Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 09/04/2012 | |||
| The shocks of the trunk failed causing the very heavy trunk to close suddenly hitting me in the head. | |||
| 05/07/2012 | 68000 | ||
| Sudden acceleration. i was slowing for a traffic light i expected to turn red. i had my foot on the floor boards, away from the accelerator, letting the care slow by itself. the light did turn red and i had to apply the brakes. i keep my left foot to the left of the brakes on the floor board. as i applied the brakes with my right foot i felt my left foot so i knew i applied the brakes. car accelerated. only putting the transmission i neutral and flooring the brake pedal with both feet prevented a wreck. no warning lights came on. i n october of 2011 the dealer replaced ignition coil; packs spark plugs and spark plug wires. however on 5/7/12 the problem returned- worse than ever before the car finally stopped tachometer reading was 4700 rpm. doctors often ask patients to rate pain open a scale of 1-10. this incident would rate an 8. please issue a recall before more people experience this and could kill people.or a buyback for what the buyer paid including all loan fees and interest.. i also request a federal directive requiring all cars to have brake overrides and for a free retrofit of all car models with a history of this problem.i have only 68000 miles on the car and 66800 when i bought the car. | |||
| 05/06/2011 | 55300 | ||
| As i pulled up to park my car behind a parked car, my car surged and crashed into the back of the parked car. i was easing into the space at a very slow speed and actually had my foot on the brake. the motor suddenly revved up, i felt the surge, stood on the brake pedal, but was unable to control the car. although damage was minimal, i was concerned about another occurance driving the vehicle and had it towed into the dealership. the service advisor said they have never heard of an incident like this with the amanti. there are many reports of these unexplained acceleration incidents with the kia amanti online. hopefully these people are reporting them to you. if this had happened while trying to stop at a crosswlak for pedestrians, someone would have been seriously injured. | |||
| 09/14/2005 | 93000 | ||
| Driving on interstate in my 2005 kia amanti and the car accelerated on it's own. car speed increased and then just stopped. when i restarted the car, it started but when placed in drive car was completely immobile. brought it in to kia of kenner and was told that the throttle needed to be cleaned. problem fixed, so i thought...next incident was driving and completely lost power in the middle of a busy intersection. got the car towed to kia of kenner the said that computer module needs to be replaced..not this problem has not been resolved as of yet.. | |||