1999 Kia Sportage SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

KIA SPORTAGE 1999: BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP EVERY 15000 MILES, ROTORS EVERY 50,000. *JB

THERE WAS LOUD SQUEAKING AND GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR WHEEL. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH

VEHICLE IS LEAKING DUE TO MASTER CYLINDER. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

THE BRAKE ROTORS ON THE VEHICLE DECENTEGRATED AND WERE REPLACED AT 33,000 MILES. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THEIR BRAKES ARE LEAKING FLUID.*JB.

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VIBRATION WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, CAUSES EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASES FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

FRONT END BRAKES WERE ENTIRELY REPLACED, AND WITHIN 4 MONTHS BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMSTION. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AT 10000 AND 22000, AND REPLACED TWICE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES VEHICLE WENT INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL TO STOP VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. DEALERSHIP PERFORMED THE WORK, AND BRAKE ROTORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN IN JULY 2001. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

HAD TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE WHEN MECHANIC NOTICED FRONT ROTORS WERE BURNED. ROTORS HAD A LOT OF RESIDUE ON THEM. THIS WAS DUE TO BRAKES NOT BEING USED. HAD BRAKE PADS REPLACED.*AK

THE VEHICLE MAKES NOISE WHEN STARTING IN THE MORNING. FIRST, SAID IT WAS END PLAY IN THE CRANK THEN THE WATER PUMP, THEN ITS THE ALTERNATER THEN THEY REPLACE THE VALVE. AFTER ALL THIS THE CAUSE WAS THE HYDRAULICS ARE BLEEDING DOWN AND THAT WAS THE TICKING NOISE COMES AND IT WAS ON RECALL 98V-222.THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS. *YH

FRONT ROTORS FAILED. NLM

HAVE REPLACED FRONT BRAKES TWICE, ONLY HAS 20K REPLACED 1ST AT 9990. *AK

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN OF DECEMEBER 241999.ONE PERSON DIDE.BECAUSE THE KIA DID NOT STOP ON TIME.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE BRAKE SYSTEM IN THE KIA SPORTAGE.*AK

I HAVE REPLACED MY ROTORS 4 TIMES AND THEY HAVE BEEN GROUND DOWN 2 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS I HAD 2852 MILES ON MY CAR.

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL 99V222000/ANTI- LOCK BRAKES. TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS. CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE WHEELS LOCKING UP. *AK

THERE IS EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF BRAKE DUST ON THE FRONT WHEELS AND NOW THE CAR IS SQUEAKING. IT SEEMS THAT ALL THE VEHICLES I SEE OF THIS TYPE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THESE BRAKE PADS MUST BE DEFECTIVE TO WEAR OUT SO FAST. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY FACTOR DUE TO THIS MATTER.*AK

CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF OCTOBER RECALL (98V222000) OF THE SHAFT COUPLING PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE, WHEN DEALER WAS CONTACTED FOR REPAIR CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMIDATE HER UNTIL THE NEXT MONTH (3-15-00) DUE TO OTHER VEHICLES AWAITING REPAIR. NLM

THE ABS LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. *SLC

BRAKE LIGHT STAY ON. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHCILE THREE TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK