The contact owns a 2008 Kia Amanti. The contact stated there were several failures with the clockspring assembly feature causing the horn and cruise control to become inoperable. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was also illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The mechanic confirmed the failure with the clockspring assembly. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 68,000.
Kia Amanti airbag light comes on
30 of the 247 owner complaints about the Kia Amanti describe airbag warning light, most of them for the 2005 model year.
- owner complaints
- 30
- worst model year
- 2005
- typical mileage
- 68,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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Drivers side air bag light is on
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 has always been erratic when driving at normal speeds. The car lurches forward when at a stop light and while accelerating. The engine smells as if wires are burning and it seems increasingly hot, but the gage stays normal. The gas tank cannot be filled quickly, I have to trickle gas into the tank brake pads wear down constantly. I have already filed a complaint about the brake light switch being defective and this should be addressed before someone gets killed.
Airbag light on, took it to get it check and I was told it was the battery. Got a new battery light still on. The light is on at all times.
Takata recall. The "airbag light" in my dash has been on for a while. After consulting with my mechanich his believes it is a airbag problem that my computer keeps recording. My car has no active recalls on it but my local dealer in nj tells me that the airbag has problems in manny of these cars.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 kia amanti. The contact stated that the air bag light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the air bag control sensor needed to be changed. The failure was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 25,007. Updated 09/28/16*lj updated 03/14/17
Air bag light has to be continually reset, parts had to be replaced some spring. Light now is back on had it in again and now saying airbag is defective and needs to be replaced.
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 accident nor have my car every been in an impact I had it look at by a merchanic and he said that's dangerous and can pop out at any time so I should have it fix as soon as possible. This car should be on the recall list!!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 kia amanti. While driving various speeds, the front driver side air bag warning indicator illuminated continuously. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 86,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Since purchasing my 2005 kia amanti air bag light has been on; the vehicle has never experienced an impact which would cause the airbags to deploy neither have any of the airbag components ever been tampered with. The throttle control of the vehicle is extremely sporadic and often causes hesitation, lurching, no acceleration, and even loss of all power. I have had the dealership update the ECM and the tps replace but the problem still persisted. I noticed the throttle body plate was extremely difficult to actuate so I then purchased another throttle body and replaced my older one. Everything functioned as should be expected up until approx. 3 months ago the issues started back up again. I noticed the throttle body motor had started to become increasingly hot to the touch indicating an excessive amount of resistance within the motor circuit. Being that the problem is recurring, I feel the issue is located either within the engine wiring harness or the engine control module and it, as well as the ruined throttle body motor, need replaced at the cost of the kia motor company. The issue can, and has, caused numerous accidents, stalling in heavy traffic as well as lurching and speeding away of vehicles. A major safety issue is present and needs to be addressed.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Kia Amanti airbag light
Why does the airbag light come on in the Kia Amanti?
Owners who report it most often also describe jerking or lurching, airbags did not deploy in a crash and engine stalls while driving.
Which Kia Amanti years have airbag warning light problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2005 (14 complaints), 2004 (9 complaints) and 2007 (4 complaints).
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