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2006 Kia Amanti vehicle speed control problems

11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2006 Kia Amanti23% of all complaints for this model year.

11
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
23%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • When pushing the gas pedal after stopping for a light, engine is sluggish and will not accelerate, almost causing an accident. Had it in the repair shop several times, cleaning the accelerator position switch contacts, and various other wiring checks. The last repair replaced the computer control…

    filed Aug 13, 2016

  • Sluggish acceleration, lost power, unable to move car off road which could have caused an accident. This has happened to my family on five different occasions. This problem has been reported by many people under the repair pal web site (see below) "another person reported the "accelerator position…

    filed Mar 12, 2015

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Amanti years

YearReportsShare
2008 Amanti14%
2005 Amanti2935%
2004 Amanti1216%
Amanti vehicle speed control problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.