2006 Kia Amanti problems
Owners have filed 61 complaints with NHTSA about the 2006 Kia Amanti. Cruise control is the most reported problem area, at 18% of complaints. After that come transmission (15%) and fuel system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 61 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cruise control 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 26,000 miles 54 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 22 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 54 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 26,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 8 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 81% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Kia Amanti with enough data (41 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
When parking and trying to put the car in reverse our 2006 amanti kia lurched forward and accelerated down the street. I was the passenger and had unbuckled my seat belt in preparation of getting out of the car. Seeing that I was not belted in, I leaned over and saw that my husband had his foot on the brakes and not on the accelerator. The brakes did not engage, nor could the car gear down. The car kept accelerating faster and faster.
Smelled plastic like smoke inside vehicle, rolled down window , vehicle accelerated with foot on brake pressing as hard as possible, accelerator pedal went down. Car continued to accelerate until striking a tree and rolling over.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 kia amanti. While driving 75 MPH, the throttle body stuck, shut everything down and also caused the pedal to stick. The traction control and the electronic stability is not working. The fly by wire system is all electronic, there is no actual cable that goes from the gas pedal to the throttle body. The dealer duplicated the failure and stated that they were able to correct the problem with the throttle body sticking; however, the failure continued to occur.
Passenger right front marker light goes out -rear running lights go out- dash board light goes out, all involve an ever- blowing 10 amp fuse that kia, after 4 years and three "experts" can't seem to solve and repair.