2013 Kia Rio randomly doesn't start

Asked by Rachel67ls Dec 03, 2019 at 11:55 PM about the 2013 Kia Rio LX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have 2013 Kia Rio that just in the last few months
decided not to turn over. The first time, I took it to
a car repair to check it, they said my battery was
perfect, which was new, so whew! And no issues.
Drove away thinking ok, just a one time deal? Nope,
by the time I took it in, it had randomly not started
at least 20 times in 2 months! Today it stalled
while on the highway. No big deal, it was super
slow, so I pulled to the side and restarted it.  This is
twice now its stalled in traffic. And it is still
randomly not starting, but after a few minutes, it
starts up. I've taken it in and had the ignition switch
replaced, but that obviously was not the only
problem. So I am staring down the road and seeing
the dealer with their high prices being my only
option. I see this is an ongoing issue in these
threads, but has anyone figured out why?? Please
help!!

2 Answers

140

Did you check the alternator? If your lights flicker and your battery is fine but the car dies it’s possible your alternator is bad or you have a bad wire somewhere or it’s a parasitic draw coming from something. I’d suspect alternator first. Good luck.

20

Mine started having start-up issues and progressively got worse to the point that it would just die randomly. After doing some searching on the internet, I determined the issue was the crankshaft positioning sensor. I bought the part on Amazon and replaced it. Works perfectly now.

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