I have a 2000 kia sportage that cranks but will not start what might it be?

SOURCE: 2000 kia sportage ex, 4 cyl.

For that many codes I would refer you to a bulletin covering the 123 and 124 connectors. This bulletin has instructions on how to upgrade these 2 connectors which connect the engine to the ECM. The connectors are located under the intake manifold towards the firewall. You need to remove the battery, pull the connectors apart, give the male side a slight twist, then you add Stabulent 22 to the connectors and reconnect. The dealerships also add some clips to hold the connectors together better. This task is not an easy one due to the location of the connector. I have done it many times in the past and this helped many of my costomers. Anither thing to check is the continuity to ground at the MAF. This also can indicate bad connection throughout the engine harness. to upgrade this connection, clean the ground connections at the battery and under the battery tray. these simple uperations should have been made into normal maintenance for the 95 - 99 Sportages.

SOURCE: the Abs light came on and will not go out after i

This is just a consequential event. the ABS sensor module was probably going out and decide the trigger the alarm at the same time you initiated the hard brake during travel. replacing or resetting this sensor module Will fix this issue. the light will go off as well.


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SOURCE: 2000 kia sportage. no start no spark no injector pulse.

check both of your fuse panels for a blown fuse. there's 4-5 that control the fuel pump, engine sensors, fuel injectors and such. one of those may be blown and not letting the rest of the system function. one panel is located under hood, and one is under the dash on drivers side. when you take the covers off they have the fuses numbered and tell what they control.

Harvey N Tawatao

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• Posted on Jun 07, 2009

SOURCE: code for kia sportage tape and cd player

You can go to the dealer and have them help you get the code for the radio, if there going to charge you a crazy amount you can try www.radio-code.com. There cost is cheaper and can help you reprogram the code in your KIA. befor you go through all that, check for the code in the glove box, there might be a sticker in there or in your back pages to your manuel.
Good luck and hope this helps yougte your radio wokring again, keep me posted oh and try 0000 first. 

Greg Bernett

• 2993 Answers
• Posted on Oct 18, 2009

SOURCE: the easiest way to pull the heater core from a kia sportage-2000

There is no real easy way to do it....not like the older cars..

1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.
   
   CAUTION After disconnecting the negative battery cable, wait for at least 10 minutes for the air bag module to deplete its stored energy.
   
   
2. 1. Remove the driver’s side air bag and steering wheel by performing the following procedure:
   2. Position the front wheels in the straight-ahead position.
      
3. Remove the 4 steering wheel-to-air bag module bolts.
   
4. Carefully, lift the air bag module and disconnect the electrical connector.
   
   CAUTION Place the air bag module in a safe location with the front facing upward.
   
   
5. Remove the steering wheel-to-steering column nut.
   
   NOTE If may be necessary to mark the steering wheel to steering column alignment.
   
   
6. Using a steering wheel puller, press the steering wheel from the steering column.
   
7. Drain the cooling system into a clean container for reuse.
   
8. Discharge and recover the air conditioning system refrigerant.
   
1. Remove the instrument panel by performing the following procedure:
2. Remove both the rear and front consoles.
   
3. Remove the knee bolster assembly.
   
4. Remove the “T” bar section.
   
5. Remove the relay bracket.
   
6. Remove the turn signal assembly and the upper/lower steering column covers.
   
7. Remove the hood release handle lockscrew, the hood release handle and the cable assembly nut.
   
8. Remove the left side front pillar trim and the lower left side cover.
   
9. Remove the 2 left side of the “T” bar-to-chassis bolts.
   
10. At the left side of the instrument panel, remove the 3 instrument panel-to-chassis bolts.
    
11. Remove the ashtray.
    
12. Remove the center panel trim.
    
13. Remove the ventilation control panel.
    
14. At the center of the windshield next to the windshield, remove the cap and the mounting bolt.
    
15. " Remove the right side front pillar trim and the lower right side cover.
    
16. Remove the 2 right side of the “T” bar-to-chassis bolts.
    
17. At the right side of the instrument panel, remove the 3 instrument panel-to-chassis bolts.
    
18. Remove the steering column-to-instrument panel bolts and lower the steering column.
    
19. Disconnect the instrument panel electrical connectors.
    
20. Remove the instrument panel.
    
9. 1. Remove the blower/evaporator housing by performing the following procedure:
   2. Disconnect the air conditioning refrigerant lines from the evaporator core and discard the gaskets. Plug the openings to prevent contamination.
      
10. Disconnect the fresh air control cable from the blower/evaporator housing inlet duct.
    
11. Disconnect the 5 connectors from the bottom of the blower/evaporator housing.
    
12. Move the carpeting from the bulkhead to gain access to the hole cover plate.
    
13. Remove the 4 hole cover plate nuts and the plate.
    
14. Remove the 2 upper blower/evaporator housing bolts.
    
15. Remove the 2 lower blower/evaporator housing-to-bulkhead nuts.
    
16. Remove the blower/evaporator housing.
    
17. Disconnect the heater hoses from the heater core.
    
18. Remove the temperature control cable from the heater housing.
    
19. Remove the 2 lower heater housing nuts and the upper heater housing-to-bulkhead nut.
    
20. Remove the heater housing.