# 2018 Kia Sportage - electrical system is dead

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-kia-sportage-electrical-system-is-dead/181878>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** sportage, kia\
**Created:** [January 14, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-kia-sportage-electrical-system-is-dead/181878 "2022-01-14T17:31:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Frustrated2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@Frustrated2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Frustrated2)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-kia-sportage-electrical-system-is-dead/181878/1 "2022-01-14T17:31:07Z")

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Car electrical system not responsive this morning, no lights, inside or out and no start! Jump started right up and all systems show good! Why? Battery replaced 5 months ago!

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**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-kia-sportage-electrical-system-is-dead/181878/2 "2022-01-14T17:36:34Z")

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> [@Frustrated2](#):
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> Car electrical system not responsive this morning, no lights, inside or out and no start! Jump started right up and all systems show good! Why? Battery replaced 5 months ago!

based on the extremely limited information you gave us, I’d say you either have a parasitic draw somewhere that drained your battery or one of your terminal connections was loose and got tightened up during the jump.

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**Author:** ![Frustrated2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@Frustrated2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Frustrated2)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-kia-sportage-electrical-system-is-dead/181878/3 "2022-01-14T18:19:09Z")

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Thanks, I’ll check that again!

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**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-kia-sportage-electrical-system-is-dead/181878/4 "2022-01-14T19:38:24Z")

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Why did you replace a 3 yr old battery?

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**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-kia-sportage-electrical-system-is-dead/181878/5 "2022-01-15T07:04:07Z")

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I put my money on “Rodent Damage.” What, you think they only got into Kia Souls???

![Hampsters](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/2/d2283251bcc60c2b52d632ab4921c9d2fdad9ae3.jpeg)