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Q: Several warning lights came on and the car is overheated, making a weird noise, and giving off a bad smell after being jump started.

asked by on October 13, 2016

It wouldn't start after I made a stop and shut it off. Battery, ABS, air bag and brake lit up on dash prior to stopping. Now ESC and ESC OFF are flashing, can't move shift from park, engine overheated and weird noise plus bad burning rubber smell

My car has 131000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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There are a few possibilities with the symptoms you are having. The most common with what you have described is you may have attached the jumper cables incorrectly. This could cause a number of issues including the symptoms you are having now. In some cases, it will short out the connections in the ECM, Another possibility is the timing belt could be broken or jumped timing. This would cause multiple lights to appear on the dash and vehicle to not run or not run correctly. If you need assistance, please feel free to set up an appointment with one of our mobile technicians who can come to your home in order to properly diagnose the warning lights and the other symptoms you’ve described to avoid any unnecessary repairs.

Kia
Noises
smells
warning lights
2006
Sedona
V6-3.8L
overheating
no start
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