2006 Kia Amanti Transmission and drivetrain Problems
- Complaints
- 13about this part
- Share
- 28%of 47 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 10,000miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 13 complaints about the transmission and drivetrain of the 2006 Kia Amanti, 28% of the 47 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 10,000 miles. 3 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Car would not pick up speed as we were leaving from a complete stop took car in 2008 and found the ignition sensor was bad, it was replace car ran good, 2012 car starting with slow speed at acceleration, changed spark plugs, throttle sensor, 2 ignition sensor. Nothing helped. Took car to dealer, Kia kept car for 3 days and could not find the trouble. Kia dealer called and notified me it was best to trade in car because it was not worth fixing. …”
NHTSA complaint #10552437, filed 2013-11, 10,000 miles“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. …”
NHTSA complaint #10348819, filed 2010-08, 20,000 miles“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. …”
NHTSA complaint #10349361, filed 2010-08, 20,000 miles“Bought 2006 Kia Amanti with 6500+ miles driven by deakler manager experienced sudden acceleration upon initial start up two or three times when car seemed to continue ok after a couple of sudden sudden jumps (this when I first tapped accelerator then stoppedc doing this. This has since happened many times not all the time.to date it has happened 9 0r 10 times. On two occasions car would not shift into neutral but surged at a traffic light dispite my efforts to stop car. …”
NHTSA complaint #10213489, filed 2008-01, 6,500 miles“2006 Kia Amanti speed control problem at minimal throttle the car would lurch or move very slow and then would buck mostly in cold weather. Never know when this will happen. Started at 4900 miles and still having problem at 94000. Dealer never can recreate problem. We have had the car in many times and its in today still no fix. I believe this car will get us killed. If you pull out in traffic and it only goes 10 miles an hour guess what's going to happen. Does anyone care NHTSA or Kia. I think not!”
NHTSA complaint #10297215, filed 2009-12, 4,900 milesRelated service bulletins
- 10091489Dec 6, 2013Tsb: automatic transmission fluid application guide - this bulletin provides information relating to the correct automatic transmission fluids that are required for each kia…
- 10021561Jan 1, 2007Automatic transmission adaptive value reset/relearn.
Transmission and drivetrain: other model years
Other parts of the 2006 Kia Amanti
11 complaintsFuel system
6 complaintsAir bags
5 complaintsElectrical system
5 complaintsSuspension
3 complaintsElectronic stability control
2 complaintsEngine
2 complaintsEngine cooling
2 complaintsEquipment
2 complaintsExterior lighting
2 complaintsOther or unknown
2 complaintsSeats
2 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2006 Kia Amanti
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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