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Kia Rio 2003 4dr manual 4cyl 200000 miles
Battery dies changed Altenator 3 times even tho they bench test fine. Changed battery 2 times. Stays running when pos cable off while running yet keeps dying. Alt is showing 12.4 volts and battery shows 12.1. I dunno where to look next can anyone offer some help as to where to check please
Frustrated rio owner from Canada 8 years ago  
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devilone from Canada 7 years ago
Our rio was doing pretty much same thing. Go buy a obd link scanning tool that reads car codes from the computer. Look up the codes on google or download the cell phone app. Ours gave us the codes for ignition fault. We replaced the four cylinder coils and the spark plugs... no more problem.
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