Kia Amanti check engine light comes on

Filed Mar 9, 2022 · Engine · IL

The 2004 Kia Amanti will accelerate on it's own. I have been in local traffic and it accelerates and de-accelerate like a run away horse. It will then drive normal. The check engine light comes on sometimes and goes back out. This last time the light came on, I took to an electrical auto repair place. The computer read out said it needed a throttle body. I replaced it as suggested. The 2004 Kia Amanti attempts to accelerate on it's own and stops and drives normal again. The check engine light is on again. I would like to get what is perfect and right for the Kia to perform better and be safe. How do I do that?

Filed Jun 7, 2020 · Acceleration, Engine · 125,000 miles · PA

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 this car I have poured more than $5,000 into this car into it. Every time you get this car fixed it has a new problem about 1 month later or the check engine light comes on. But recently my wife was driving her mother and my daughter around shopping about 10 miles in distance from the house the mall and driving store to store. It was 93 degrees outside and she had the A/C running and suddenly the car started to have sudden acceleration she tried to stop the car and it did not stop the engine keep revving up harder harder and harder. At this point she was able to turn back into the parking lot after getting off the main rode. This car is a danger to people driving it and others near this car should not be on the street I repeat this car should not be on the street. I am glad my family is safe but I will trading this car in soon and I hope the rip it up and tear it to pieces for parts because it could have ended my families life. For me and my other love ones to very see them again. Get this car off the rode please. This is the third time this has occurred I could't do anything because jd byrider sold me overpriced junk $12,000 worth of it and add the repairs on top. I refuse to keep driving this car or have my love ones drive that car.

Filed Oct 17, 2019 · Transmission · 265,457 miles · GA

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 own a 2005 kia amanti and yesterday afternoon after driving several hours with no problems, I started it out in reverse it was a semi hard shift then put into drive and it was a extremely hard shift. As well the check engine light came on. I also read about a software update that can be done but can not find how to preform the update.

Filed Sep 28, 2019 · 154,386 miles · TX

Bought this car used in december 2017 and within the first weeks of driving it noticed erratic problems when driving over 40mph. On the highway it has problems frequently with increasing speed when accelerated, especially on an uphill incline, and when I'm stopped/ sitting still, it tries to backfire. If I'm driving the speed limit and have to slow down due to speed limit change or slowed vehicle in front of me, when I try to pick up speed again the rpms won't go up enough to do so; I can be doing 40 MPH and floor the accelerator and RPM stays at 2000 until I the car suddenly decides it wants to drive, then RPM jumps up to around 3200 RPM and the car picks up speed again and rpms drop back to normal at 2500. On uphill inclines, the car starts losing speed without breaking and accelerating doesn't increase that speed. I've had it in two different ships; on replaced the plugs (saying it was missing), and the other found a bad coil they replaced. Ood thing is that after each repair, the car behaves and drives good for a week or so, then the same problems occur again. Engine light hasn't come on at all, and I question if it even works as I don't even see the symbol light up when I start the car; I only know it has one from seeing the symbol when the sunlight shines directly onto that gauge. Maybe that's broken so it doesn't indicate there's a problem; heck if I know. The safety issue here is that highway minimum speed is 45 MPH, so when vehicle losses speed or won't speed up, others could run into me nor realizing how slow I'm going. Really strange that even the repair shops don't really know what's wrong with it. I've kept checking for a recall on this problem, but none had been issued. I've already spent $700 trying to remedy this problem and truly cannot afford to continue to pour money into the car trying to fix the problem just to have it be reoccurring/misbehaving.

Filed Apr 1, 2017 · Brakes, Electrical · AL

Well I got my car on week and now my check engine light on and the brake light is on and so today I take it to 5take oil change and got a oil change they told me that my car had transmission leak and oil leak and now my mhp goin down and want and want show me my speed and they don't know want the problem is and my car just not working now .what y'all goin to do.please please. I have kids .that sick.please .

Filed Sep 14, 2016 · Brakes · 66,219 miles · AZ

Brake light switch recall number 13v114000 was performed on my vehicle on dec.5, 2014. 52098 miles. On june 22, 2016 the switch failed with 66,219 miles. The vehicle was in storage until sept. 12, 2016 with 66,219 miles. I had it towed to earnhart kia by aaa. The switch was replace for $239.42. They said it was not covered because of time and mileage. I called kia case #3274275. Their response was the same as the dealer. My gripe is that this is a safety problem and kia should replace the switch at no or very little cost I had no warning that I had no brake lights until I took the vehicle to a shop because the engine light was on. Someone could have hit us without brakes lights working. That is why we had the car towed. It is the safety that concerns us!

Filed Apr 29, 2016 · Driver assistance · 85,250 miles · FL

Check engine light came on. Diagnosed as throttle position sensor. Car ran sluggishly for a short while, then that stopped, light went off. Today, light came on again. Backing out of a parking stall in a mall, the engine accelerated without touching the gas pedal, causing the car to lurch uncontrollably backwards, about ten feet. Fortunately, no pedestrian was behind the car, but if they had been, they would have been injured or worse. Called kia, they say there is no recall on this sensor, and it is not under warranty. From searching the internet, it appears this problem is widespread.

Filed Oct 7, 2015 · Transmission · 69,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 kia amanti. The contact stated that while driving at 10 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle jerked and failed to accelerate. The check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the ESC failed to function but the vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was then towed to a dealer who diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 69,000. Updated 1/20/16 *ss the consumer stated the tranmission failure was the same as described in the recall, but the vehicle was not included.

Filed Jan 12, 2015 · Engine, Fuel system · 93,000 miles · FL

On 6 separate occasions the vehicle has slowed down and "chugged" out of throttle power while initially driving at speeds of anywhere between 35 and 65 MPH. If the vehicle does manage to keep driving, it does so in a very jerky way, almost like someone who does not know how to drive stick. I've found that the only way around this jerking is to drive the vehicle in sport-shift mode in a lower gear so that the rpms stay above 3000. Sometimes the vehicle is entirely unresponsive when the gas pedal is pressed, which (multiple times) nearly put me in a severe car accident on busy I-95 in both florida and philadelphia, pa. The check engine light has only ever remained on once, giving an error code p1614: "enhanced traction system engine control module malfunction." in the past, turning the ignition off and back on immediately has fixed the issue twice. Other times the vehicle needed to remain off for an extended period of time before the problem would clear up. The check engine light came on only 2 of the 6 times the problem has occurred. The first time it came on, it did not remain on although the problem persisted. Currently, the check engine light remains on although the vehicle has been running smoothly since the most recent occurrence of this issue which happened on january 8, 2015. I do believe the problem may be linked to the fuel injectors. I find that adding fuel system cleaner to a full tank of gas every other week helps me avoid having this problem.

Filed Oct 8, 2013 · Electrical, Fuel system · 91,575 miles · WA

I absolutely love this car. However, I am afraid to drive it most of the time do to intermittent problems with acceleration. At times, when I step down on the gas nothing happens, then all of a sudden the car takes off like a rabbit. On a trip to south dakota, after using the blinker to change lanes, the blinkers went crazy, both on at the same time, then from one side to the other, I couldn't get them to stop and the ESC light was flashing. I pulled over and shut the car off and back on and all was good ,for a few more miles anyway. I had to do this several times on my way home. This was scary as I was 1500 miles from home. Haven't had that issue since and that was 4 months ago (no engine light for codes at this point). Now, all of a sudden the car is running like crap. Engine light finally came on and the code is stating misfire in #3 spark plug. The car is running very poorly, undriveable. I have had nothing but issues with this car since I bought it a year ago. I have read changing the throttle positioning sensor and updating the computer software may be what's wrong. However, trying to convince kia to do this is another ball game. There is also a high priority recall on the stop lamp switch, recall #sc077. Also see technical service bulletin #kt2007030801. There are numerous complaints about the acceleration issue, some involving accidents. Why wont kia acknowledge this and offer a recall on the tps and a reflash on the computer??? All we get is the run-a-round and the shop not hearing of such a thing. Really???? Come on!!!!!