2005 Kia AMANTI problems and owner complaints

BOUGHT A 2005 KIA AMANTI IN ATHENS, GEORGIA ON 02/22/2006. TEST DROVE THREE DIFFERENT CARS. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE WHOLE CAR WOULD VIBRATE. OVER THE NEXT WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR IT GOT WORSE. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR ROTORS. WAS TOLD THAT THEY BENT BECAUSE THE CAR WAS SITTING ON THE LOT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THATS A FIRST! IT SEEMS ALL AMANTIS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

Owner-reported narrative. 1,200 miles reported. Look up ODI 10163168 at NHTSA ↗

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD SPORADIC PROBLEMS WITH 'JACK RABBITING', WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WITH A LIGHT TOUCH TO THE GAS PEDAL, THE JARS LITERALLY JUMPS FORWARD. IN EACH CASE, IT TAKES ABOUT THREE TOUCHES TO THE GAS PEDAL, TO GET TO 'NORMAL DRIVING. IT IS A FAST ACCELERATION, WHICH CAUSES THE TIRES TO 'SCREECH' SOMETIMES AND THE CAR TO JUMP FORWARD. THE SECOND ITEM THAT STARTED HAPPENING IS THAT THE CAR APPEARED TO BE STUCK IN FIRST AND WOULD NOT SHIFT. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS HAS NOW CAUSED ME TO ALSO GET RUN OVER TWICE…

Owner-reported narrative. 16,400 miles reported. Look up ODI 10172099 at NHTSA ↗

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED UPON INITIAL ACCELERATION, THE ENGINE STALLED AND OPERATED AT A REDUCED SPEED FOLLOWED BY SUDDEN ACCELERATION WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AFTERWARDS, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. *AK

Owner-reported narrative. 13,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10173502 at NHTSA ↗

ENGINE SURGE/STALL IN THE 2005 KIA AMANTI. I HAD IT REPAIRED (OR SO THEY SAID) LAST JUNE, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. SINCE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON THEY SAY THEY CAN NOT FIND OR FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

Owner-reported narrative. 62,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10266517 at NHTSA ↗

SEVERAL TIMES, INCLUDING TODAY THE CAR HAS JUMPED FORWARD OR BACKWARD IN REVERSE WHEN PUTTING IT IN GEAR WITHOUT STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR. IT HAS OCCASIONALLY MOVED VERY SLOWLY AFTER BEING PUT INTO DRIVE AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN FOURTH GEAR. THEN WHEN PUSHING FURTHER ON THE GAS PEDAL TO GET IT TO MOVE IT WILL SUDDENLY JUMP INTO FIRST AND TAKE OFF. VISITS TO THE SERVICE AREA WERE FRUITLESS DUE TO THEIR NOT BEING ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE EVENT. THEREWAS APPARENTLY NOTHING STORED IN THE COMPUTER, YET IT KEPT HAPPENING TO US. IT WAS SEVE…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10186122 at NHTSA ↗

MY 2005 KIA AMANTI HAS A PROBLEM AS WHEN DRIVING IT WILL LURCH AND LAG "BUMP". IT HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERS SHOP MANY TIMES FOR A TOTAL OF 38 DAYS. THE DEALER DID REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT UNIT. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND THE DEALER SAYS HE CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SO HE CANNOT FIX IT. A WEB SITE HAS MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE AND THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTS; THE DEALERS CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM; SO THEY CANNOT FIX IT. A MECHANIC AT THE SHOP SAID THAT KIA KNOWS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM; BUT DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. …

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10242394 at NHTSA ↗

SINCE PURCHASING MY 2005 KIA AMANTI AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON; THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED AN IMPACT WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY NEITHER HAVE ANY OF THE AIRBAG COMPONENTS EVER BEEN TAMPERED WITH. THE THROTTLE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY SPORADIC AND OFTEN CAUSES HESITATION, LURCHING, NO ACCELERATION, AND EVEN LOSS OF ALL POWER. I HAVE HAD THE DEALERSHIP UPDATE THE ECM AND THE TPS REPLACE BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. I NOTICED THE THROTTLE BODY PLATE WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ACTUATE SO I THEN PURCHASED ANOTHE…

Owner-reported narrative. 126,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10733468 at NHTSA ↗

I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT MY CAR WAS" JUMPING" AT STOP LIGHTS ON A CITY STREET; AS IF IT WANTED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE BRAKE WAS PUSHED. I WENT TO START IT ONE EVENING AND THE BATTERY WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. I GOT A JUMP AND THEN NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF. I HAD A FRIEND CHECK THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH THE FOLLOWING DAY AND HE STATED THAT THE SWITCH WAS SO LOOSE THAT IT FELL INTO HIS HAND. HE TIGHTENED THE SWITCH SO I COULD TRY AND PUT A CHARGE ON THE BATTERY. I GOT THE CAR STARTED BUT THE BATTERY WOULD NOT HOLD A CHARGE, I IN…

Owner-reported narrative. 70,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 11120387 at NHTSA ↗

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 INFOR…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10459424 at NHTSA ↗

THE STEERING IS LOCKING UP OR BECOMES VERY HARD TO TURN WHEN DRIVING LIKE OLDER DAYS WITHOUT POWER STEERING

Owner-reported narrative. 163,955 miles reported. Look up ODI 11141530 at NHTSA ↗

EVER SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR, THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON AND DOES NOT GO OFF UNTIL THE CAR IS OFF. THE RPM GAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ERRATIC WHEN DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS. THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT AND WHILE ACCELERATING. THE ENGINE SMELLS AS IF WIRES ARE BURNING AND IT SEEMS INCREASINGLY HOT, BUT THE GAGE STAYS NORMAL. THE GAS TANK CANNOT BE FILLED QUICKLY, I HAVE TO TRICKLE GAS INTO THE TANK BRAKE PADS WEAR DOWN CONSTANTLY. I HAVE ALREADY FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH BEING DEFECTIVE AND THIS SHOULD B…

Owner-reported narrative. 70,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 11120402 at NHTSA ↗