Table 1 shows two common engine and engine cooling related problems of the 2008 Kia Motor Amanti.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Check Engine Light On problems | |
| Engine And Engine Cooling problems |
At 65 mph on a busy freeway -without any warning, engine died to idle speed and no power. Try crossing 3 lanes of fast traffic with no power and rapid deceleration ! fortunately no impacts but some terrible near misses. The check engine light illuminated . The code was p2135 -throttle position switch failed. That caused p2106 &p1295 "limp home mode"-which should be changed to " killed in action(kia) while limping mode". If you check the internet, this is a well known problem across a range of kia and Hyundai vehicles. There are TSB's for it. Just search "2135 kia" or p2135 Hyundai". The retail price for the TSB repair is only $165. It requires replacing the defective tps and a reflash of the ecm. It is free under warranty. Why not make this a recall? the defect is widespread,easy and cheap to repair and potentially deadly -why not a recall? dealer was excellent . Fixed the problem -they were very familiar with the issue.
This is the 2nd time for the same issue (mileage 17900) -previous issue was July 2012. Driving down the interstate-car suddenly looses power down to idle only speed. Fortunately, then & today no tractor trailers ran over top of the car. Could mange to get to the side of the road and out of the way. Kia is obviously not fixing this position sensor/computer problem. Driving the car in limp mode to a garage is extremely dangerous as must get up to 25mph then use the cruise control-in traffic it is off & on. Start & stop. Be forewarned you should force kia to fix this problem before someone gets killed. I await your response. I see someone else has put in a complaint-I wonder how many others have experienced this problem and have not complained. (like my first experience).