2006 Kia Amanti

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

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 THEY 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 *TR

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 NIGHT 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. *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

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 HEADLIGHT 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.

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 WAS 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.

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.