I inherited my parents' 2003 Kia Spectra. I was driving it on the freeway when all of a sudden the right rear tire froze up causing me to have to pull over to the small shoulder in the inside lane. I immediately put on my hazards as I was still halfway in the lane. I turned the car off then back on again. I was then able to continue on to my destination. When I got into the car again to go home, it seemed to run fine. Then when almost home it did it again. I was luckily close to a Les Schwab who said it was my brake lining, which had broken in half. They said that it has been happening to 2003 to 2005 Kia's, they had three just last week. I have heard of no recall for this problem, but something needs to be done about this before someone is killed. I have to have them repaired, which cost me $270.
Consumer Complaints & Reviews
It has defective brakes. I had brakes fixed numerous times.
I have a 2005 Kia Spectra, which I bought at the end of 2005/beginning of 2006. The car has very little mileage. The brakes have always been a problem. I almost got into an accident the other day, because the car wouldn't stop. Even the emergency brake failed. The car has had the entire brake system redone, both the front brakes and rear brakes. It is a continuous problem. Unfortunately, there are no after-market brakes to replace them, or I would upgrade them in a nanosecond.
It is a continuous problem, and as soon as I have enough money, I am going to replace the car. It is very disappointing, because the car does not have a lot of mileage, and the brakes should not have failed so soon! I hit the front right of a column when parking, because the car wouldn't stop. I was crawling (maybe 1-2 mph). The damage is slight, but it should not have happened. There have been a couple of other near misses, because the car wouldn't stop. Fortunately, I am a very careful driver.
i have a 1997 kia shphia ls with over 100k mils and just now have to replace the brakes never had problems with this car and love it best i ever hade!!!
The brake rotors of the 2007 Kia Sorento we bought about 10 months ago are failing (only 22,000 miles). Everytime we press the brakes, the wheel shakes (type of shimming).
It turns out that the "bumper-to-bumper" warranty does not cover this, as the dealer claims it is "normal wear and tear". We have had at least 6 cars within the last 10 years, and none of them has shown this type of "wear and tear" at such an early stage.
i have a brand new amanti, with several rattles,stiff & rough ride from the back of car, and what feels like warped brake rotors. this vehicle has been in repeatedly for problems above, and still waiting on a loaner car so they can attempt, yet again, to fix problems.
'fixed' problems came back. i am thinking, if this last repair does not solve problems, i will contact the virginia state lemon law, as they are quite helpful
I have a 2003 Kia Sedona and have nothing but trouble with it, especially the brakes. The brakes constantly need replaced. There are several issues with the antilock brakes. If you have you foot on the brake to stop and you hit a pothole, the antilock brakes kick in and release the brakes so if you were stopping quickly, you more than likely will hit the person in front of you if there happens to be a pothole.
Just two days ago I was driving down an icy hill and had no traction so the antilock brakes kicked in which I would expect. The entire way down the hill the antilock brakes were pumping but I was able to steer the car straight until the car decided to quit. It actually turned off. If was like it was tired of pumping the brakes. I had no steering, no brakes, nothing. Of course the car went into a slide and I was unable to stop it as I slid into the guide rail. Once the car came to a stop, I put it in park and started it back up. It ran fine afterwards. This could have had a much worse outcome than it did. I will never, ever buy another Kia nor recommend it to anyone. I have already steered three people away from the Kias.
the brakes have gone out and the master cylinder and brake pads have been replaced numerous times.its cost me a great deal of money and put my family in danger.
thank god i saved all my recipts.
My husband bought me a brand new Kia 2006 sorento. Couple of days later noticed the brakes were really noisy and sounded bad as if they needed replacement. My front and back light went out so i had to buy the light bulbs which were very expensive $40.00 each and i kept having to replace them every other month. I later found out that my husband couldn't open it we took it to our mechanic he said u need special tools for this car we had to pay him plus kia price to replace is ridicuolus $45.up.
My temparature doesnt work and my inside light went out a month later. in 2008 my car started to shake violently in the rear. My husband said sounds like the differential.Called 24 hr. roadside they picked up the car adrian the mechanic supervisor was no help he called told me to pick up the car no problems were found. I couldnt believe it.
Well, im still driving the car under these horrific circumstances. Well couple months went by it gets worse I almost got into a bad accident last night i have two small children in the car screaming and crying. Kia could have killed my family. I called kia 24 hr. they picked up the car the 3rd they told me no problem was found finally after begging them to test drive it again. Adrian comes back in a who cares attitude 'yeah well its the differential HA! after all that they finally found the problem that was there all along! I'm just thankful we were never hurt seriously in that car. That was the main reason we bought the car to be safe, economical and free of problems and financially burden free it was the BIGGEST MISTAKE!!! I will nver buy anything from them i will tell the tale to anyone who listen's stay away.
05 Kia Sedona Our van has just over 22K miles and we are now going in for the 4th repair for warped brakes. The brakes were replaced under warranty 2 times and the last time we had to pay for the repair. These rotors are the same that are used on the smaller (lighter) cars and they never thought about upgrading them when they built the heavies mini-van on the market.
Brakes are defective. We have been told by the dealer to simply budget for replacing the brakes and even though the manual says we can pull a trailer, NEVER do that. The brakes simply cannot handle the extra weight. We know other families in our area and we are all filing a lemon law suit. This is ridiculous. Feel free to contact me wiht similar problems or concerns.
I purchased my brand new 2005 Kia Sedona Nov. 24, 2005 and during this first year I have had nothing but problems with the brake system and rotors. I have 26, 000 miles on it now and have had it in the shop at least 3 times for brakes and rotors turned. The van still shakes so bad it scars me when I have to brake but they told me this last time that I would have to pay for the rotors to be turned again because the warrenty on the brake system was expired. Something is definitely wrong with these Kia's for all the brake and rotors to be going out like they do in such a short time frame.
I have bought brand new and used cars and have NEVER had to replace or turn rotors. I want to look into the lemon law because this is just wrong. The mechanic said that it is just because of the weight of the vehicle that causes the rotors to go bad, well then they should equip the vehicle with the proper rotors to handle the weight, that's not the customers problem that's the Corporation's problem.
Bought a brand new 2005 Kia Sedona and the brake rotors warped at (wouldn't you know it) 12,000 miles. Obviously a factory defect, but Kia won't honor anything brake-related after 12k. Also, the white writing on my stereo and cruise control buttons is flaking off.
I have bought a Kia Spectra 2003 and have been driving, not the KIA, for 3 years -- never had one problem driving no bad record at all. As I started to work I was driving down this residential area, I was going around 40-45mph and was going down this slight curve. As I applied the brakes to slow down a bit, the wheels locked and the car started to skid unto the wrong side of the road, as I started to correct myself the car fishtailed and I ran into a wall. I was uninjured but my car is a wreck.
Since my purchase of a used 1998 Kia Sephia in 2000, my car has been back to the dealership's service shop more than 12 times for major repair. The brakes continuously go out on this car and Kia has now refused to repair them without charge although they know the brakes on this model are defective.
It took more than 5 trips to the service shop the year I bought my car and a call to the general manager and the threat of the lemon law before they would replace my warranty-covered fuel pump; and now my car is right back in the shop for the third time this week for a serious stalling and jerking problem. I have gotten the general manager involved again, but they have already charged me over $700.00 for the first two times my car was in the shop this week and the work they've done has not even addressed the stalling problem. They keep charging me for "repairs" without repairing the car! I feel very unsafe in this vehicle and wish they would buy it back from me or HONOR THEIR WARRANTY and repair the engine once and for all.
I had to have the car towed to the dealership twice in two days because they kept telling me it was repaired and sending me home with a broken car. My car stalled out in traffic two days in a row AFTER having been in the shop and I had to complete my trip home at 5 mph with the hazards on. I was left stranded twice and the brakes keep going out if I do not constantly sink money in them to repair them every few months. I have been without my car now for a week and have to pay for rides to work and home because Kia refuses to give me a loaner vehicle or to pay for the tow trucks.
