Engine Misfire Due to Faulty Ignition Coil on Kia Amanti

Its not been fixed i cant afford it the key for one wouldnt turn over the the next. Thing i know my car wouldn't turn off .. Then backfire ...i am single struggling mom in this world and just too expensive.. To fix.. This many people saying the same thing i thing there a recall needed...

Talk about sticker shock!!! The Kia Amanti is designed like everyone is a millionaire. I have only owned my Kia since July of 2013. The car is really a beautiful car. Maintaining it is another story. I just took my Amanti in for a tune-up at a local repair shop and was given an estimate of $429.00 for spark plugs and new wires. After my heart started beating again I had no choice but to make an appointment for the tune-up. I used to do all of the repairs on all of my cars, but now I don't even know where to begin.. (But I'll know soon with how expensive repairs are on this car). Back to my tune-up, I took the car in and had a full inspection on the car and with 152,00 miles I expected the car needed work. I found out that the tune-up on the car wasn't the biggest issue. I needed the ignition coil replaced.. Not 1 but 3 coils at $175.00 a piece. $525.00 just for parts... Are you people serious? After the work was completed and $746.00 later, I came home and began looking up parts for the Amanti, coils, spark plugs and new wires. What I found was this engine is so complex in it's design and so expensive to repair, that I am starting Monday to look for a new car. What I found out while looking up replacement parts for my Kia Amanti is that not only does this engine have 3 ignition coils, it also has a coil on the spark plugs at the cost $165.00 and you need 6 of these coils, again, are you people serious? Back to my tune-up. I have completed thousands of tune-ups over the years on my many vehicles without any issues. I have excepted the fact that engines are built so much more efficent today and the on-board-computers makes it difficult to DIY repairs any longer and so it costs more to have the repairs completed, I get that. But who's brilliant idea was it to design and engine that has to be disassembled to change spark plugs???? That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Which is why my tune-up is going to cost $429.00 and take a minimum of 3 hours. I have been fortunate in my life for being very mechanically inclined. I have saved a lot of money by completing repairs of many things around my house and my automobiles. Unfortunately, I became disabled in 2003 and I am on a fixed income. I cannot afford to pay these types of costs for repairs on a vehicle. As a DIY mechanic since I was a teenager (I'm now 62 YO)and it seem as though all designers of automobile engines put "0" (zero) thought into the mechanics in the field. I can't afford to keep this car as it needs more repairs that I can't have completed due to the expense.

A very frustrated consumer,
Terry Counterman
tcount1969@yahoo.ccom

Engine would miss fire heavily, usually at take off. Replaced 3 front coils, which tested bad - while car is running spray with water bottle to test coils

An intermitant misfire has turned consistant. Engine dies at a stop on occaision.

Trouble light came on around 175,000 miles. Got a tune-up, replaces plugs and wires. Trouble light would come back on. Mechanic reset it several times and then cylinders 4&6 showed up failing. Looks like an ignition coil replacement is the proper repair. WOW are they expensive.