Car dies

Asked by Hawksbill Sep 30, 2016 at 03:28 PM about the 2013 Kia Rio EX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

2013 Kia Rio  engine stalls out and after a
few cranks starts back up but the
tachometer will not work. When I turn
engine off and restate tachometer works
and engine runs fine. This has happen
twice randomly

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I'm having the same problem with my 2011 Kia Soul. It has now died several times while I have been driving, almost exclusively when in neutral (it's a manual), i.e. when I'm going down a hill or on an off-ramp. It usually starts right back up, but the tachometer doesn't work, and it doesn't drive properly, it sputters and has trouble accelerating. When I turn the car off and turn it back on, everything works again. Any thoughts on what could be causing it?

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Just had this happen today to my 2013 Rio. Did you ever find the problem?

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Hey did you ever find the problem. I have a car that’s doin the same

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Yes it was the crankshaft sensor . I replaced that and it worked but they said it could also have been the camshaft sensor. Hope that helps .

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I just got a 2007 KIA roe a month ago and now my car keep cutting off,someone check it out for me and said it's the crankshaft sensor, my dad said to take the battery cable off for a couple of minutes and that so help,so how long will that help?

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Googling this was so helpful!! My 2013 Kia Rio was doing the same thing. It died twice while driving and once idling. I was able to restart it. I took it to a shop and they couldn’t find anything wrong with it. I told them it could be the crankshaft sensor but they didn’t want to do it if unnecessary. Then the same day, I had trouble starting it, the rpm went to 0 and the engine light came on. I took it back and it registered as the crankshaft sensor needing replaced. Bingo! Google searches DO work.

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