Kia Optima Ex 2014 Positive terminal battery fuse

Asked by Teresa Jan 12, 2022 at 04:05 PM about the 2014 Kia Optima EX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

So twice last week and Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week all of a sudden
my car won't start. My battery isn't that old
so I got to looking around under my hood
and noticed there was something that
resembled a fuse. So decided to read up a
little bit and to my surprise it's a 180A
fuse. I need help where is cheapest place
to buy replacement and how hard is it to
replace yourself??? I'm a single mom so
money is extremely tight.

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Gene answered 2 years ago

This opens up a can of worms. First are you sure the main fuse is blown, if it is then you need to ask yourself why did it blow, many thing can cause it to blow, backwards installed battery, shorted starter, shorted alternator, main power short, and so on. Another thing to cause concern is the computer programming, when this fuse blows the computer looses all power so the programming can be damaged when that happens and will have to be re-flashed by the dealer and that runs at least a hundred bucks. Now to answer your question, no it is not too hard to replace and most parts stores will have the one you need and if not they can get it overnight. But if the new one blows then your stuck with a professional having to locate and repair the problem and that os where it can get expensive.

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