2005 Kia Amanti

AS I PULLED UP TO PARK MY CAR BEHIND A PARKED CAR, MY CAR SURGED AND CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF THE PARKED CAR. I WAS EASING INTO THE SPACE AT A VERY SLOW SPEED AND ACTUALLY HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE MOTOR SUDDENLY REVVED UP, I FELT THE SURGE, STOOD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR. ALTHOUGH DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT ANOTHER OCCURRENCE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS WITH THE AMANTI. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THESE UNEXPLAINED ACCELERATION INCIDENTS WITH THE KIA AMANTI ONLINE. HOPEFULLY THESE PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THEM TO YOU. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE TRYING TO STOP AT A CROSSWALK FOR PEDESTRIANS, SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. AT THE CONSUMERS REQUEST, THE COMPONENT WAS REVISED TO SPEED CONTROL. 05/10/11

INCIDENT 1: WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH ON AN INTERSTATE THE CARS SPEED REDUCED TO <10 MPH THEN STALLED FOLLOWED A SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS THE COMPUTER. COMPUTER REPLACED PROBLEM PERSIST....INCIDENT 2:(1 MONTH LATER)UPON INITIAL ACCELERATION, THE ENGINE STALLED AND OPERATED AT A REDUCED SPEED FOLLOWED BY SUDDEN ACCELERATION WITHOUT WARNING INTO TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT SUGGESTED THAT IT MIGHT BE THE THROTTLE MOTOR. THROTTLE MOTOR REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED ON BOTH OCCASIONS. NOW I AM DEADLY AFRAID OF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY SURGE FORWARD MOMENTARILY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY DECELERATE MOMENTARILY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. DURING THE FAILURES A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED ON THREE OCCASIONS. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,313 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE IN MY 2005 KIA AMANTI AND THE CAR ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN. CAR SPEED INCREASED AND THEN JUST STOPPED. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR, IT STARTED BUT WHEN PLACED IN DRIVE CAR WAS COMPLETELY IMMOBILE. BROUGHT IT IN TO KIA OF KENNER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE THROTTLE NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. PROBLEM FIXED, SO I THOUGHT...NEXT INCIDENT WAS DRIVING AND COMPLETELY LOST POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. GOT THE CAR TOWED TO KIA OF KENNER THE SAID THAT COMPUTER MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED..NOT THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED AS OF YET.. *TR

EVER SINCE I BOUGHT MY 2005 KIA AMANTI, I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THE ACCELERATION, LACK OF ACCELERATION. I TOOK IT TO DEALER WHEN IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY TO LET THEM KNOW SOMETIMES IT HAD NO POWER ON INITIAL TAKE OFF AND I WOULD HAVE TO JUST DRIVE IT AS IS UNTIL IT DECIDED TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. OTHER TIMES I WILL BEGIN DRIVING FROM A COMPLETE STOP AND IT FEELS LIKE IT JUST HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF POWER WITH THE ACCELERATION. I NEVER REPORTED THE QUICK ACCELERATION - I JUST FIGURED IT WAS THE V6 ENGINE, SINCE I'VE ALWAYS HAD A 4- CYLINDER ENGINE. NOW THE DEALER IS CLAIMING I NEED TO REPLACE MY THROTTLE BODY AND THAT IT IS A $900 PART. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED A CAR ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE HESITATED. THIS OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY CAR APPEARED TO BE STUCK IN FIRST AND WOULD NOT SHIFT. THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE SMOOTH IN LOWER GEARS - ALSO, CAR LURCHES WHEN STOPPED AT INTERSECTIONS - RPMS ARE ERRATIC DEALERSHIPS SAY THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR OVER ONE YEAR CANNOT AFFORD TO DRIVE THIS CAR / CANNOT AFFORD TRADE IN- RESEARCHED ON INTERNET FOUND HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AT JUST ONE SITE - HTTP://WWW.KIA-FORUMS.COM/ARCHIVE/F-221.HTML

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA AMANTI. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP HE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED AND COULD NOT BE SERVICED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 60000. UPDATED 05/07/10. *LJ UPDATED 08/26/10.*JB

WE HAVE HAD OUR 2005 AMANTI INTO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES WITH COMPLAINTS OF "SUDDEN ACCELERATION" OR JACK RABBIT TYPE OF STARTS. THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED SEVERAL NEAR MISSES, BUT NO WRECKS SO FAR. EACH TIME WE ARE TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND NO REPAIR IS MADE. THE LAST TIME WE TOOK IT IN, WE CONTACTED THE FACTORY TO GET THEM TO HELP. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR 4 DAYS AND STILL HAVE NOT REPLICATED THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH, SO IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT REPLICATE IT. THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT KIA WILL NOT LET THEM DO ANY REPAIRS UNLESS THEY CAN DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I VERIFIED THIS TALKING TO KIA FACTORY CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. THEIR PLAN IS TO DO NO REPAIR UNLESS THE PROBLEM BECOMES CONSTANT. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I FEEL THIS LEAVES MY DRIVING FAMILY IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS POSITION. *TR