2006 KIA AMANTI

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE ON A PATCH OF ICE AND THEN CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED LACERATION OF BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER LIPS, INCLUDING A BUMP ON THE HEAD. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WITH THE IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND TOWED TO COLLISION CENTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILUR

Mileage: 140,000

CV AXLE SEPARATED FROM TRANSMISSION..UPDATED 11/03/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND IT SKIDDED TO A STOP, CROSSING INTO THE NEXT LANE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER AND FENDER. THE DEALER FOUND THE BALL JOINT AND PASSENGER FRONT AXLE HAD SEPARATED. UPDATED IVOQ 02/29/12

Mileage: 27,200

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN IN ORDER TO MAKE A TURN. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THERE WAS A LOW ENGINE POWER RESPONSE WITH HESITATION. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED NUMEROUS TIMES, AND THEN SUDDENLY AN EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION OCCURRED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A HOUSE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. THE VEHICLE AND THE HOUSE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT

Mileage: 49,000

WHEN PARKING AND TRYING TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE OUR 2006 AMANTI KIA LURCHED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED DOWN THE STREET. I WAS THE PASSENGER AND HAD UNBUCKLED MY SEAT BELT IN PREPARATION OF GETTING OUT OF THE CAR. SEEING THAT I WAS NOT BELTED IN, I LEANED OVER AND SAW THAT MY HUSBAND HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKES AND NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE, NOR COULD THE CAR GEAR DOWN. THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING FASTER AND FASTER. THE CAR WAS STEERED AROUND A TURN AND FINALLY LOST CONTROL DU

Mileage: 20,000

WHEN PARKING AND TRYING TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE OUR 2006 AMANTI KIA LURCHED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED DOWN THE STREET. I WAS THE PASSENGER AND HAD UNBUCKLED MY SEAT BELT IN PREPARATION OF GETTING OUT OF THE CAR. SEEING THAT I WAS NOT BELTED IN, I LEANED OVER AND SAW THAT MY HUSBAND HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKES AND NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE, NOR COULD THE CAR GEAR DOWN. THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING FASTER AND FASTER. THE CAR WAS STEERED AROUND A TURN AND FINALLY LOST CONTRO

Mileage: 20,000

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

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

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

THE DRIVERS SEAT GOES FORWARD BY ITSELF IT CANNOT BE STOPPED BY CONTROL SWITCHES. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, TWICE WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN, ONCE INJURIES WERE INFLICTED TO THE DRIVER,THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN IN FOR REPAIRS 3 TIMES THE SERVICE DEPT. AT THE DEALERSHIP KEPT THE CAR 20+ DAYS FOR THIS PROBLEM THE SECOND TIME IT WAS TAKEN IN, WE PICKED IT UP ON FRIDAY AND THE LAST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY EVENING. *JB

Mileage: 2,206

VEHICLE SEAT MOVED FORWARD BY IT'S SELF WITHOUT PUSHING ANY BUTTON PUSHING DRIVER'S KNEES INTO DASH AND ABDOMEN INTO THE STEERING WHEEL, SLIGHTLY INJURING HER KNEES. THE SEAT COULD NOT BE STOPPED NOR COULD IT BE MOVED BACK TO THE REAR. THE VEHICLE IS A NEW KIA AMANTI SEDAN AND WAS HAULED BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT HAS BEEN FOR 18 DAYS AND STILL NOT REPAIRED. *JB

Mileage: 1,800