You listen to a starter motor noise on your Kia Sportage every time you start your car. We can understand that this is not pleasant and that you have questions. Experiencing such a noise is not always a good sign, but it may also be nothing severe. To support you resolve this issue, our team has chosen to prepare this content page to support you in this research. First, we will detail how the starter motor functions on your Kia Sportage, and then what starter motor noises you can notice on your Kia Sportage.
Functioning and various information
Function of a starter motor on Kia Sportage
The starter motor is an electric motor whose single role is to start the engine of your car. By a magnetic system and a “serial” technology, it will release an enormous torque that will allow it to drive the pistons of the engine that are exposed to enormous compression and an oil that provides additional resistance being not very fluid when cold.
It is completed by the “solenoid”. It is an electromagnet that goes under a 12 volt electric impulse to push the fork (link part between the “solenoid” and the electric motor of the starter) and thus engage the starter drive pinion on the engine flywheel. Following this action, once in engagement, the starter motor of your Kia Sportage is activated and turns the drive pinion on the flywheel to start the engine.
How to prevent starter motor noises on Kia Sportage
- Do not run your starter too long
- Do not use a starter motor on Kia Sportage with a tired battery
Regardless if your engine does not start because of tired glow plugs, for example, or because the weather conditions is too cold. You should not try to start for more than a few seconds or you will burn your starter motor.
Although when you have a battery that is drained, you always want to start your car, the energy it is capable of holding may not be good enough to give the power required by the starter motor to start your engine. Repeated attempts will pre-use your starter motor and if you do not solve the cause of your failure to start repeatedly, your starter may be the future part you will have to replace.
I listen to noises from the starter motor of my Kia Sportage, what are the causes?
I experience a loud noise from the starter of my Kia Sportage
If you experience a starter motor noise on Kia Sportage and you have the feeling that it is close to a loud noise, it is conceivable that it is the starter motor gears that are at the origin of it. Indeed, often when the part has been dismantled for other repairs, its adjustment in relation to the engine flywheel may no longer be perfect, in which situation the gears will be worn down after some time and will not slip and will no longer properly activate the engine when starting. Examine the state of the drive pinion, if it is the element responsible of the starter motor noise on your Kia Sportage replace it.
If it is a noise in the front of your car but it seems to you after reviewing not to come from your starter, consult this content page about front end noise on Kia Sportage which may provide you other leads to solve your noise issue.
I listen to a clicking noise of the key running in my neiman but no noise at the starter motor of my Kia Sportage
If you listen to a clicking noise at the starter motor of your Kia Sportage, there are two possible failures related to this indicator. If you have in addition to the noise the motor is not running, it may be the “solenoid” is not supplied with energy. One of the most typical ways to relaunch it is to hit it with a metal bar to remove the dust that blocks it. If that is not enough, it may be the neiman who is involved. You might have a issue with unplugged cable check your electrical installation. If after checking out this clicking noise on Kia Sportage doesn’t come from your starter motor, check this article for more informations.
