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Kia Amanti Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 247 owner complaints across 6 model years of the Kia Amanti (2004–2009). The most-complained-about year is 2005.

2
safety recalls, all years
247
owner complaints, all years
2007
year with most recalls
2005
year with most complaints

Pick your Kia Amanti model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2009 Kia Amanti14
2008 Kia Amanti125
2007 Kia Amanti215
2006 Kia Amanti047
2005 Kia Amanti083
2004 Kia Amanti073

What Kia Amanti owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 247 complaints with NHTSA. The 2005 model year has the most, with 83.

All Kia Amanti recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Kia Amanti, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Switch (exterior lighting)

    NHTSA 13V114000 Reported 980,377 vehicles potentially affected Kia Motors Corporation

    Kia Motors Corporation (Kia) is recalling certain model year 2007-2010 Rondo, model year 2007-2011 Sedona, Sorento and Sportage, model year 2010-2011 Soul, model year 2008-2011 Optima, model year 2010 Forte, model year 2007-2009 Amanti, and model year 2009 Borrego vehicles. Originally, in April 2013, Kia recalled 623,658 model year…

    Remedy: Kia will send an interim notification to owners in May 2013. When parts are available, owners will receive a second notification and dealers will replace the stop lamp switch, free of charge. Owners may contact Kia at…

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009

  2. Switch (exterior lighting)

    NHTSA 09V130000 Reported 139,844 vehicles potentially affected KIA MOTORS CORPORATION

    Huyndai-KIA is recalling 139,844 my 2006-2007- sedona, sportage, sorento and my rondo and amanti vehicles. The stop lamp switch in the affected vehicles may malfunction. A malfunctioning stop lamp switch may cause the brake lights to not illuminate when the brake pedal is depressed or may cause the brake lights to remain illuminated…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the stop lamp switch free of charge. The recall began on june 17, 2009. Owners may contact KIA's consumer assistance center at 1-800-333-4542.

    Model years: 2007

Other Kia models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.