Safety Score
91
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
47
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2006 Kia Amanti.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THIS KIA AMANTE IS A 2006. I HAVE 132633 MILES ON IT. LAST MONTH, I GOT AN "AIR BAG" LIGHT ON THE DASH. I TOOK IT IN… |
| 2018-03-30 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | PULLED OUT OF A PARTING LOT ONTO A STREET. TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO INCREASE SPEED BUT NOTHING HAPPENED...THEN JERKS INTO… |
| 2017-10-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAGS NOT FUNCTIONAL STATIONARY AND/OR IN MOTION ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC CONTROLS WOULD NOT LOCK/UNLOCK AUTO DOOR… |
| 2016-09-09 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | 3 DIFFERENT TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WITH THE ENGINE ON AND THE A/C WAS ON. THEN I WOULD PUT IT IN DRIVE AND AF… |
| 2016-08-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL AFTER STOPPING FOR A LIGHT, ENGINE IS SLUGGISH AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE, ALMOST CAUSING AN AC… |
| 2016-04-29 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DIAGNOSED AS THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. CAR RAN SLUGGISHLY FOR A SHORT WHILE, THEN THAT ST… |
| 2015-03-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | SLUGGISH ACCELERATION, LOST POWER, UNABLE TO MOVE CAR OFF ROAD WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED T… |
| 2014-12-22 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY MOVED LEFT TO RIGHT AFTER A COM… |
| 2014-10-23 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE … |
| 2014-05-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | AFTER DRIVING THE CAR SLOWLY LOST POWER, MY FOOT WAS ON THE GAS, BUT IT WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. I NOTICED THIS PROBLEM… |
| 2014-05-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STATIONARY POSITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NO… |
| 2014-02-17 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE… |
| 2013-04-19 | EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT | No | 0 | ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE FLAT FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. IN GARAGE ON FLAT SERVICE. USED JACK PROVIDED WITH VEHICLE. SCREW T… |
| 2013-02-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | IM DRIVING MY CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST SLOWING DOWN ON ITS OWN I HAVE MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE LIGH… |
| 2012-08-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEE… |
| 2012-06-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWN A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDE… |
| 2011-10-08 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 0 | CV AXLE SEPARATED FROM TRANSMISSION..UPDATED 11/03/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND IT… |
| 2011-06-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING THREE TIMES THIS WEEK ON TRIP. THIS OCCURRED TWO YEARS AGO AND KIA DEALER COULD NOT "DUPLICATE… |
| 2011-01-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN IN ORDER TO … |
| 2011-01-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VE… |
| 2010-07-19 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 2 | WHEN PARKING AND TRYING TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE OUR 2006 AMANTI KIA LURCHED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED DOWN THE STREET. … |
| 2010-07-19 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | WHEN PARKING AND TRYING TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE OUR 2006 AMANTI KIA LURCHED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED DOWN THE STREET. … |
| 2010-06-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CAR JUST LOSES POWER THEN HAS AN ACCELERATION OF POWER WHERE IT IS OUT OF CONTROL. THIS IS A 2006 KIA AMANTI AND HAS … |
| 2010-05-11 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN SOMEONE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT MALF… |
| 2010-04-30 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | PASSENGER RIGHT FRONT MARKER LIGHT GOES OUT -REAR RUNNING LIGHTS GO OUT- DASH BOARD LIGHT GOES OUT, ALL INVOLVE AN EVE… |
| 2010-02-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN STARTING UP FROM A STOP, THE CAR STARTS-UP VERY SLOWLY FOR ABOUT 4 OR 5 SECONDS, THAN APPEARS TO JUMP INTO GEAR AN… |
| 2009-12-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2006 KIA AMANTI SPEED CONTROL PROBLEM AT MINIMAL THROTTLE THE CAR WOULD LURCH OR MOVE VERY SLOW AND THEN WOULD BUCK MO… |
| 2009-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC LIGHT, CAR DOES NOT RESPOND TO DEPRESSION OF GAS PEDAL FOR 3 OR 4 SECOND… |
| 2009-09-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS.… |
| 2009-08-11 | TIRES | No | 0 | I GOT TWO TIRES FROM WAL MART ON 1/28/2008. COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, I FOUND A TIRE HAS BUMP ON SIDEWALL. I LET WALMART … |
| 2008-12-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CAR WOULD NOT PICK UP SPEED AS WE WERE LEAVING FROM A COMPLETE STOP TOOK CAR IN 2008 AND FOUND THE IGNITION SENSOR WAS … |
| 2008-09-22 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NUMEROUS COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY REPAIRED ON HE… |
| 2008-09-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. THE CONTACT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON HER VEHICLE. T… |
| 2008-04-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A 2006 KIA AMANTI APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS AGO FROM THE KIA DEALER IN CHERRY HILL, NJ. SHORTLY AFTER DRIVIN… |
| 2008-03-06 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC) | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA AMANTI. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE THROTTLE BODY STUCK, SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN AND ALSO CA… |
| 2007-12-26 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 1 | SMELLED PLASTIC LIKE SMOKE INSIDE VEHICLE, ROLLED DOWN WINDOW , VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PRESSING AS HARD… |
| 2007-12-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR STALLS SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK NOW WINDOW WANT ROLL UP. *TR |
| 2007-12-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OUR 2006 KIA AMANTI OCCASIONALLY WILL, WHEN STARTING FROM A STOPPED POSITION, WILL INITIALLY HESITATE AS IF ITS GOING T… |
| 2007-11-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH OF THE GAS WILL CAUSE IT TO LURCH FORWARD, BUT ALSO IT LAGS, YOU CAN PUSH THE ACCELERATION DEEP AND… |
| 2007-09-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | BOUGHT 2006 KIA AMANTI WITH 6500+ MILES DRIVEN BY DEAKLER MANAGER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION UPON INITIAL START UP… |
| 2007-07-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2006 KIA AMANTI - VEHICLE WILL "LAG" WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED ON OCCASIONS AND WILL ALSO "LURCH" FORWARD WHILE… |
| 2007-04-14 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | INTERMITTENT DRIVE BY WIRE THROTTLE CONTROL. CAUSES SURGE UP TO 3,000 RPM ENGINE BY JUST TOUCHING THROTTLE PEDAL. OR, I… |
| 2006-11-27 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS WAS A… |
| 2006-11-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | 2006 KIA AMANTI HAS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS HAS A LAG/LURCH PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WILL ON OCCASIONS NOT ENGAGE THE TRANSM… |
| 2006-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*- THE CONTACT HAS A SAFETY COMPLAINT ABOUT ATHE 2006 KIA AMANTE THAT HE PURCHASED IN SEPTEMBER 2006, WITH 0 MILES,… |
| 2006-08-13 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST | No | 1 | THE DRIVERS SEAT GOES FORWARD BY ITSELF IT CANNOT BE STOPPED BY CONTROL SWITCHES. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, TWI… |
| 2006-07-21 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST | No | 1 | VEHICLE SEAT MOVED FORWARD BY IT'S SELF WITHOUT PUSHING ANY BUTTON PUSHING DRIVER'S KNEES INTO DASH AND ABDOMEN INTO TH… |