have had same problem on my 2005 Amanti - ignored it at first because it happened so infrequently. After 2 near accidents due to pedal being pushed and getting barely any acceleration while trying to enter a 4 lane, and then losing acceleration travelling at 40 mph, engine light came on, I pulled off the road and turned the car off. Kia said I could drive the car back to work 1.5 mi, and Kia Roadside would tow it to the nearest Kia dealer (60 Mi. away) I bought the car local but dealership was bought and new owners ditched the Kia line. Diagnosis code w/ck engine light was P2127. The dealership tightened some wire harness, and cleaned some gook off something fuel related and said it was fixed. I had to pay someone to drive me an hour away to pick up the car. That was on 1/21/2008, and on 2/28/08 I took my vehicle to the brake shop - said I needed new rotors even though I have only put 15000 mi on since purchase and I'm not hard on the brakes at all. Anyway, brake tech took car out for road test, came back white as a ghost and asked if I had experienced any hesitation problems. He told me he tried to pull into traffic twice, had next to no acceleration, and then the car lurched quickly almost causing 2 accidents!! I told him it was fixed last month??? Ha! I made an appt. for rotors, got into my car to return to work, (only 1 mi down the road) and my check engine light comes on again, I lost acceleration as I rolled into my work's parking lot. Kia towed it once again - 60 miles - and the dealership called to say that the code was the same , P2127, and that they were ordering a throttle actuator. So that's where I stand right now. To be quite honest, I have become scared to death to even drive my car, not knowing when it may lose power and possible result in a terrible accident. If I didn't owe so much on the loan I would trade it in in a heartbeat. Will post back after I get my car back.
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