the latest cars, technology and experiences, this site is full of those things and has my interest. I started with my new Kia Sorento Dec 29 2017. I wanted to purchase, but was talked into leasing for some great incentives. I saved like 3k with the...
  20. Kia Soul Forum
    I replaced the battery in my 2015 Soul+ 3 years ago with a 26RH size, specifically this one. I’m past the replacement window but when I poke around Pep Boys now, it shows that one may not fit my vehicle and the ones recommended are group size 124R or H6. Obviously I don’t take this 1 site as...
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