Car hesitating and make noise

2003 KIA OPTIMA
134,328 MILES • 2.4L • 4 CYL • AUTOMATIC
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LETICIARAMOS2890
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Bought car from sister three months ago after it sitting there a year. Yesterday noticed car was hesitating a lot while at light,turning and while in park gear. It also started making a whining loud noise when turning to left,noise continued while driving then stopped. The noise will slowly go away then start again. Car needed some work when I got it but was not doing any of the above til a couple of days ago. Already replace the CV axles, upper power steering hose and thermostat since I got the car. Any suggestions it was running really smooth?
May 2, 2017 at 12:14 PM
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Hello,

Is sounds like the whining noise could be a serpentine belt that needs to be replaced, if you can take a video of it and put it on youtube then send me the link I can be sure. As far as the engine running rough after sitting that long it could be bad gas or the engine needs a tune up here is a couple of links to help you get the problem fixed,

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/replace-serpentine-belt

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-tune-up-a-car-engine

Please let us know what happens.

Cheers, Ken


May 5, 2017 at 3:45 PM
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Had the brakes replaced,noise stopped. Going to have a tune up done soon hopefully. Thanks for your help..
May 5, 2017 at 5:27 PM
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Good to hear, please use 2CarPros anytime we are here to help.

Cheers, Ken
May 6, 2017 at 9:02 PM