1997 Kia Sportage SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

ABS AND PARKING BRAKE DASH LIGHTS CAME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. MECHANIC SAID THAT LOW FLUID IN MASTER CYLINDER CAUSED THE LIGHTS AND THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD A LEAK AND NEEDED REPLACED. ALSO STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS YEAR VEHICLE. COULD HAVE LOST ALL BRAKING CAPABILITY IF CAR WAS CONTINUED DRIVEN WITH THE LIGHTS ON CAUSE FLUID LEVELS WOULD DROP.*AK

CONSUMER STATES TOOK VEHICLE FOR SERVICES AND THE TECHNICIAN FOUND THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS LEAKING ALSO FOUND PASSENGER BRAKE LINE WAS LEAKING. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

WHILE DRIVING WOULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL AND EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES DUE TO REAR CYLINDERS.*AK

THE PADS A ROTORS ON THIS CAR HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES. THE ABS SYSTEM LIGHTS WILL COME ON WHEN THE BRAKES BECOME VERY BAD. THE FIRST START TO SQUEK THEN SQUEL THEN SMELL AND THEN GRIND AND THE ABS LIGHTS COME ON. I HAVE FOUND MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND AT THIS TIME WE ARE ALL TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE TO HELP! THIS IS ONLY ONE OF NEMOUROUS PROBLEMS THIS CAR HAS, BUT THIS IS THE ONE THAT SCARES ME. I AM WORRIED FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND MYSELF. PLEASE HELP AS WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF PLACES TO TURN. *AK

THE FRONT CALIPER EATS UP THE DISC. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE DISC 3 TIMES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPLIED BRAKES AND HEARD NOISE, LIKE GRINDING METAL TO METAL NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. *AK

CARS HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF SHOP SINCE BEING PURCHEST WITH BRAKE PROBLEMS, INSUFFICIENT BRAKING. VEHICLE DID NOT STOP IN TIME, AND REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

TOOK TO ORIGINAL DEALER 6 TIMES AND TO ANOTHER DEALER 1 TIME --- ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON --ORIGINAL DEALER HAS CLOSED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS LOUD NOISE, AND VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

BRAKE FAILURE.

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES IN A PANIC STOP THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK