2004 Kia Amanti Service and Repair Manual

HEAD-ON CRASH INTO DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER DOOR. AIR BAGS FAILED TO ACTIVATE. BOTH CARS TOTAL LOSSES, NOTHING REPAIRED OR REPLACED. *NM

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 SP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO RESET THE CODE IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, SLID OVER ICE AND CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK AND BACK. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT REQUIR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT THEN STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP THEREFORE THE CONTACT PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE BUT THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE AS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT THEN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE DROVE INT

WHILE MAKING A LEFT THE CARD WAS STRUCK ON THE DRIVER SIDE (REAR PASSENGER DOOR) BY A PERSON RUNNING A RED LIGHT. THE IMPACT WAS SEVERE ENOUGH THAT MY INSURANCE COMPANY DEEM THE CAR A TOTAL LOSS. THE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG WAS NEVER DEPLOYED.

I HAVE TAKEN MY 2004 KIA AMANTI IN FOR PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAG LIGHT SEVERAL TIME. I HAVE 8 FORMS WITH BACKUP BUT IT WAS TAKEN IN MORE THAN THAT. THEY HAVE REPLACED EVERYTHING FROM THE R/R CLOCKSPRING, THE AIRBAG AND MODULES, ALL MORE THAN ONCE. THE LAST TIME BEING IN 10/2010. THEN THE LIGHT STARTED TO COME ON IN 02/2011 BUT IT WOULD TURN OFF AGAIN UNTIL IT FINALLY STAYED ON ONCE AGAIN. I HAD MADE AN APPT TO GO IN ON APRIL 13, 2011 BUT WAS INVOLVED IN A FENDER BENDER APRIL 12, SO THE VEHICLE

UPON FILLING THE TANK OF THE KIA AMANTI, SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ENGINE WILL BEGIN TO SURGE AND REACT ERRATICALLY WITHOUT PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. IF THE BRAKE IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY ENGAGED THE VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD OR BACKWARD AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. IF THE VEHICLE IS ALREADY IN MOTION THE ACCELERATOR BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE AND THE ENGINE WILL SURGE OR SHUT OFF CAUSING A PRECARIOUS SITUATION WHEN IN TRAFFIC. *NM

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.

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.

SUNROOF SHATTERED UPON OPENING TILT POSTITION, MINOR CUTS FROM GLASS CLEAN UP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE TURNED OFF AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,045.

FRONT SUSPENSION STRUT MOUNTS DEFECTIVE. DEALERS AND KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO CORRECT THIS UNSAFE CONDITION. CONVERSATIONS WITH KIA REPS AND LETTERS TO KIA CORPORATE PEOPLE HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE. KIA REP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT SAID IT WAS NORMAL.*AK

2004 KIA AMANTI - ON COLD STARTUP THE ENGINE SOMETIMES REVS AGGRESSIVELY WHEN PULLED INTO GEAR, CAUSING THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD OR BACK IF THE BRAKE IS NOT FIRMLY APPLIED. IT IS A DANGEROUS SCENARIO. I'VE ASKED KIA TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AND THEY'VE SAID THEY CANNOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE AND HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF IT. *TR

REAR SUSPENSION DOES NOT FEEL SOLID. IT BOUNCES RIGHT TO LEFT AS WELL AS UP AND DOWN. PUT NEW STRUTS ON AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED. NO ONE HAS AN ANSWER. ANY THOUGHTS? *TR

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THERE WAS NO WARNING, AND IT OCCURRED WITH OR WITHOUT THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. THIS HAPPENED MORE OFTEN WHEN GOING UP A STEEP HILL. THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THIS, BUT THEY WERE NUNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *AK