The Recall Desk

Vehicle

Kia Amanti

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V114000·2013-04-01

    Kia Recalls 980,377 Vehicles for Stop Lamp Switch Malfunction

    Kia is recalling 980,377 vehicles from 2007-2011 because a stop lamp switch malfunction may prevent brake lights from illuminating or disengaging cruise control, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    KIA — KIA SEDONA, SPORTAGE, OPTIMA, SOUL
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • AQ25001 Audit Query · engine and engine cooling:engine:hard parts internal/mechanical
  • PE19004 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery:cables
  • RQ17003 Recall Query · engine

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2005 · cruise-control 24 complaints, median 42,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

74 manufacturer service bulletins across 5 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2009: 4.5/5 · 4 complaints
  • 2008: 4.1/5 · 25 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2007: 4.1/5 · 15 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2006: 4.1/5 · 47 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2005: 3.9/5 · 83 complaints · most complained-of: cruise-control

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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