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2009 KIA AMANTI — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

crash · 1869097 · 2023-01-29

Vehicle

Make
KIA
Model
AMANTI
Year
2009
Manufacturer
Kia America, Inc.
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

When pulling into a parking spot and with my foot on the break, the car suddenly accelerated. The car did not react to my breaking. The car kept moving forward over a sidewalk, over the curb on the street, into the back end of a pickup parked on the road I was facing, and started heading across the street toward another parked truck. Luckily there was no one on the sidewalk, no one was hurt. This has not happened before or since. No warning signs. When I took the car in to get an alternator replaced, the initial shop said they could not fix it bacause of codes that came up concerning the electrical system. I then had the car towed to a Kia dealer. They fixed the alternator but never mentioned the other codes. Suspecious.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11504280
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown