2006 Kia Amanti

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 FAILURE 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.

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. *TR

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 THE 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. *TR

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 THE 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. *TR

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. *TR

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! *TR

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 VEHICLE 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. *TR