2005 Kia Amanti

WHEN DRIVING THE ENGINE SUDDENLY QUITS, THE CAR JERKS, AND THE ACCELERATOR DOES NOT WORK. I HAVE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE CAR. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THERE IS NO WARNING BEFORE THIS HAPPENS. ANOTHER ISSUE IS THE ENGINE REVVING UPON STARTING. I HAVE TO HOLD THE BRAKE FIRMLY BECAUSE THE CAR WILL INTERMITTENTLY LURCH EITHER FORWARD OR BACK WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE CAR TRY TO LURCH FORWARD AT A STOPLIGHT. I HAVE TO KEEP THE BRAKE FIRMLY DEPRESSED SINCE IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS MODEL HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. IT IS A DEFINITE DANGER TO DRIVER, PASSENGERS, AND OTHERS. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE WITH REGARD TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT STILL NO RECALL. I WOULD PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION SUIT. I TALKED WITH THE DEALER AND KIA AND THEY ARE NO HELP. *TR

ENGINE LOSES POWER AS THOUGH ACCELERATOR CABLE BROKE, ALSO ON START UP CAR OFTEN LURCHES FORWARD AS IF IN GEAR. TOOK CAR TO KIA TODAY AND THEY STATE IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THEIR ELECTRONIC ACCELERATOR HOSE, THE HOUSING THAT CONNECTS IT TO THE ENGINE MELTS AND IS NO LONGER CLIPPED TO THE ENGINE OFTEN CAUSING POWER LOSS BECAUSE THE CONNECTION IS TENUOUS. THE ONLY FIX THEY SAID WOULD BE TO REPLACE THE PART, BUT THE CHEAP PLASTIC THEY USE WILL STILL MELT AND BREAK OFF, CAUSING ANOTHER REPLACEMENT NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. *JS

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE I BOUGHT CAR IN 2006 ,THE CAR SUDDENLY SLOWS TO 10-15 MPH, YOU GET NO RESPONSE FROM THE GAS PEDAL, THEN SUDDENLY LURCHES FORWARD AT FULL THROTTLE. EVERY AMANTI OWNER I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HAS THIS ISSUE! A DRIVER COULD BE EASILY INVOLVED IN A FATAL INCIDENT WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS ALSO OCCURS UPON STARTUP WHEN PARKED. IF THERE IS A CAR IN FRONT OF YOU IN A PARKING LOT, YOU WOULD HIT IT. ONE OWNER SAID HE HAD THE CONTROL MODULE "FLASHED" AND IT SOLVED HIS PROBLEM. COULD WE PLEASE GET SOME ACTION ON THIS? KIA IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I TELL THE SERVICE ADVISOR ABOUT IT EVERY TIME I'M AT THE DEALER. I WILL FILE A GIANT LAWSUIT IF I'M INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND SURVIVE. I'M IN ON A CLASS ACTION SUIT IF ANYONE HAS ONE GOING. *TR

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS CAR. HOWEVER, I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT MOST OF THE TIME DO TO INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATION. AT TIMES, WHEN I STEP DOWN ON THE GAS NOTHING HAPPENS, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR TAKES OFF LIKE A RABBIT. ON A TRIP TO SOUTH DAKOTA, AFTER USING THE BLINKER TO CHANGE LANES, THE BLINKERS WENT CRAZY, BOTH ON AT THE SAME TIME, THEN FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER, I COULDN'T GET THEM TO STOP AND THE ESC LIGHT WAS FLASHING. I PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND ALL WAS GOOD ,FOR A FEW MORE MILES ANYWAY. I HAD TO DO THIS SEVERAL TIMES ON MY WAY HOME. THIS WAS SCARY AS I WAS 1500 MILES FROM HOME. HAVEN'T HAD THAT ISSUE SINCE AND THAT WAS 4 MONTHS AGO (NO ENGINE LIGHT FOR CODES AT THIS POINT). NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR IS RUNNING LIKE CRAP. ENGINE LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON AND THE CODE IS STATING MISFIRE IN #3 SPARK PLUG. THE CAR IS RUNNING VERY POORLY, UNDRIVEABLE. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES WITH THIS CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT A YEAR AGO. I HAVE READ CHANGING THE THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR AND UPDATING THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAY BE WHAT'S WRONG. HOWEVER, TRYING TO CONVINCE KIA TO DO THIS IS ANOTHER BALL GAME. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH PRIORITY RECALL ON THE STOP LAMP SWITCH, RECALL #SC077. ALSO SEE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN #KT2007030801. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ACCELERATION ISSUE, SOME INVOLVING ACCIDENTS. WHY WONT KIA ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AND OFFER A RECALL ON THE TPS AND A REFLASH ON THE COMPUTER??? ALL WE GET IS THE RUN-A-ROUND AND THE SHOP NOT HEARING OF SUCH A THING. REALLY???? COME ON!!!!! *TR

SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I WAS PULLING MY KIA AMANTI (WHICH I LOVE) INTO A PARKING STALL IN A VERY CROWDED SUPERMARKET PARKING LOT. I WAS BRAKING TO STOP WHEN MY CAR ACCELERATED. I DID NOT NOTICE THE RPMS. BUT IT ACCELERATED HARD, AND MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE DID NOT STOP IT. I PLOWED INTO THE BACK OF A VEHICLE IN THE OPPOSITE STALL PUSHING IT APPROX 10 FEET BEFORE MY CAR ALSO HIT 10" CEMENT POLE THAT WAS THERE TO PROTECT A POWERPLANT (I THINK) AT THE EDGE OF THE PARKING STRIP. THE POLE STOPPED MY CAR. THERE WAS A COUPLE IN THE CAR I HIT AND A PASSENGER IN MY CAR; EVERYONE WAS BADLY SHAKEN, BUT NOBODY WAS HURT. IF THERE HAD NOT BEEN A POLE THERE MY CAR MIGHT HAVE GONE ON PUSHING THE VEHICLE I HIT UNTIL IT HIT ANOTHER CAR OR, GOD FORBID, A PEDESTRIAN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOLDING AROUND THE WINDOWS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN THE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE MOLDING WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

2005 KIA AMANTI. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE AIRBAG SENSOR *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEFECTIVE FEATURE WAS THE SENSOR THAT CONTROLLED THE AIR BAGS, WHICH WAS INSTALLED WITHIN THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE PASSENGER SEAT. WHEN THE SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED, A WARNING LIGHT DISPLAYED ON THE DASHBOARD STATING "AIRBAG". THE CONSUMER STATED THE FIRST TIME THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE DEALER FOUND A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING COLUMN. THE REMEDY LASTED FOR A SHORT TIME. THE SECOND TIME, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PROBLEM WAS A DEFECTIVE SENSOR WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT CONTROLLED THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAGS AND THE SIDE AIR BAGS. THE CONSUMER STATED KIA SENT HIM A LETTER OUTLINING THE RESTRICTIONS AND CONSTRAINTS REGARDING THE USE OF THE AIR BAG SYSTEM AND HOW IT CAN MALFUNCTION. *JB

SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I WAS SLOWING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT I EXPECTED TO TURN RED. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE FLOOR BOARDS, AWAY FROM THE ACCELERATOR, LETTING THE CARE SLOW BY ITSELF. THE LIGHT DID TURN RED AND I HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES. I KEEP MY LEFT FOOT TO THE LEFT OF THE BRAKES ON THE FLOOR BOARD. AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES WITH MY RIGHT FOOT I FELT MY LEFT FOOT SO I KNEW I APPLIED THE BRAKES. CAR ACCELERATED. ONLY PUTTING THE TRANSMISSION I NEUTRAL AND FLOORING THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH BOTH FEET PREVENTED A WRECK. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. IN OCTOBER OF 2011 THE DEALER REPLACED IGNITION COIL; PACKS SPARK PLUGS AND SPARK PLUG WIRES. HOWEVER ON 5/7/12 THE PROBLEM RETURNED- WORSE THAN EVER BEFORE THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED TACHOMETER READING WAS 4700 RPM. DOCTORS OFTEN ASK PATIENTS TO RATE PAIN OPEN A SCALE OF 1-10. THIS INCIDENT WOULD RATE AN 8. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL BEFORE MORE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THIS AND COULD KILL PEOPLE.OR A BUYBACK FOR WHAT THE BUYER PAID INCLUDING ALL LOAN FEES AND INTEREST.. I ALSO REQUEST A FEDERAL DIRECTIVE REQUIRING ALL CARS TO HAVE BRAKE OVERRIDES AND FOR A FREE RETROFIT OF ALL CAR MODELS WITH A HISTORY OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE ONLY 68,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND 66,800 WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR. *TR