Safety Score
84
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2005 Kia Amanti.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING IT ACTS LIKE ITS NOT GETTING FUEL SO I TOOK IT TO THE PARTS STORE THEY PUT A CODE READER ON IT I HAVE THE… |
| 2021-01-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY BATTERY KEEPS DRAINING. IM HAVING AN ISSUE KEEPING IT RUNNING OR EVEN STARTING IT UP. MAY BE HAVING STARTER ISSUES. … |
| 2020-12-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I THINK THE RADIO ISOTOPE ELECTRIC GENERATOR WAS REMOVED FROM THE CAR. THE HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONER WERE NOT KICKING ON… |
| 2020-06-26 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | ADMINISTRATION ON 6/26/20 A DEALERSHIP MADE A TENATIVE SALE ON A USEC 2005 VEHICLE INTENTIONALLY DECIEVING POTENTIAL… |
| 2020-06-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I PURCHASED MY KIA FROM JD BYRIDER IN 2016 OF JULY AND I HAVE HAD A REAL DEAL WITH THIS CAR. IN THE PASS 4 YEARS WITH T… |
| 2019-10-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I READ ABOUT RECALL ON 2007 KIA AMANTI AND THE STOP LAMP SWITCH. IT SAID COULD MAKE IT HARD SHIFT FROM PARK TO GEARS. I… |
| 2019-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IT BEGAN WITH SQUEAKY NOISE STEERING IT ENDED WITH STEERING COMPLETELY LOCKED UP UNDRIVABLE. MECHANIC SAID HE SAW THAT … |
| 2019-05-11 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA AMANTI. WHILE TURNING THE VEHICLE, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD UNDER THE VEHICLE AND IT… |
| 2019-04-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | IN A PARKING LOT WHILE AUTO WAS IN STATIONARY POSITION WAITING FOR THE LOT MACHINE TO ISSUE A TICKET ALL OF A SUDDEN TH… |
| 2019-01-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT SUB FRAME IS SEVERELY CRACKED AND ROTTING AWAY. ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN UNCOVERS ROAD FILTH AND ROCKS… |
| 2018-10-17 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE STEERING IS LOCKING UP OR BECOMES VERY HARD TO TURN WHEN DRIVING LIKE OLDER DAYS WITHOUT POWER STEERING |
| 2018-10-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL CANE OFF. WHILE DRIVING.THEY SAID THAT THEY CAN NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THE FRAME IS RUSTY AND ROTTEN.… |
| 2018-08-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT MY CAR WAS" JUMPING" AT STOP LIGHTS ON A CITY STREET; AS IF IT WANTED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE BRA… |
| 2018-08-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | EVER SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR, THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON AND DOES NOT GO OFF UNTIL THE CAR IS OFF. THE RPM GAGE H… |
| 2018-05-10 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | I HAD A SIDE IMPACT, TBONE WITH A KIA SOUL WHOM HIT ME IN THE SIDE. NEITHER HIS AIEBAGS OE MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED |
| 2018-01-10 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | BOUGHT THIS CAR USED IN DECEMBER 2017 AND WITHIN THE FIRST WEEKS OF DRIVING IT NOTICED ERRATIC PROBLEMS WHEN DRIVING OV… |
| 2017-05-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Drivers side air bag light is on |
| 2016-12-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA AMANTI. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE DEALER DIAGNOS… |
| 2016-08-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKE… |
| 2016-06-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | JUST 2DAYS AGO MY CAR STARTED JERKING REAL BAD AND ALSO MY TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT WAS STALLING AND THE CAR WAS LOOSI… |
| 2016-05-31 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHT HAS TO BE CONTINUALLY RESET, PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED SOME SPRING. LIGHT NOW IS BACK ON HAD IT IN AGAIN A… |
| 2016-03-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON 4/19/2016 AND HAVE BEEN ON SINCE THEN. I ONLY HAD MY CAR ONE MONTH I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN AN ACC… |
| 2015-12-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA AMANTI. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND FAI… |
| 2015-03-25 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | ON MARCH 20TH I WHEN I TERN ON MY KIA AMANTI 2005 I SAW THE AIR BAG LIGHT GOT ON. I NEVER HAD ANY ACCIDENT ON MY CAR.PL… |
| 2015-02-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL *THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE WAITING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FO… |
| 2015-01-05 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHT IS LIT WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT OR MISHAP. I SEE OTHERS ON LINE ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE AND HAVE TAKEN IT T… |
| 2014-12-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE REAR TAIL LIGHT… |
| 2014-05-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE LOSES POWER AS THOUGH ACCELERATOR CABLE BROKE, ALSO ON START UP CAR OFTEN LURCHES FORWARD AS IF IN GEAR. TOOK CA… |
| 2014-05-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHTS BEEN ON N I'VE CALLED KIA SEVERAL X NOTHING RESOLVED THEN I GET INTO A ACCIDENT WAS T BONED AND NO AIR B… |
| 2014-03-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | SINCE PURCHASING MY 2005 KIA AMANTI AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON; THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED AN IMPACT WHICH WOULD … |
| 2013-11-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHERE MY VEHICLE ACCELERATED ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE … |
| 2013-04-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 0 | SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I WAS PULLING MY KIA AMANTI (WHICH I LOVE) INTO A PARKING STALL IN A VERY CROWDED SUPERMARKET PARK… |
| 2013-03-12 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | Was in accident on 03-13-2013 severe left front end airbags did not deploy |
| 2012-09-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS CAR. HOWEVER, I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT MOST OF THE TIME DO TO INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERA… |
| 2012-09-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID | No | 0 | THE SHOCKS OF THE TRUNK FAILED CAUSING THE VERY HEAVY TRUNK TO CLOSE SUDDENLY HITTING ME IN THE HEAD. *TR |
| 2012-07-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING THE ENGINE SUDDENLY QUITS, THE CAR JERKS, AND THE ACCELERATOR DOES NOT WORK. I HAVE TO COAST TO THE SIDE … |
| 2012-05-07 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I WAS SLOWING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT I EXPECTED TO TURN RED. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE FLOOR BOARDS, AWAY … |
| 2012-05-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | No | 0 | 2005 KIA AMANTI. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE AIRBAG SENSOR *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEFECTIVE FEATURE … |
| 2011-09-23 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TWICE WITHIN 2 MILES WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES ENGINE SPED UP INSTEAD. THE ONLY THING PREVENTING TWO ACCIDENTS WAS PUTTING … |
| 2011-09-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO… |
| 2011-07-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | 2005 KIA AMANTI: OCCASIONALLY THE ACCELERATOR WILL BARELY MOVE THE CAR EVEN THOUGH IT'S FLOORED, THEN THERE IS A SUD… |
| 2011-07-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOLDING AROUND THE WINDOWS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS … |
| 2011-05-06 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | 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 EA… |
| 2011-04-11 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | INCIDENT 1: WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH ON AN INTERSTATE THE CARS SPEED REDUCED TO <10 MPH THEN STALLED FOLLOWED A SUDDEN AC… |
| 2010-10-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. DEALER CANNOT FIND ANY REASON WHY. AIR BAG IS FINE, MUST BE A BAD SENSOR SOMEWHERE, BUT … |
| 2010-07-26 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | EVER SINCE I BOUGHT MY 2005 KIA AMANTI, I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THE ACCELERATION, LACK OF ACCELERATION. I TOOK IT TO DEAL… |
| 2010-07-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN IT WAS PLACED IN D… |
| 2010-03-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WE HAVE HAD OUR 2005 AMANTI INTO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES WITH COMPLAINTS OF "SUDDEN ACCELERATION" OR JACK RABBIT T… |
| 2010-02-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | FAILURE TO MOVE OR ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, HAS HAPPENED APPROX 7 TIMES IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. DEALER CAN NOT FIND THE … |
| 2010-01-16 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KIA AMANTI. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP HE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICL… |