The car:
2002 Kia Rio with 94,000 miles, A/T
The problem:
Went to go to work the car fired up and then cut out which is not normal. I started it back up and it was idling really rough. I held the RPMs at about 2000 for a minute and ran great. If I let off the gas and the RPMs dropped the engine cut out. I tried putting it in gear really quick an bringing the RPMs up fast but it just shuttered and died.
I assumed water might have got somewhere in the electrics. I let it sit for three days till I had time to work on it. It fired right up and had no problems on the test drive.
Next day, I head to work and travel over 10 miles with plenty of stops and speeds up to 60mph. While traveling at 55mph the motor cut out abruptly. I kept the accelerator depressed as the motor was occasionally firing and spiking up the RPMs then cutting out. I managed to get to work in the emergency lane with the motor stalling a few times but eventually limped in. It almost seemed as if I was taking the key and turning it on and off.
The car sat at work the whole day and I ran the OBD-ii the only thing that popped up was a pending code P0732: which appears to be (A/T Gear 2 Improper Ratio) I decided to risk it and drove it home (over 10 miles) and didn’t have a single issue. Code P0732 was still pending and the MIL was off.
During all of the times that the motor was creating issues if I put it in neutral or park and got the RPMs over 2000 the engine would run perfectly.
Anyone experience anything similar?
Thanks in advance!
2002 Kia Rio with 94,000 miles, A/T
The problem:
Went to go to work the car fired up and then cut out which is not normal. I started it back up and it was idling really rough. I held the RPMs at about 2000 for a minute and ran great. If I let off the gas and the RPMs dropped the engine cut out. I tried putting it in gear really quick an bringing the RPMs up fast but it just shuttered and died.
I assumed water might have got somewhere in the electrics. I let it sit for three days till I had time to work on it. It fired right up and had no problems on the test drive.
Next day, I head to work and travel over 10 miles with plenty of stops and speeds up to 60mph. While traveling at 55mph the motor cut out abruptly. I kept the accelerator depressed as the motor was occasionally firing and spiking up the RPMs then cutting out. I managed to get to work in the emergency lane with the motor stalling a few times but eventually limped in. It almost seemed as if I was taking the key and turning it on and off.
The car sat at work the whole day and I ran the OBD-ii the only thing that popped up was a pending code P0732: which appears to be (A/T Gear 2 Improper Ratio) I decided to risk it and drove it home (over 10 miles) and didn’t have a single issue. Code P0732 was still pending and the MIL was off.
During all of the times that the motor was creating issues if I put it in neutral or park and got the RPMs over 2000 the engine would run perfectly.
Anyone experience anything similar?
Thanks in advance!