Complaint Statistics
61 total complaints
8 crashes 8 injuries
Top Reported Components
| Component | Complaints |
|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 9 |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 9 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 5 |
| AIR BAGS | 4 |
| POWER TRAIN | 4 |
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 3 |
| SUSPENSION | 3 |
| SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST | 2 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | 2 |
| ENGINE | 2 |
Incident date: Jul 15, 2019
THIS KIA AMANTE IS A 2006. I HAVE 132633 MILES ON IT. LAST MONTH, I GOT AN "AIR BAG" LIGHT ON THE DASH. I TOOK IT IN TO THE LOCAL KIA DEALERSHIP, THEY CHARGED ME $100 TO TELL ME THE THE AIR BAG IS NO LONGER OPERABLE. THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. IF I GET IN AN ACCIDENT, THE
... AIR BAGS WILL NOT WORK. AS THE CAR STILL LOOKS AND RUNS LIKE NEW, I DO NOT WANT TO GET RID OF IT. SHOULDN'T A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER HAVE PARTS AT LEAST FOR 13 YEARS?Read more
Incident date: Mar 30, 2018
PULLED OUT OF A PARTING LOT ONTO A STREET. TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO INCREASE SPEED BUT NOTHING HAPPENED...THEN JERKS INTO MOTION. DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH ONCOMING CARS
Incident date: Oct 15, 2017
AIR BAGS NOT FUNCTIONAL STATIONARY AND/OR IN MOTION ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC CONTROLS WOULD NOT LOCK/UNLOCK AUTO DOORS WHILE STATIONARY OR MOVING RADIO PUSH BUTTONS NOT FUNCTIONAL LEAVING IT UNUSABLE AT ALL TIMES
Incident date: Oct 15, 2017
AIR BAGS NOT FUNCTIONAL STATIONARY AND/OR IN MOTION ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC CONTROLS WOULD NOT LOCK/UNLOCK AUTO DOORS WHILE STATIONARY OR MOVING RADIO PUSH BUTTONS NOT FUNCTIONAL LEAVING IT UNUSABLE AT ALL TIMES
Incident date: Oct 15, 2017
AIR BAGS NOT FUNCTIONAL STATIONARY AND/OR IN MOTION ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC CONTROLS WOULD NOT LOCK/UNLOCK AUTO DOORS WHILE STATIONARY OR MOVING RADIO PUSH BUTTONS NOT FUNCTIONAL LEAVING IT UNUSABLE AT ALL TIMES
Incident date: Sep 9, 2016
3 DIFFERENT TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WITH THE ENGINE ON AND THE A/C WAS ON. THEN I WOULD PUT IT IN DRIVE AND AFTER ABOUT 1-15 MINUTES OF DRIVING, THE CAR LOST POWER, AND WHEN YOU PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT REV, THE CAR KEPT ON SLOWING TO A FULL STOP. PUT THE TRANSMISSION I
... N PARK, LET ENGINE RUN FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN THE CAR WOULD DRIVE FORWARD. THE FIRST TIME IT DID THIS, JUNE 10 2016, WE HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK AND TAKE IT TO NALLEY KIA IN LITHONIA, GA. THEY FIXED IT, OR SO WE THOUGHT. THE 2ND TIME IT HAPPENED, JULY 5, 2016, MY HUSBAND WAS WAITING FOR MY SON, WHILE HE WAS PARKED, HE HAD THE A/C RUNNING. WHEN HE PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE, IT DROVE/MOVED FOR 5-6 MINUTES AND LOST POWER WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING, PULLED IT OVER, WAITED ABOUT 10 MINUTES, THEN IT DROVE AGAIN. THIRD TIME, 9/9/16, WE WERE AT THE GROCERY STORE, I WAITED IN CAR, WITH THE A/C RUNNING, WHEN HUBBY GOT INTO THE CAR, WE DROVE FOR ABOUT 500 FEET, THE CAR LOST POWER, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, THEN DROVE IT FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 200 FEET. PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT, TURNED OFF CAR FOR 10-15 MINUTES, STARTED IT AND IT DROVE HOME WITH NO PROBLEMS. WE TESTED IT THE NEXT DAY AND RAN THE CAR ENGINE, IN OUR DRIVEWAY, FOR 20 MIN WITHOUT THE A/C ON, I DROVE IT AND HAD NO LOSS OF POWER. THIS IS SCARY, THERE COULD'VE OF BEEN ACCIDENTS.Read more
Incident date: Aug 10, 2016
WHEN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL AFTER STOPPING FOR A LIGHT, ENGINE IS SLUGGISH AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. HAD IT IN THE REPAIR SHOP SEVERAL TIMES, CLEANING THE ACCELERATOR POSITION SWITCH CONTACTS, AND VARIOUS OTHER WIRING CHECKS. THE LAST REPAIR REPLACED THE COMPUTER CONTROL MO
... DULE AT A COST OF MORE THEN $2,000. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED MANY TIMES BY OTHER OWNERS ON THE REPAIRPAL WEB SITE. SO FAR, NO RECALL NOTICE HAS BEEN ISSUED. KIA IS REAPING THE BENEFITS OF ALL THE PROBLEMS WE ALL HAVE BEEN HAVING.Read more
Incident date: Apr 29, 2016
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DIAGNOSED AS THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. CAR RAN SLUGGISHLY FOR A SHORT WHILE, THEN THAT STOPPED, LIGHT WENT OFF. TODAY, LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. BACKING OUT OF A PARKING STALL IN A MALL, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL, CAUSING THE CAR TO LURCH UNCONT
... ROLLABLY BACKWARDS, ABOUT TEN FEET. FORTUNATELY, NO PEDESTRIAN WAS BEHIND THE CAR, BUT IF THEY HAD BEEN, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED OR WORSE. CALLED KIA, THEY SAY THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS SENSOR, AND IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. FROM SEARCHING THE INTERNET, IT APPEARS THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD.Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STATIONARY POSITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 10 MPH. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR ONCE THE VEHICLE WARMED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED A COMPUTER BOARD AND THE FA
... ILURE WAS REMEDIED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED SIX MONTHS LATER. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.Read more
Incident date: Aug 7, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE BECAME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT
... THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000. UPDATED 03/18/16*LJ *CNRead more
Incident date: Mar 2, 2015
SLUGGISH ACCELERATION, LOST POWER, UNABLE TO MOVE CAR OFF ROAD WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED BY MANY PEOPLE UNDER THE REPAIR PAL WEB SITE (SEE BELOW) "ANOTHER PERSON REPORTED THE "ACCELERATOR POSITIO
... N SWITCH MAY FAIL AND CAUSE SLUGGISH ACCELERATION" PROBLEM ON THEIR KIA AMANTI" TO VIEW THEIR REPORT, CLICK HERE: HTTP://REPAIRPAL.COM/ACCELERATOR-POSITION-SWITCH-MAY-FAIL-AND-CAUSE-SLUGGISH-ACCELERATION-023 THANKS FOR VISITING REPAIRPAL! THIS PROBLEM HAS COST ME OVER $2000 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CARS COMPUTER BOARD AND REPROGRAMMING OF SAID BOARD. *TRRead more
Incident date: Mar 2, 2015
SLUGGISH ACCELERATION, LOST POWER, UNABLE TO MOVE CAR OFF ROAD WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED BY MANY PEOPLE UNDER THE REPAIR PAL WEB SITE (SEE BELOW) "ANOTHER PERSON REPORTED THE "ACCELERATOR POSITIO
... N SWITCH MAY FAIL AND CAUSE SLUGGISH ACCELERATION" PROBLEM ON THEIR KIA AMANTI" TO VIEW THEIR REPORT, CLICK HERE: HTTP://REPAIRPAL.COM/ACCELERATOR-POSITION-SWITCH-MAY-FAIL-AND-CAUSE-SLUGGISH-ACCELERATION-023 THANKS FOR VISITING REPAIRPAL! THIS PROBLEM HAS COST ME OVER $2000 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CARS COMPUTER BOARD AND REPROGRAMMING OF SAID BOARD. *TRRead more
Incident date: Apr 30, 2010
PASSENGER RIGHT FRONT MARKER LIGHT GOES OUT -REAR RUNNING LIGHTS GO OUT- DASH BOARD LIGHT GOES OUT, ALL INVOLVE AN EVER- BLOWING 10 AMP FUSE THAT KIA, AFTER 4 YEARS AND THREE "EXPERTS" CAN'T SEEM TO SOLVE AND REPAIR. *TR
Incident date: Dec 22, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY MOVED LEFT TO RIGHT AFTER A COMPLETE STOP WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE
... IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH CONTROL ARMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13550000 (SUSPENSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.Read more
Incident date: May 14, 2014
AFTER DRIVING THE CAR SLOWLY LOST POWER, MY FOOT WAS ON THE GAS, BUT IT WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. I NOTICED THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAPPEN AFTER THE CAR HAS IDLED FOR LONG PERIODS. THEN IT GETS POWER BACK AFTER CAR HAS LEFT TO SET 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 OR 4 TIMES THIS YEAR. ON T
... HE INTERSTATE AND CITY. LEAVING ME AND MY FAMILY STRANDED EACH TIME. SO FAR THIS HAS JUST HAPPENED IN THE HOTTER MONTHS. ONCE IT SITS IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. MAKING IT HARD TO TAKE ANY WHERE TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. THE CAR STEREO ALSO IS COLD NATURED FOR SOME REASON. IN THE WINTER IT LIKES TO CHANGE STATIONS OR CDS UNTIL THE CAR HAS WARMED UP. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS. *TRRead more
Incident date: Oct 23, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG CONTROL SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF TH
... E FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000. UPDATED 12/01/14*LJ UPDATED 8/31/2017*CNRead more
Incident date: Feb 17, 2014
TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE ON A PATCH OF ICE AND THEN CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED LACERATION OF BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER LIPS, INCLUDING A BUMP ON THE HEAD. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF T
... HE INCIDENT. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WITH THE IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND TOWED TO COLLISION CENTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. JSRead more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 5, 2008
CAR WOULD NOT PICK UP SPEED AS WE WERE LEAVING FROM A COMPLETE STOP TOOK CAR IN 2008 AND FOUND THE IGNITION SENSOR WAS BAD, IT WAS REPLACE CAR RAN GOOD, 2012 CAR STARTING WITH SLOW SPEED AT ACCELERATION, CHANGED SPARK PLUGS, THROTTLE SENSOR, 2 IGNITION SENSOR. NOTHING HELPED. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, KIA
... KEPT CAR FOR 3 DAYS AND COULD NOT FIND THE TROUBLE. KIA DEALER CALLED AND NOTIFIED ME IT WAS BEST TO TRADE IN CAR BECAUSE IT WAS NOT WORTH FIXING. AS I READ REPORTS FROM OTHER KIA CAR OWNERS IT SEEMS EVERYONE HAS THIS PROBLEM WITH THE AMANTI BUT AS I WAS TOLD AND MANY OTHER CAR OWNER ARE INFORMED KIA DEALERS CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. KIA NEEDS TO FIND A FIX TO THIS PROBLEM AS A KIA OWNER WHEN I NEED TO PICK UP SPEED AND CAN'T MAKES YOU WONDER IT SOMEONE GOING TO HIT ME. *TRRead more
Incident date: Apr 19, 2013
ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE FLAT FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. IN GARAGE ON FLAT SERVICE. USED JACK PROVIDED WITH VEHICLE. SCREW TYPE JACK. AFTER REMOVING FLAT TIRES, I HAD TO RAISE JACK TO PUT ON INFLATED TIRE. JACK COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO UNDERCARRIAGE. JACK HEIGHT INSUFFICIENT TO ALLOW INFLATED TIRE TO BE
... INSTALLED. CAR WAS ON LEVEL SURFACE, TRANSMISSION IN PARK AND PARKING BRAKE APPLIED. THREADS ON SCREW JACK STRIPPED. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PRODUCT. NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THANKFULLY I HAD THE INFLATED TIRE AGAINST THE HUB WHICH PREVENTED THE CAR FROM FALLING ALL THE WAY TO GARAGE FLOOR. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TRRead more
Incident date: Feb 20, 2013
IM DRIVING MY CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST SLOWING DOWN ON ITS OWN I HAVE MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON IT WAS LIKE THE CAR WAS LOOSING POWER AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN, IT SLOW DOWN BEFORE BUT NO ENGINE LIGHT. IAM LUCKY BECAUSE I DO NOT DRIVE MY CAR
... OFTEN ALSO I DO NOT DRIVE ON EXPRESSWAYS OR HIGHWAYS BECAUSE IF I HAD WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF MY CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN OWN ITS OWN. NO ACCIDENTS YET. *TRRead more
Incident date: Feb 20, 2013
IM DRIVING MY CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST SLOWING DOWN ON ITS OWN I HAVE MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON IT WAS LIKE THE CAR WAS LOOSING POWER AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN, IT SLOW DOWN BEFORE BUT NO ENGINE LIGHT. IAM LUCKY BECAUSE I DO NOT DRIVE MY CAR
... OFTEN ALSO I DO NOT DRIVE ON EXPRESSWAYS OR HIGHWAYS BECAUSE IF I HAD WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF MY CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN OWN ITS OWN. NO ACCIDENTS YET. *TRRead more
Incident date: Jun 14, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWN A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS
... 85,000.Read more
Incident date: Jan 15, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000.
Incident date: Sep 1, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MOMENTS AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING UNDER 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUP
... LICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.Read more
Incident date: Oct 8, 2011
CV AXLE SEPARATED FROM TRANSMISSION..UPDATED 11/03/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND IT SKIDDED TO A STOP, CROSSING INTO THE NEXT LANE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER AND FENDER. THE DEALER FOUND THE BALL JOINT AND PASSENGER FRONT AXLE HAD SEPARATED. UPDATED
... IVOQ 02/29/12Read more
Crash
Incident date: Jun 21, 2011
CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING THREE TIMES THIS WEEK ON TRIP. THIS OCCURRED TWO YEARS AGO AND KIA DEALER COULD NOT "DUPLICATE" THE PROBLEM. THE CAR ENGINE DOESN'T STOP BUT IT'S AS IF IT GOES INTO NEUTRAL; LIKE THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES. IT THEN BUCKS, ACCELERATES, AND DIES. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR, IT'S
... FINE. *TRRead more
Incident date: May 11, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN SOMEONE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED. THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED OFF WHEN SOMEONE WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BUT THEY
... COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE DEALER HAD TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BEFORE ANY REPAIRS COULD BE MADE. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO STATED THE PASSENGER SHOULD SIT IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE IF THE CONTACT FEELS IT'S UNSAFE TO RIDE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE CONTACT STATED THE SAFETY ISSUE COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES IF A CRASH OCCURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,965.Read more
Incident date: Jan 17, 2011
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN IN ORDER TO MAKE A TURN. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THERE WAS A LOW ENGINE POWER RESPONSE WITH HESITATION. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED NUMEROUS TIMES, AND THEN SUDDENLY AN EXCESSIVE AC
... CELERATION OCCURRED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A HOUSE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. THE VEHICLE AND THE HOUSE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,000.Read more
Crash
Incident date: Jul 19, 2010
WHEN PARKING AND TRYING TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE OUR 2006 AMANTI KIA LURCHED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED DOWN THE STREET. I WAS THE PASSENGER AND HAD UNBUCKLED MY SEAT BELT IN PREPARATION OF GETTING OUT OF THE CAR. SEEING THAT I WAS NOT BELTED IN, I LEANED OVER AND SAW THAT MY HUSBAND HAD HIS FOOT ON T
... HE BRAKES AND NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE, NOR COULD THE CAR GEAR DOWN. THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING FASTER AND FASTER. THE CAR WAS STEERED AROUND A TURN AND FINALLY LOST CONTROL DUE TO THE SPEED AND CRASHED THROUGH TWO TREE SHRUBS, THROUGH A CLOSED GARAGE DOOR, TOOK OUT THE MAIN POST IN THE GARAGE, AND HIT THE PARKED CAR IN THE GARAGE. THE AIRBAGS WENT OFF AND THE CAR STOPPED. 911 WAS CALLED AND MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CAR WAS TOTALED! THE CAR HAD ONLY 20,000 MILES ON IT. NO LAWYER WILL REPRESENT US BECAUSE OUR INJURIES WERE NOT SEVERE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A SUIT AGAINST KIA FOR PRODUCT LIABILITY. *TRRead more
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Jul 19, 2010
WHEN PARKING AND TRYING TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE OUR 2006 AMANTI KIA LURCHED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED DOWN THE STREET. I WAS THE PASSENGER AND HAD UNBUCKLED MY SEAT BELT IN PREPARATION OF GETTING OUT OF THE CAR. SEEING THAT I WAS NOT BELTED IN, I LEANED OVER AND SAW THAT MY HUSBAND HAD HIS FOOT ON T
... HE BRAKES AND NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE, NOR COULD THE CAR GEAR DOWN. THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING FASTER AND FASTER. THE CAR WAS STEERED AROUND A TURN AND FINALLY LOST CONTROL DUE TO THE SPEED AND CRASHED THROUGH TWO TREE SHRUBS, THROUGH A CLOSED GARAGE DOOR, TOOK OUT THE MAIN POST IN THE GARAGE, AND HIT THE PARKED CAR IN THE GARAGE. THE AIRBAGS WENT OFF AND THE CAR STOPPED. 911 WAS CALLED AND MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CAR WAS TOTALED! THE CAR HAD ONLY 20,000 MILES ON IT. *TRRead more
Crash
Incident date: Jun 24, 2010
CAR JUST LOSES POWER THEN HAS AN ACCELERATION OF POWER WHERE IT IS OUT OF CONTROL. THIS IS A 2006 KIA AMANTI AND HAS THE PROBLEM SINCE WE BOUGHT IT 2 YEARS AGO. KIA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE HAD IT AT THE DEALER'S SEVERAL TIME. WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE AND THER
... E IS NO POWER, THEN THE CAR HAS A POWER SURGE WHICH TAKES THE DRIVER UNAWARE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IT ONLY OCCURS ABOUT ONCE A MONTH AND THE DEALER SAYS THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE CHANGED THE THROTTLE SENSOR THE LAST TIME AND IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. *TRRead more
Incident date: Jun 24, 2010
CAR JUST LOSES POWER THEN HAS AN ACCELERATION OF POWER WHERE IT IS OUT OF CONTROL. THIS IS A 2006 KIA AMANTI AND HAS THE PROBLEM SINCE WE BOUGHT IT 2 YEARS AGO. KIA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE HAD IT AT THE DEALER'S SEVERAL TIME. WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE AND THER
... E IS NO POWER, THEN THE CAR HAS A POWER SURGE WHICH TAKES THE DRIVER UNAWARE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IT ONLY OCCURS ABOUT ONCE A MONTH AND THE DEALER SAYS THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE CHANGED THE THROTTLE SENSOR THE LAST TIME AND IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. *TRRead more
Incident date: Feb 10, 2010
WHEN STARTING UP FROM A STOP, THE CAR STARTS-UP VERY SLOWLY FOR ABOUT 4 OR 5 SECONDS, THAN APPEARS TO JUMP INTO GEAR AND TAKES OFF LIKE A ROCKET. THIS OCCURS SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH. THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IT HAS NOT HAPPENED WHEN THEY TEST DROVE IT SO NOTHING HAS
... BEEN DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WE COMPLAINED TO KIA, AND HAVE A COMPLAINT NO. ALSO BUT NOTHING WAS DONE. *TRRead more
Incident date: Sep 1, 2009
WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC LIGHT, CAR DOES NOT RESPOND TO DEPRESSION OF GAS PEDAL FOR 3 OR 4 SECONDS. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT CATCHES UP AND TIRES SQUEAL AND THE CAR GOES FROM 5 MPH TO 30 MPH LIKE A DRAGSTER. THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROX. 18 TIMES FROM SEPT. 09 TO THE PRESENT. *TR
Incident date: Sep 1, 2009
WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC LIGHT, CAR DOES NOT RESPOND TO DEPRESSION OF GAS PEDAL FOR 3 OR 4 SECONDS. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT CATCHES UP AND TIRES SQUEAL AND THE CAR GOES FROM 5 MPH TO 30 MPH LIKE A DRAGSTER. THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROX. 18 TIMES FROM SEPT. 09 TO THE PRESENT. *TR
Incident date: Dec 1, 2007
OUR 2006 KIA AMANTI OCCASIONALLY WILL, WHEN STARTING FROM A STOPPED POSITION, WILL INITIALLY HESITATE AS IF ITS GOING TO STALL..., THEN LUNGE/ACCELERATE QUICKLY FORWARD. I'VE MENTIONED IT TO THE DEALERS, BUT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, I'VE NEVER REALLY PRESSED THEM ON THIS.., BUT AFTER READIN
... G THE SAME COMPLAINT AT THIS SITE, I WANTED TO DOCUMENT WE ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS. IT PROBABLY OCCURS APPROX ONCE EVERY MONTH, OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. IT IS POTENTIALLY A DANGEROUS CONDITION, AS THE CAR COULD JUMP FORWARD AND HIT PEDESTRIANS CROSSING IN FRONT OF THE CAR, OR REAR END CARS NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. *TRRead more
Incident date: Dec 18, 2009
2006 KIA AMANTI SPEED CONTROL PROBLEM AT MINIMAL THROTTLE THE CAR WOULD LURCH OR MOVE VERY SLOW AND THEN WOULD BUCK MOSTLY IN COLD WEATHER. NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN. STARTED AT 4900 MILES AND STILL HAVING PROBLEM AT 94000. DEALER NEVER CAN RECREATE PROBLEM. WE HAVE HAD THE CAR IN MANY TIMES
... AND ITS IN TODAY STILL NO FIX. I BELIEVE THIS CAR WILL GET US KILLED. IF YOU PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC AND IT ONLY GOES 10 MILES AN HOUR GUESS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. DOES ANYONE CARE NHTSA OR KIA. I THINK NOT! *TRRead more
Incident date: Apr 7, 2008
I PURCHASED A 2006 KIA AMANTI APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS AGO FROM THE KIA DEALER IN CHERRY HILL, NJ. SHORTLY AFTER DRIVING THE CAR ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS THE CAR DID NOT MOVE, THEN WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN HOUR IT REVVED UP TO NORMAL POWER. I BROUGHT IT BACK AT LEAST 3 TIMES AND T
... HEY THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE EVENTS. EVENTUALLY I ALMOST GOT HIT ON A MAJOR ROAD. EVENTUALLY THEY PUT A UPDATED SOFTWARE CHANGE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM. I AM LUCKY I WAS NOT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR KILLED. I THINK THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED IN OTHER KIA BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR HURT.TOM *TRRead more
Incident date: Aug 11, 2009
I GOT TWO TIRES FROM WAL MART ON 1/28/2008. COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, I FOUND A TIRE HAS BUMP ON SIDEWALL. I LET WALMART INSPECT IT. THEY SAID IT SHOULD BE OK. WHILE OUR FAMILY (MY WIFE, 5YEARS AND 6 MONTHS BOY'S AND ME) ARE ON VACATION DRIVING FROM AUSTIN TX TO YELLOWSTONE WYOMING, WE STAYED OVER A N
... IGHT IN FORT COLLINS AND MY WIFE DROVE IN THE MORNING ON 8/11/2009 TO YELLOWSTONE. JUST PASSED EXIT 54 AND CURVED ROAD ON HW25 NB, THE CAR WAS LOST ITS BALANCE AND SHAKEN ALOT WITH BAD SMALL. MY WIFE WAS SO EMBARRASSED AND PULLED OUT THE CAR ON THE SIDE ROAD. IF THERE WAS ANY CAR BESIDE OR BEHIND US, WE WOULD BE IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I CHECKED THE TIRE AND SIDEWALL WAS BLOWN OUT WHICH PREVIOUSLY HAS A BUMP. I CALLED TOWING COMPANY FOR REPLACING IT WITH SPARE ONE AND REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO "GOOD YEAR" (CLAIM # - 1061512). ON 8/18, I WENT WALMART WHERE I PURCHASED THEM AND THEY REPLACED IT WITH NEW ONE. I ASKED I WANT TO KEEP INCIDENT TIRE WITH ME BUT THEY HAVE TO RETURN IT BECAUSE OF WARRANTY REPLACEMENT. *TRRead more
Incident date: Aug 11, 2009
I GOT TWO TIRES FROM WAL MART ON 1/28/2008. COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, I FOUND A TIRE HAS BUMP ON SIDEWALL. I LET WALMART INSPECT IT. THEY SAID IT SHOULD BE OK. WHILE OUR FAMILY (MY WIFE, 5YEARS AND 6 MONTHS BOY'S AND ME) ARE ON VACATION DRIVING FROM AUSTIN TX TO YELLOWSTONE WYOMING, WE STAYED OVER A N
... IGHT IN FORT COLLINS AND MY WIFE DROVE IN THE MORNING ON 8/11/2009 TO YELLOWSTONE. JUST PASSED EXIT 54 AND CURVED ROAD ON HW25 NB, THE CAR WAS LOST ITS BALANCE AND SHAKEN ALOT WITH BAD SMALL. MY WIFE WAS SO EMBARRASSED AND PULLED OUT THE CAR ON THE SIDE ROAD. IF THERE WAS ANY CAR BESIDE OR BEHIND US, WE WOULD BE IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I CHECKED THE TIRE AND SIDEWALL WAS BLOWN OUT WHICH PREVIOUSLY HAS A BUMP. I CALLED TOWING COMPANY FOR REPLACING IT WITH SPARE ONE AND REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO "GOOD YEAR" (CLAIM # - 1061512). ON 8/18, I WENT WALMART WHERE I PURCHASED THEM AND THEY REPLACED IT WITH NEW ONE. I ASKED I WANT TO KEEP INCIDENT TIRE WITH ME BUT THEY HAVE TO RETURN IT BECAUSE OF WARRANTY REPLACEMENT. *TRRead more
Incident date: Jul 18, 2007
2006 KIA AMANTI - VEHICLE WILL "LAG" WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED ON OCCASIONS AND WILL ALSO "LURCH" FORWARD WHILE TRYING TO BRAKE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER AMANTI OWNERS NATIONWIDE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. KIA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A PROBLEM EXISTS. I HAVE SINCE TRADED THE V
... EHICLE IN ON A HONDA. TO SEE THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM GO TO "EDMUNDS.COM" WEBSITE AND YOU WILL FIND NUMEROUS OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TRRead more
Incident date: Sep 1, 2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON HER VEHICLE. THE HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY BURN OUT. THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT AND, AFTER IT WAS REPLACED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT AS WELL. WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIG
... HT WAS REPLACED, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT AGAIN. THE FAILURE HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR OVER FIVE MONTHS AND THE HEADLIGHTS, RUNNING LIGHTS, AND TAIL LIGHTS WERE ALL REPLACED WITHIN A WEEK. THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE AND IT IS ALSO OUT OF WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR MECHANIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.Read more
Incident date: Sep 22, 2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NUMEROUS COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY REPAIRED ON HER VEHICLE. THE FRONT CONTROL ARM ON HER TIRES, WHICH IS THE SUSPENSION ON HER VEHICLE, IS CLICKING. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN AND WA
... S TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE CONTROL ARM MORE THAN ONCE, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.Read more
Incident date: Dec 26, 2007
SMELLED PLASTIC LIKE SMOKE INSIDE VEHICLE, ROLLED DOWN WINDOW , VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PRESSING AS HARD AS POSSIBLE, ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT DOWN. CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL STRIKING A TREE AND ROLLING OVER. *TR
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 26, 2007
SMELLED PLASTIC LIKE SMOKE INSIDE VEHICLE, ROLLED DOWN WINDOW , VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PRESSING AS HARD AS POSSIBLE, ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT DOWN. CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL STRIKING A TREE AND ROLLING OVER. *TR
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 26, 2007
SMELLED PLASTIC LIKE SMOKE INSIDE VEHICLE, ROLLED DOWN WINDOW , VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PRESSING AS HARD AS POSSIBLE, ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT DOWN. CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL STRIKING A TREE AND ROLLING OVER. *TR
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Apr 14, 2007
INTERMITTENT DRIVE BY WIRE THROTTLE CONTROL. CAUSES SURGE UP TO 3,000 RPM ENGINE BY JUST TOUCHING THROTTLE PEDAL. OR, IT MAY NOT HAVE ANY RESPONSE AT ALL. THIS IS A WEEKLY OCCURRENCE SINCE OWNING AND REPORTING TO DEALER. DEALER HAS NO SOLUTION. *TR
Incident date: Apr 14, 2007
INTERMITTENT DRIVE BY WIRE THROTTLE CONTROL. CAUSES SURGE UP TO 3,000 RPM ENGINE BY JUST TOUCHING THROTTLE PEDAL. OR, IT MAY NOT HAVE ANY RESPONSE AT ALL. THIS IS A WEEKLY OCCURRENCE SINCE OWNING AND REPORTING TO DEALER. DEALER HAS NO SOLUTION. *TR
Incident date: Mar 6, 2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE THROTTLE BODY STUCK, SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN AND ALSO CAUSED THE PEDAL TO STICK. THE TRACTION CONTROL AND THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY IS NOT WORKING. THE FLY BY WIRE SYSTEM IS ALL ELECTRONIC, THERE IS NO ACTUAL CABLE THAT GOES FROM THE GAS
... PEDAL TO THE THROTTLE BODY. THE DEALER DUPLICATED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY STICKING; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT IF HE FILED A LEMON LAW COMPLAINT, THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT HAS SEVERAL SERVICE RECORDS THAT INCLUDE NUMEROUS DIAGNOSIS THAT HAVE BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 18,000.Read more
Incident date: Mar 6, 2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE THROTTLE BODY STUCK, SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN AND ALSO CAUSED THE PEDAL TO STICK. THE TRACTION CONTROL AND THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY IS NOT WORKING. THE FLY BY WIRE SYSTEM IS ALL ELECTRONIC, THERE IS NO ACTUAL CABLE THAT GOES FROM THE GAS
... PEDAL TO THE THROTTLE BODY. THE DEALER DUPLICATED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY STICKING; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT IF HE FILED A LEMON LAW COMPLAINT, THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT HAS SEVERAL SERVICE RECORDS THAT INCLUDE NUMEROUS DIAGNOSIS THAT HAVE BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 18,000.Read more
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