MY WIFE WENT TO START OUR 2005 KIA, SHE HEARD THE STARTER CLICKING. SHE THEN TURNED OFF THE VAN. TRIED A SECOND TIME, HEARD THE STARTER CLICKING AND TOOK OUT THE KEY, THE CLICKING NOISE CONTINUED, THEN SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD, HER FATHER HAD TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH A GARDEN HOSE. *JB