2013 Kia Optima Won't Start - No Power - Battery Good
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Asked by GuruXMDH8 Nov 20, 2018 at 11:51 AM about the 2013 Kia Optima SXL Turbo

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 2013 Kia Optima SXL, One day the key fob wouldn't unlock my
doors so I just thought I had a dead key fob, but after unlocking the doors
with the key and placing the key fob in the secondary location to start the car
I found out it wasn't the key fob. My car won't start whatsoever, it doesn't turn
over and none of the accessories or lights come on. When I push the "push
to start" button nothing happens. I tried to get it jumped but turns out my
battery is good because I got it tested, when I tried to get it jumped the
accessories came on while the connections were on but as soon as he
removed it everything cut right back off. The tow truck driver said that when
he hooked up his machine to my battery that it actually took his voltage
down. He said I wouldn't be able to get my car jumped and that it would need
to be towed to a mechanic.

Has anyone ever had this happen and know what was done to fix it?
Because it is so close to Thanksgiving Kia told me they wouldn't even be
able to look at my car until the end of next week and I definitely need my car
before then. Any advice would be great.

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Karmon answered 6 years ago

Fob is not communicating with car, call a mobile locksmith and have them try to reestablish communication

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Queenbee1_ answered 5 years ago

Hey this is happening to me right now!! Did you figure out what happen?!? Please help me figure it out as well.. thank you

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Maygan answered 5 years ago

Did you figure out what was wrong with it? This is happening to me right now.

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GuruXMDH8 answered 5 years ago

I ended up getting my car towed to the dealership and found out that my battery terminals didn't have a good connection to my battery. My battery wasn't recharging itself due to the terminals not having a good connection. I got my battery terminals replaced and cleaned and I also got the my battery replaced just for safe measures and I haven't had the issue since. I hope this helps

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