Kia Optima won't crank.

Asked by Aaron Aug 04, 2018 at 07:42 PM about the 2012 Kia Optima SX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I was driving my 2012 Kia Optima SX when all of sudden it
turned off sitting at a red light.  It wouldn't start and the
dash lights were flickering.  Assuming it was a bad cell in
the battery, I replaced the battery.  The lights stopped
flickering but now the car still won't start.  When you
attempt to crank the car it doesn't make any attempt to
crank and makes a weird vibrating noise from the front of
the engine block.  I don't know anything about foreign
cars.  Please help before I tear this car apart and make it
worse...

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I ain't done nothing yet lol I just sent it to the dealership. I don't work on anything but American V8's lol

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