2004 Kia Amanti

AFTER PULLING THE CAR FORWARD OUT OF THE GARAGE IN THE MORNING AND WHILE STOPPED TO WAIT FOR THE GARAGE DOOR TO CLOSE (BRAKE APPLIED, IN GEAR), THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTS TO BURST-LURCH FORWARD (NOT TOUCHING GAS PEDAL). THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN YEAR-ROUND. THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT RE-PRODUCE THE PROBLEM, BUT ALSO HASN'T KEPT THE VEHICLE OVERNIGHT FOR A COLD-START. HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF NEAR-COLLISIONS AT THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY. *TR

2004 KIA - GAS LEAKING UNDER CAR WHEN FILLING GAS TANK. KIA TOLD US IT WAS A "SENSOR" AND REPLACED IT. IT HAPPENED AGAIN - THEY REPLACED THE SAME SENSOR. WHEN IT HAPPENED FOR THE THIRD TIME, WE BROUGHT THE CAR IN AND THEY TOLD US IT WAS A GAS OVERFLOW PROBLEM AND BY THE TIME THEY LOOKED AT THE CAR, WE HAD OVER 27 POUNDS OF GAS SITTING UNDER THE BACK SEAT. THEY TOLD US (BECAUSE SO MUCH TIME HAD PASSED, WE HAD TO PAY WHICH WE DID TO GET THE CAR. THEY ALSO TOLD US THEY WOULD CONTACT KIA AND TRY TO GET US REIMBURSED. ALL TO NO AVAIL. THE FIRST SENSOR WAS REPLACE WITHIN FIRST YEAR. BY THE TIME THE FINALLY REALIZED WHAT THE "REAL" PROBLEM WAS - THE CAR WAS 4 YEARS. THEY TOLD US WARRANTY HAD RUN OUT. THIS SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE SITTING ON A TIME BOMB! THEY TRIED TO BLAME US - THEY SAY IT'S THE WAY WE PUMP GAS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER AND THE AIR BAG WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACE ALL OF THE SCREWS AND THE AIR BAG LANDED IN THE CONTACTS LAP. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE AIR BAGS COULD DEPLOY AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 59,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,316. SPOKE WITH CONSUMER 10/16/07 NEED TO RESEND FORM. *LJ THE DEALER STATED REINSTALLED FUEL FILLER CAP AND STEERING GEAR MOUNTING BOLTS. UPDATED 11/01/07 *TR

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2004 KIA AMANTI. AS I APPROACHED 30,000 MILES THE ENGINE WOULD PERIODICALLY LOSE POWER WHILE IN OPERATION, THEN RESTORE SECONDS LATER. I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO MY DEALER. I WS TOLD THEY WOULD RESET THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, AND THAT WOULD RESOLVE THE ISSUE. SINCE THEN THE ISSUE HAS SURFACED (3) TIMES. TWO OF THE THREE TIMES ALMOST LEAD TO A SERIOUS CRASH. DURING THESE PRECIOUS FEW SECONDS (3-5) THERE WAS ABSOLUTLEY NO ENGINE POWER AVAILABLE. I NOTICE IT IT SEEMED TO OCCUR WHEN REMOVING THE FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL, THEN REAPPLYING IT TO GAIN POWER. AT THIS POINT THE ENGINE JUST DROPPED OFF. IT WILL RESTORE AND RACE TO HIGH RPM SECONDS LATER. IT HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS AFRAID OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE. IT WAS A CRAP SHOOT EVERYTIME YOU NEEDED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ACROSS ON COMING TRAFFIC WHETHER OR NOT MY CAR WILL LOSE POWER. IT WAS NOT A STALL, NEEDED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTERWARDS. THE VEHICLE RECOVERED ON ITS OWN.*AK

ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 26, 2004, PURCHASED A 2004 KIA AMANTI. SINCE THAT TIME, THE VEHICLE HAS UNDERGONE A MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS, MANY OF WHICH KIA HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX. SINCE ITS PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE HAS EXHIBITED AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEMS, ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT PROBLEMS, BATTERY PROBLEMS, WATER LEAKS, RECURRING ENGINE LIGHT PROBLEMS AND, MOST RECENTLY, SHAKING AND LURCHING ISSUES WHICH HAVE RENDERED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO OPERATE. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE ISSUES WERE RECTIFIED, IT APPEARS THAT THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS ONE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER. IN FACT, THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT AND WINDSHIELD LEAK REQUIRED SIX SEPARATE VISITS TO ONTARIO KIA DUE TO THE FACT THAT KIA COULD NOT LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH THE CAR IS STILL RELATIVELY NEW, DR. OH HAS ALREADY PURCHASED A CAR BATTERY, TWO BRAKES, AND FOUR NEW TIRES (EXCLUDING OTHER REPAIR COSTS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY). OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST MONTH, THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FAILS TO OPERATE SATISFACTORILY. OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, DR. OH HAS CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE NOTWITHSTANDING THE AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEMS AND THE CONTINUOUS SHAKING AND BOUNCING ISSUES. *JB