2006 KIA AMANTI Electrical System Problems

AIR BAGS NOT FUNCTIONAL STATIONARY AND/OR IN MOTION ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC CONTROLS WOULD NOT LOCK/UNLOCK AUTO DOORS WHILE STATIONARY OR MOVING RADIO PUSH BUTTONS NOT FUNCTIONAL LEAVING IT UNUSABLE AT ALL TIMES

WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC LIGHT, CAR DOES NOT RESPOND TO DEPRESSION OF GAS PEDAL FOR 3 OR 4 SECONDS. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT CATCHES UP AND TIRES SQUEAL AND THE CAR GOES FROM 5 MPH TO 30 MPH LIKE A DRAGSTER. THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROX. 18 TIMES FROM SEPT. 09 TO THE PRESENT. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2006 KIA AMANTI APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS AGO FROM THE KIA DEALER IN CHERRY HILL, NJ. SHORTLY AFTER DRIVING THE CAR ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS THE CAR DID NOT MOVE, THEN WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN HOUR IT REVVED UP TO NORMAL POWER. I BROUGHT IT BACK AT LEAST 3 TIMES AND THEY THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE EVENTS. EVENTUALLY I ALMOST GOT HIT ON A MAJOR ROAD. EVENTUALLY THEY PUT A UPDATED SOFTWARE CHANGE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM. I AM LUCKY I WAS NOT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR KILLED. I THINK THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED IN OTHER KIA BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR HURT.TOM *TR

SMELLED PLASTIC LIKE SMOKE INSIDE VEHICLE, ROLLED DOWN WINDOW , VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PRESSING AS HARD AS POSSIBLE, ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT DOWN. CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL STRIKING A TREE AND ROLLING OVER. *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...