| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005027404 | Incident Date: Jun, 27 2005 |
| Consumer's City: NEWCASTLE | Consumer's State: ME |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Kia Motors America |
| Model Name: AMANTI | Model Year: 2004 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: KNALD124245 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 05 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 27 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: In december of last year i purchased from charlies kia (augusta) a 2004 kia "amanti". it was winter and one doesn't think too much of a car doing odd things in the cold. i did notice as spring came on that the car sometimes accelerated very quickly (abruptly) - especially during the warm-up period. the throttle i'm told is electronically governed. i've attempted to complain to kia and to the service department at charlies. charlies informs me that the car is normal. i make it a point to tell anyone driving my car about this situation (fast acceleration with _extremely _little hrottle pressure). all those that have driven the car do remark (some quite negatively). in short, i believe the throttle drive train to be hazardous on this vehicle and i don't know who or where to turn for assistance in resolving this matter. investigation on the web (www) reveals remarks about this problem, as well. i am prompted to write this to you as i once again bolted into traffic (carrying two passengers). no one was injured! very scary, however. |
