20 Most Recent 2008 Kia Optima - Page 6 Questions & Answers

You don't need to remove them and it is actually preferrable to turn the rotors while they are still on the car. A good brake shop will have a lathe that will do this. Don't waste you time removing the rotors.

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Open the hood and locate the battery. Remove the cable from the negative terminal (black cable) by turning the retaining nut on the cable clamp counterclockwise with a socket wrench until the clamp is loose enough to slide off the terminal. You must disconnect the battery's negative terminal to avoid a potential electrical shock when working on any electrical component in your KIA.

Open the trunk and pull back the carpet near the tail light assembly.

Remove the three nuts holding the lamp assembly in place and pull the lamp assembly out.

Remove the bulb assembly by rotating the bulb counterclockwise and pulling the bulb straight out of the housing.

Install the new bulb. Installation is the reverse of removal.

Reconnect the cable to the negative battery terminal.

You will need the following to do a break job

Repair manual
Jack
Jack stands
Basic metric socket set 3/8" drive
Caliper spreader or C-clamp
Basic hand tools

check tire pressure

If you open the hood,there should be screws in the front or behind it.It also could be a spring loaded type setup,kind of hard to describe.Most headlights are normally adjustable without disassembly.Maybe a plastic cover for access if anything.I haven't done muchwith Kia's but usually makers do not make it difficult to adjust them,just a matter of how because they all have their way of doing things different.With a spring loaded,you may just be able to open the hood to get at it and tilt it by hand.If you have any questions or need more help,just comment here and I will get an autolink to your post and reply ASAP.Good luck,Greg

the washer is for the sump plug.(oilpan)this should be renewed everytime you drain the oil.

try disconecting battery for a couple of minutes if no joy, there should be a reset switch under the dash board on the left or right hand side of motor. should tell you where it is in owners manual try that and see how it goes

Most likely you have a bad tire sensor. These sensors are part of the valve stem. The dealer probably just holds the tire inflation reset button and not uses the tool. You would have to go to somebody with a scanner to read the sensor to tell you which one is faulty.

Most likely is the brake light switch under the dash. This is a plastic button that the brake pedal depresses when you're not pushing it down. This little swtich is easily replaced. Buy a new one and see if it comes with a plug connector. If so, follow the old one's wires to the connector and switch them out. If no, cut the old one out and splice in the new one using solder/electrical tape (recommended) or wire connectors/electrical tape, or twist-tie together/lots of electrical tape.

Have them give you a recorder that plugs into the OBD port. When you experience the problem - it goes back 30 seconds and records the vehicle's datastream.

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check the switch its located on the brake peddal arm up underneath make sure the electrical conector didnt get knocked loose. you may have to take it off and have it checked out with a multimeter if its not the switch you probley have a short. good luck