Q: 2014 KIA forte battery smells like something is burning

asked by on June 15, 2017

Car hesitates when I crank it, or it won't turn on at all. Has to be jumped off sometimes, sometimes it will turn on. Cleaned erosion. Helped for about 3 hours. Auto zone said it's fully charged. Now when I drive it, it smells like something is burning.

My car has 66000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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