Tl*the contact owns a 2004 kia amanti. The contact stated that the vehicle's air bag indicator light illuminates intermittently while driving 45 MPH. The vehicle was brought to the dealer and the air bag was replaced. However, the dealer did not replace all of the screws and the air bag landed in the contacts lap. The contact feels that the air bags could deploy at any given moment. The current mileage is 59,000 and failure mileage was 33,316. Spoke with consumer 10/16/07 need to resend form. *lj the dealer stated reinstalled fuel filler cap and steering gear mounting bolts. Updated 11/01/07
2004 Kia Amanti fuel system complaints
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I bought a brand new 2004 kia amanti. As I approached 30,000 miles the engine would periodically lose power while in operation, then restore seconds later. I reported the incident to my dealer. I ws told they would reset the fuel injection system, and that would resolve the issue. Since then the issue has surfaced (3) times. Two of the three times almost lead to a serious crash. During these precious few seconds (3-5) there was absolutley no engine power available. I notice it it seemed to occur when removing the foot from the gas pedal, then reapplying it to gain power. At this point the engine just dropped off. It will restore and race to high RPM seconds later. It has gotten to the point where I was afraid of driving the vehicle. It was a crap shoot everytime you needed to make a left turn across on coming traffic whether or not my car will lose power. It was not a stall, needed to restart the vehicle afterwards. The vehicle recovered on its own.
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.
Car-kia sorento (no option on vehicle page for sorento) I have taken the kia sorento now 4-5 times for the gas tank problem. The car will not allow me to pump gas freely. It keeps stopping every 30 cents or so. Quirk kia has serviced 4 times and each time they have replaced parts from fuel filler neck to pumps to hoses to a pressure sensor, etc. I was told on 7/30/05 that the mechanic (on 3rd visit) that previously tried fixing my car broke a few things in the gas tank and there was a faulty part gasket. They said they replaced the parts. They did not give me a receipt. Now the problem continues and I feel unsafe when it has to do with gasoline not properly entering my vehicle. Why can't they fix it? My check engine light has been on 2 times because of the problem getting worse!
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