Starts easily and has no power to back up my driveway. Idles well revs smoothly but has no power.
May 23, 2023 at 5:52 AM
Apparent engine management issues?
2001 KIA SPORTAGE
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When you try to back up the driveway, does the engine respond? In other words, do the RPMs increase? Also, can you describe what the engine does and sounds like when you do this? Is the check engine light staying on while the engine is running?
If the CK engine light does stay on, have you tried having the computer scanned to see if there are any diagnostic trouble codes stored? In this case, I would recommend the can-bus be scanned because it could be a few different things causing the issue.
CAN stands for controller area network. Basically, the different modules are tied together via a few wires. In this case, I would suspect to see codes stored in the ABS module and a traditional scan may not retrieve that.
Here is a link that explains how it's done. Let me know if this is something you can do or have done.
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/can-scan-controller-area-network-easy
Let me know.
Take care,
Joe
If the CK engine light does stay on, have you tried having the computer scanned to see if there are any diagnostic trouble codes stored? In this case, I would recommend the can-bus be scanned because it could be a few different things causing the issue.
CAN stands for controller area network. Basically, the different modules are tied together via a few wires. In this case, I would suspect to see codes stored in the ABS module and a traditional scan may not retrieve that.
Here is a link that explains how it's done. Let me know if this is something you can do or have done.
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/can-scan-controller-area-network-easy
Let me know.
Take care,
Joe
May 23, 2023 at 2:30 PM
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