Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 05/29/2012 | 62000 | ||
| I was slowing down to a red light and the check engine light came on and the car died. i turned the key so i could begin to try to start the vehicle and i noticed the rpm's start revving up and its trying to over-accelerate when i put it in drive. i managed to get it to a safe spot but i was 100% worried it was going to cause an accident or accelerate out of control. it sounds very if not exactly similar to a lot of the other complaints. no codes come up for this issue and it is serious. | |||
| 06/04/2010 | 68000 | ||
| While parking in front of a coffee shop as i applied the brake to stop, the right side of my right shoe was over the gas pedal causing the car to continue forward striking a cement ashtray on the sidewalk pushing it into plate glass window. | |||
| 01/04/2010 | 23000 | ||
| I am an original owner of a 2004 kia amanti with only 23000miles. my car has accelerated on its own such as the toyota recent recall. kia headquarters claim they've never heard of this problem.meanwhile if u go to website www.odi.nhtsa.dot.gov you will see hundreds of people complaining about the same problem with their kia amanti. i got the car fixed but i don't feel safe.$1137.94 later kia kept car entire week. kia service tech&advisor explained it was an electronic problem with the accelerator position sensor failure. what is it going to take before for someone investigates kia amanti? sadly i regret spending so much on high end foreign vehicle. i had to change/purchase twice front wheel new tires. numerous times in the winter my battery goes completely dead. i 'm frustrated as kia headquarters isn't being held responsible for gas acceleration, an issue that is a safety hazard. please can someone at nhtsa finally take action before someone gets killed. *tw | |||