# 2014 Kia Forte - Key will not start the vehicle

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-forte-key-will-not-start-the-vehicle/166978>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** kia\
**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-forte-key-will-not-start-the-vehicle/166978 "2020-07-08T14:51:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lwb0013](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/76d3ee/32.png) [@lwb0013](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lwb0013)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-forte-key-will-not-start-the-vehicle/166978/1 "2020-07-08T14:51:48Z")

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Car has intermittent starting issue. Key will not activate starter. All other lights, gauges, chimes, etc. work just fine, but starter will not engage. Total silence from starter. After several attempts it will finally engage and start and all appears as normal. No other issues with operation. No warning lights, etc.,etc…

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-forte-key-will-not-start-the-vehicle/166978/2 "2020-07-08T17:59:07Z")

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Have you had the battery tested? Assuming you have an automatic transmission, try starting the car with the selector in “neutral” and jiggle the lever. If it starts you have a bad neutral safety switch. If that fails the starter or solenoid could be bad.