Kia Rio - starting problems
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I will try and get some more information on this but my wife's friend has a four year old Kia Rio that will not start. She has spent £400 already on it at the garage to no avail. I am trying to get some more information but was just wondering if anyone has had similar problems. If so what was the eventual solution.
I am sort of assuming that plugs, alternator, battery et al have been changed already.
Thank you.
Pip
I am sort of assuming that plugs, alternator, battery et al have been changed already.
Thank you.
Pip
Take it back to the garage, i fail to see how any garage can spend £400 of a customers money and fail to either start the vehical or diagnose the issue !
If i get a non runner in a i agree on a cost cap before giving up, even after i arrive at the spending cap i carry on free of charge in an attemp to defend my standing as a mechanic, FFS it aint that hard, for £30 you can get the ECU checked, appart from that there's not that much else to check/change "IF" you know what your doing, every part of an EFI/IGN system is checkable with a multimeter or scope except the ECU.
If i get a non runner in a i agree on a cost cap before giving up, even after i arrive at the spending cap i carry on free of charge in an attemp to defend my standing as a mechanic, FFS it aint that hard, for £30 you can get the ECU checked, appart from that there's not that much else to check/change "IF" you know what your doing, every part of an EFI/IGN system is checkable with a multimeter or scope except the ECU.
Well I looked elsewhere on the internet and it seems it may be the transponder antenna that sits on the back of the ignition barrel. A common fault with KIA. She rang them up and told them to look at that and they came out with some story about how that was next on their list but their 'electrician' is away at the moment. Hmmmmm
I would not be very happy if it was me.
Pip
I would not be very happy if it was me.
Pip
Kia dealers are f
king useless.
Also - assume that nothing has been changed during the extremely expensive servicing. My 4 year old Rio looked like it'd never had any of it's consumables changed bar the oil/filter when I gave it a full service at 27k miles (shortly before it's tree induced death) despite a full service history
king useless.Also - assume that nothing has been changed during the extremely expensive servicing. My 4 year old Rio looked like it'd never had any of it's consumables changed bar the oil/filter when I gave it a full service at 27k miles (shortly before it's tree induced death) despite a full service history
Apparently she may have bought just before the 5/7 year warranties came in. I shall have to ask her to check for sure. I know that she bought it under HMG's old bangers disposal scheme.
They have now recoded the key and I believe the problem is still intermittent but she is tired of being without the car so is bearing with it.
Pip
They have now recoded the key and I believe the problem is still intermittent but she is tired of being without the car so is bearing with it.
Pip
Pip1968 said:
Well I looked elsewhere on the internet and it seems it may be the transponder antenna that sits on the back of the ignition barrel. A common fault with KIA. She rang them up and told them to look at that and they came out with some story about how that was next on their list but their 'electrician' is away at the moment. Hmmmmm
I would not be very happy if it was me.
Pip
If it's a transponder issue it will show up on an scan as a fault code, something alonge the lines of "Immobilizer Communication Error", that's what i got from a £30 scanner on an V astra last week, if the garage cant find a code i dont know what to suggest ? (except change garages I would not be very happy if it was me.
Pip
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