Car wont turn over

Asked by GuruXKV1T Nov 06, 2018 at 03:48 PM about the 2015 Kia Optima EX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My battery was low an I knew it was going out. But
I could crank it from time to time. Well I tried about
5 times an it stop turning over period.  I went an
got a new battery but now it still won't crank. What
could the problem be?

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Mike answered 6 years ago

Provided the battery came fully charged and you installed it correctly, I would hunch the starter is bad. Motors lke your starter don't like to be run with a low or bad battery the brushes in the starter motor tend to get overheated and soften the brush springs until they loose contact with the armature, I hope this helps, take care

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