Q: My car won't start
Greetings, my Kia Rio a manual transmission when I tried starting it, it would start and when I attempt to raise the accelerator it will give cranky sound as if there's no fuel and it will just go off, my mechanic said it's an electrical problem and he has done some trial and error yet he didn't get the problem, he even changed the fuel pump still it doesn't work. Please what could be the responsible for this problem. I await your response in earnest. Thanks Sam
My car has a manual transmission.
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