2017 Kia Forte
Mileage
86,574
Service Date
4/10/2025
Services Performed
- 40 POINT AAA INSPECTION
- FAULT TRACE SYSTEM: __MAXIMUS____ CODES RETRIEVED: P033500 STORED/HISTORY. CHECKED VEHICLE, FOUND HAS SLOW CRANK AT FIRST START UP. PERFORMED BATTERY TEST W/MIDTRONIC, FOUND PASS TEST-GOOD-RECHECK SOON RESULT. CHECKED CHARGING SYSTEM, FOUND SYSTEM CHARGING AT 14.4V AT IDLE. PERFORMED SCAN OF VEHICLE, FOUND FAULT CODE FOR CRANK POSITION SENSOR-CIRCUIT A FAULT. RAN VEHICLE FOR 30 MINUTES AT IDLE AND SHUT VEHICLE OFF. TEST MAIN SYSTEM BATTERY USING CARBON BATTERY TESTER(BAT-40), FOUND WHEN LOADING BATTERY TO 200 AMPS, BATTERY WOULD DROP TO UNDER 6V(NOK). DETERMINED WEAK MAIN SYSTEM BATTERY, WILL REQUIRE BATTERY REPLACEMENT. ALSO SINCE FAULT CODE P033500 FOUND, CAN CAUSE CRANK NO START, ALSO RECOMMEND TO REPLACE CRANK POSITION SENSOR. NOTE: DURING TESTING OF ALTERNATOR, FOUND VEHICLE STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES IN SHOP, WOULD RE-START AGAIN, BUT MAY HAVE A LONG CRANK. WOULD RECOMMEND TO REPLACE CRANK POSITION SENSOR AND RE-EVALUATE.
- REPLACED MAIN SYSTEM BATTERY. ERASED ALL CODES. FOUND NOW VEHICLE STARTS OK. AFTER TEST DRIVE, CHECKED CHARGING SYSTEM, FOUND VEHICLE AT 12.2V AT IDLE, TURNED ALL LIGHTS ON, FOUND NOW ALTERNATOR CHARGING 14.1V- VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SMART CHARGING ALTERNATOR, OPERATING AS DESIGNED AT THIS TIME.
- REPLACED CRANK POSITION SENSOR, ERASED CODES, FOUND NOW ENGINE OPERATING AS DESIGNED AT THIS TIME.
XUL B. gave our service a 5 star review on 4/11/2025
