2006 Kia Amanti

BOUGHT 2006 KIA AMANTI WITH 6500+ MILES DRIVEN BY DEAKLER MANAGER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION UPON INITIAL START UP TWO OR THREE TIMES WHEN CAR SEEMED TO CONTINUE OK AFTER A COUPLE OF SUDDEN SUDDEN JUMPS (THIS WHEN I FIRST TAPPED ACCELERATOR THEN STOPPEDC DOING THIS. THIS HAS SINCE HAPPENED MANY TIMES NOT ALL THE TIME.TO DATE IT HAS HAPPENED 9 0R 10 TIMES. ON TWO OCCASIONS CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL BUT SURGED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT DISPITE MY EFFORTS TO STOP CAR. I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND STOPPED CAR THE CAR WORKED OK WHEN I SHIFTED INTO DRIVE THEREAFTER BUT DID IT A SECOND TIME A FEW WEEKS LATER. I DID THE SAME THING (SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL) AND IT FUNCTIONED OK. THE DEALER TESTED CAR (ON COMPUTER AND INSISTED IT WAS OK HOWEVER WHEN IT CONTINUED I CALLED KIA THEY REFEREED ME TO ANOTHER DEALER (BALL KIA) NAND AGAIN TESTED IT BUT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. HOWEVER IT IS STILL DOING THIS AND I HAVE BEEN BACK SEVERAL TIMES. BALL MECHANIC SAID TO KEEP DRIVING UNTIL IT DOES IT SO OFTEN THAT THEY CAN RETEST IT. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF IT HAPPENS WHEN MY WIFE IS DRIVING . SHE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HAVE AN ACCIDENT.*CN

THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH OF THE GAS WILL CAUSE IT TO LURCH FORWARD, BUT ALSO IT LAGS, YOU CAN PUSH THE ACCELERATION DEEP AND STILL NOT MUCH RESPONSE. USUALLY THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS I'LL BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, PUT INTO DRIVE, TOUCH THE GAS, AND IT WILL LURCH. BACK OFF THE GAS LURCH AGAIN. FULL STOP AND THEN THE CAR WILL RUN JUST FINE. I HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO THE DEALER THEY SAY THEY CAN NOT FIND A PROBLEM. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT HAS A SAFETY COMPLAINT ABOUT ATHE 2006 KIA AMANTE THAT HE PURCHASED IN SEPTEMBER 2006, WITH 0 MILES, AND CURRENTLY HAD 9200 MILES. IN N SEPTEMBER 2006 WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 2600 MILES AND WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, AND MAKING A GRADUAL LEFT HAND TURN, THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE STEERING VIBRATED. THE ESP LIGHT FLASHED DURING THE FAILURE, AND THEN IT CHANGED TO ESP OFF AND THE VIBRATION STOPPED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FAILURE OF THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL SENSOR. THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PART IN STOCK AND FIXED THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE SENSOR WITH ONE FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE WHILE COMING TO A TURN. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FRONT WHEEL ANGLE SENSOR FAILURE AND ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, BOTH SENSORS WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT EXPLAINED THAT THREE WEEKS LATER WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED LIGHTLY, THEN THE ESP LIGHT FLASHED ON THEN OFF. AGAIN AS THE VEHICLE WAS COMING TO A STOP, THE CONTACT FELT THE VEHICLE SHOOK VERY HARD AS IT TRIED TO STOP. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE ECU UNIT WAS REPLACED. NEAR THE END OF JANUARY 2007 WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THE CONTACT LOST STEERING AND BRAKE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE LAST PROBLEM OCCURRED MID FEBRUARY 2007 WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN, THE STEERING BEGAN TO SHAKE CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND ALMOST CRASH INTO WITH ANOTHER ONCOMING VEHICLE. THIS WAS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE, AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER 9 TIMES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9000.*AK

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. IF THE VEHICLE DID ACCELERATE, IT WOULD DO SO VERY SLOWLY AND THE RPMS WERE RUNNING AS THOUGH THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT AN ACCELERATED SPEED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN ANYTIME OF THE DAY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SOMETIMES WHEN TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF 60 MPH THE VEHICLE DIDN'T ACCELERATE INTO OVERDRIVE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS,THE MOST RECENT BEING 11/27/06. THE CONTACT DID HAVE THE SERVICE MECHANIC PERFORM A TEST DRIVE AND HE DID NOTICE THE PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAS CONTACTED HER AND TOLD HER TO COME IN AND PICK UP HER VEHICLE, SHE WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE. *AK UPDATED 1/22/2007 - THE DEALER RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE CONSUMERT WITH ANY REPAIRS BEING MADE. *NM

THE DRIVERS SEAT GOES FORWARD BY ITSELF IT CANNOT BE STOPPED BY CONTROL SWITCHES. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, TWICE WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN, ONCE INJURIES WERE INFLICTED TO THE DRIVER,THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN IN FOR REPAIRS 3 TIMES THE SERVICE DEPT. AT THE DEALERSHIP KEPT THE CAR 20+ DAYS FOR THIS PROBLEM THE SECOND TIME IT WAS TAKEN IN, WE PICKED IT UP ON FRIDAY AND THE LAST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY EVENING. *JB

VEHICLE SEAT MOVED FORWARD BY IT'S SELF WITHOUT PUSHING ANY BUTTON PUSHING DRIVER'S KNEES INTO DASH AND ABDOMEN INTO THE STEERING WHEEL, SLIGHTLY INJURING HER KNEES. THE SEAT COULD NOT BE STOPPED NOR COULD IT BE MOVED BACK TO THE REAR. THE VEHICLE IS A NEW KIA AMANTI SEDAN AND WAS HAULED BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT HAS BEEN FOR 18 DAYS AND STILL NOT REPAIRED. *JB