2016 Kia optima

Asked by PatBarr2016 Sep 13, 2019 at 06:25 PM about the 2016 Kia Optima LX Turbo

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My Kia would take like 5 minutes to get started and now
wont start. It it threw a code of the throttle peddle sensor
and I replaced it and can will not start still.

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lincolnscott49 answered 5 years ago

Were you pressing on the accelerator pedal while trying to start the car? If so that's why the code was thrown. Cars today are fuel injected under fuel pressure and pressing the pedal does little to start the car. Sounds like no fuel is present or bad cam sensor. Try starter fluid sprayed into the throttle body while you try to start the car. If it starts and stays running as long as starter fluid is sprayed in the it is a fuel delivery problem. Bad fuel pump, fuel pressure regulator and so on.

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