2004 KIA AMANTI Electrical System Problems

AFTER GETTING HOME LAST NIGHT FROM MY SISTER IN LAW'S GENDER REVEAL, I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE BONNET SO I OPENED IT QUICKLY AND SAW A FIRE BLAZING BEHIND THE ENGINE....WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT THERE, THEY POINTED OUT TO ME THAT THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL..... I NEED SOME FORM OF COMPENSATION FROM THE COMPANY AS I AM NO LONGER ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR AND ELECTRICAL ISSUES ARE WIDELY AFFILIATED WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL OF KIA CARS.

STARED DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR WAS TRYING TO GO OUT GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY PULL TO THE SIDE AND THEN IT STOP RUNNING TRYED TO START IT UP IT WOULDN'T DO NOTHING BATTERY BRAND NEW LLIGHTS CAME IT THAT WAS IT ONCE I WAS TOWED BY THE GUY SAID OFF THE TOP IT IS ECLECTICALLY HE EVEN TRYED TO GIVE IT A JUMP AND IT WOULDN'T JUMP AND THAT'S WHERE IAM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA AMANTI. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT QUICKLY MERGED OFF THE EXIT AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER STATED THAT THE FAILURE MIGHT BE ELECTRICAL. THE DEALER THAT SOLD THE VEHICLE TO THE CONTACT HAD GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. NO OTHER DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 177,600. *DT*JB *DT*JB

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR DOWN A 3 LANE ROAD. THE WINDOWS BEGAN TO OPEN AND CLOSE, THE DOOR LOCKS DID THE SAME. WARNING LIGHTS WERE FLASHING ON & OFF ON THE DASH AND I HAD ALMOST NO CONTROL OVER THE STEERING WHEEL. THE LIGHT AHEAD WAS RED AND WHEN I TRIED TO STOP THE CAR, NOTHING HAPPENED. I TRIED PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL TO SLOW ME DOWN AND PUSHED AS HARD ON THE BREAKS AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND HIS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME VERY HARD. I HAD A CONCUSSION, SPRAINED THORASIC SPINE AND NECK. A SPRAIN ON MY RIGHT HIP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN MY CALF FROM TRYING TO MAKE THE CAR STOP. THIS TOTALLED MY CAR AND CAUSED SEVERE BURNS FROM THE AIR BAGS. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS STUCK AND I HAD TO BE PRYED OUT OF THE CAR. WE HAVE...

WELL I GOT MY CAR ON WEEK AND NOW MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND THE BRAKE LIGHT IS ON AND SO TODAY I TAKE IT TO 5TAKE OIL CHANGE AND GOT A OIL CHANGE THEY TOLD ME THAT MY CAR HAD TRANSMISSION LEAK AND OIL LEAK AND NOW MY MHP GOIN DOWN AND WANT AND WANT SHOW ME MY SPEED AND THEY DON'T KNOW WANT THE PROBLEM IS AND MY CAR JUST NOT WORKING NOW .WHAT Y'ALL GOIN TO DO.PLEASE PLEASE. I HAVE KIDS .THAT SICK.PLEASE .

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. AT TIMES IT CLEARS BY ITSELF. THEY'VE CHANGED SPARLPLUGS ,SENSORS,ETC, BUT KEEPS HAPPENING. I HAVE TO DRIVE 50 EVERTIME, AND THEY SEEM TO NEVER FIX IT. *TR

TROUBLE STARTING THE VEHICLE. *TR

2004 KIA AMANTI WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO BUCK AND JUMP AND DROPPED DOWN TO 15 MPH. HE ALSO STATES THAT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SHAKE. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS LOST. *JB

ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 26, 2004, PURCHASED A 2004 KIA AMANTI. SINCE THAT TIME, THE VEHICLE HAS UNDERGONE A MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS, MANY OF WHICH KIA HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX. SINCE ITS PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE HAS EXHIBITED AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEMS, ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT PROBLEMS, BATTERY PROBLEMS, WATER LEAKS, RECURRING ENGINE LIGHT PROBLEMS AND, MOST RECENTLY, SHAKING AND LURCHING ISSUES WHICH HAVE RENDERED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO OPERATE. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE ISSUES WERE RECTIFIED, IT APPEARS THAT THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS ONE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER. IN FACT, THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT AND WINDSHIELD LEAK REQUIRED SIX SEPARATE VISITS TO ONTARIO KIA DUE TO THE FACT THAT KIA COULD NOT LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH THE CAR IS STILL RELATIVELY NEW, DR. OH HAS ALREADY PURCHASED A CAR BATTERY, TWO BRAKES, AND FOUR NEW TIRES (EXCLUDING OTHER REPAIR COSTS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY). OVER THE COURSE...

DEAR SIR: I AM THE OWNER OF A 2004 KIA AMANTI. THERE ARE 43,542 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE VEHICLE ENGINE RUNS FINE AND THEN WILL SUDDENLY GO INTO LUGGING AND MISFIRING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS CAUSING DOWN SHIFTING. WHEN I TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND LEAVE IT TO SET OVERNIGHT OR FOR MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS AT WORK, THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON BUT THE ENGINE RUNS FINE ONCE STARTED AGAIN. AFTER A FEW MORE STARTS THE ENGINE LIGHT GOES OFF. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM OF THE SYMPTOMS. THEY RAN TESTS AND SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THEY SAID BRING IT BACK WHEN IT DOES IT AGAIN. FINE, SO IT GOES INTO THE MISFIRING ON A WEEKEND AT NIGHT TRAVELING THE INTERSTATE. NO CHANCE TO JUST LEAVE THE ENGINE RUNNING FOR A DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. NOW IT RUNS FINE AGAIN UNTIL ANOTHER INCONVENIENT...