Troubleshoot the battery lucent on your Kia Optima.
Provided the battery bright indicator is illuminated on your Two thousand two Kia, chances are that you hold an investigation with either the battery or the charging development. Sometimes this can be a no sweat allot, and other times you may necessitate to interchange the unabridged battery or alternator. You can troubleshoot a battery glowing with equitable a rare tools. Whether you retain blameless a bit of mechanical competence you can yet solve the problem honorable Homewards.
Instructions
1. Hoist the hood on your Kia and set the battery. The battery is on the front left nature of the engine compartment. Wiggle the battery cables to study provided they are loose. Provided you have a loose cable, then that will cause the battery light to come on. Tighten the terminals with the end wrench set.
2. Attach the red cable to the positive side of the battery and the black to the negative side of the battery. On the tester you will see a green area for good and a red area for bad. If you see that the tester is reading red, then you need a new battery or a charge.
Plug your alternator tester into the cigarette lighter and start the vehicle. The tester has lights that will indicate if the alternator is charging the system properly. If it reads low, then you need to replace the alternator. If the tester reads good, then move on to the next step.
4. Attach the battery tester to the battery. One connection is black and one is red. Stare at the battery cable connections. If they are coated with corrosive material, that will cause the battery light to come on. Clean the terminals with the wire brush.3. Chances are that the battery needs replacing.
