2004 Kia Sedona Brakes Problems

I HAVE BEEN GOING TO KIA FOR YEARS COMPLAINING OF A STRANGE INTERMITTENT GROANING SOUND COMING FROM THE BRAKES AT LOW SPEED STOPS. IT WOULD NEVER MAKE NOISE AT THE DEALER AND WOULD ONLY MAKE THE NOISE SOMETIMES. NEVER FOR THE SAME REASON. IT WAS VERY RANDOM. THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING FOR SEVERAL HOURS ( CITY TRAFFIC) WHERE I BEGAN TO HEAR THE SOUND. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR SO I SMELLED RUBBER OR TAR. THOUGHT IT WAS FROM THE STREET REPAVING BUT WHEN WE PASSED THE CONSTRUCTION I COULD STILL SMELL IT. THE CAR BEGAN TO DRIVE AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. AFTER ABOUT 2 MILES AT SLOW SPEED I PULLED OVER AND SAW STEAM. I LIFTED HOOD WHERE IT APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION. I CONTINUED 10 MPH OR LESS TO GET CLOSER TO HOME AND OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. ABOUT A MILE OR 2 LATER I COULD HARDLY DRIVE EVEN AT SLOW SPEED. I PULLED OVER TO STOP AND AS I GOT OUT THE FRONT PASSENGER BRAKES WERE ON FIRE AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE BRAKES WERE SMOKING. THE FRONT BRAKES WERE NEW AND THE BAKE ONES STILL HAD PLEA TOY OF LIFE. I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING FOR YEARS AND KEEP GETTING TOLD THERE IS NO PROBLEM. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. *TR

ABS MODULE IS DEAD. *TR

IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR WE HAD THE SIXTH VISIT TO THE KIA DEALER IN REFERENCE TO BRAKES PULSATING WHILE COMMING TO A STOP AT ABOUT40 MPH IN THE PAST THE RESURFACE THE ROTORS AND ADJUST HE BREAKES AT ONE TIME THEY REPLACE THE ROTORS STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IF FEELS LIKE THE CALIPER ARE STUCK AND MAKE A RUBBING SOUND AND THE CALIPERS START TO WORP AND TO VIBRATE MORE AND MORE , THE DEALER ACCUSE MY WIFE OF HEAVY FOOT SHE TRAVELS 15 MILES TO WORK EVERY DAY WITH NOT MUCH STOPPING , WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO GO BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT THE PROBLEM THE LAST TIME WE WENT THEY REPLACE THE BRAKE SHOES . WE DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THIS VAN HAS BRAKE PROBLEMS SQUEAKING AND WEARING OUT PADS WAY TOO FAST. I WAS TOLD NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM BUT WHEN TAKING IT TO A BRAKE SHOP I WAS TOLD THE CALIPERS ARE BAD, KIA HAS NOT FIXED THEM AND DENIES THAT THEY'RE BAD. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I WAS TOLD THAT A SPARK PLUG HAD MISFIRED, THAT WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY AND THEN ANOTHER SPARK PLUG MISFIRED AND WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. THE OIL LEVEL WAS GETTING LOW BUT I HAD NO LEAK AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE OIL FILTER WAS SIMPLY LOOSE SO THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT. I ASKED IF I SHOULD BRING THE VAN BACK IN A WEEK TO HAVE THE OIL LEVEL CHECKED AND WE WERE ASSURED THERE WAS NO LEAK. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THE OIL LIGHT FLICKERED, DID NOT STAY ILLUMINATED, SO WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY, AS THE OWNERS MANUAL AND THE MECHANIC HAD STATED. THEN WE'RE TOLD THAT THERE'S SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND THAT IT WILL BE 2,000 DOLLARS TO TAKE IT APART AND CHECK THE DAMAGE THAT WE CAUSED FROM CONTINUING TO DRIVE IT. THEY NEVER TOLD US THERE WAS ANY REASON TO NOT DRIVE IT NOR DID THEY MENTION SLUDGE PREVIOUSLY. THE VAN WILL BE TOWED BACK TO KIA TOMORROW. *TR

5/05 NOTICED HUMMING ON OCCASION FROM REAR WHEELS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 6/30/05 RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE THAT REAR HUB ASSEMBLY/OR BEARINGS MAY NEED REPLACING. 7/05 BROUGHT CAR TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIR, DEALER ORDERED PART 8/12/15 PART IN TO DEALER, BEARING SCORED AND REPLACED BOTH OUTER WHEEL BEARINGS NOTICED LOUD HUMMING NOISE WORSE SINCE RECALL REPAIR 8/30/05 BOTH REAR HUB ASSEMBLIES NEEDING REPLACEMENT 3/22/06 AT 22,000 MILES BOTH ROTORS AND BRAKE DRUMS WARPED AND NEED REPLACING AT OWNERS EXPENSE 8/29/06 VIBRATION COMING FROM REAR OF VAN, TIRES ROTATED AND REBALANCED, VIBRATION STILL NOTED IN REAR END 8/31/06 AC COMPRESSOR AND RADIO BRAKES BOTH REPLACED 9/29/06 RADIO BREAKS AGAIN AND IS REPLACED 11/1/06 UNABLE TO REMOVE KEY FROM ENGINE, SHIFT LOCK CABLE BINDING 11/9/06 LOUD HUMMING NOISE AGAIN NOTED IN REAR OF CAR, REAR VALVE REPLACED 11/29/06 LOUD HUMMING NOISE CONTINUES REAR HUB ASSEMBLY FOUND TO BE COMING APART, RIGHT REAR HUB ASSEMBLY REPLACED, VIBRATION IN REAR CONTINUES 1/4/07 LOW SCREECHING SOUND INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES SINCE REPLACING REAR HUB ASSEMBLY, BOLTS IN REAR DRUMS FOUND TO BE MISSING , BRAKE PAD TOO TIGHT READJUSTED. *JB

AT 18000 MI. VAN SHOOK WHILE BRAKING. DEALER CUT ROTORS AND REPLACED BRAKE PADS. AT 20000 MI. VAN SHOOK AGAIN BROUGHT VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER, DEALER REPLACED ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. AT 33000 MI PROBLEM STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN. *NM

WE RECENTLY HAD TO HAVE BRAKES REDONE ON OUR KIA SEDONA WITH ONLY 25,000 MILES. WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS ONLY 5 PERCENT BRAKING LEFT. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE VIBRATIONS WE OBSERVED UPON BRAKING. WE WERE TOLD BY THE KIA SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS VERY HEAVY IN FRONT AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE EXTREME BRAKE FAILURE. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES ON A SEDONA WITH ONLY 13,000 MILES. THE SERVICE MANAGER ALSO SAID THE BRAKE WEAR WAS DUE TO DRIVING HABITS. AS A COMPARISON, WE HAVE A FORD WINDSTAR, 1995 MODEL, WITH ABOUT 140,000 MILES AND IT HAD TO HAVE ONLY ONE BRAKE JOB. ANOTHER VEHICLE IN OUR POSSESSION, A NISSAN FRONTIER WITH OVER 80,000 MILES HAS NOT HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKES REDONE. I FEEL THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH KIA SEDONA AND CAN LEAD TO A SAFETY ISSUE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE THE BRAKES MADE A GRINDING NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PRODUCE A HUMMING NOISE AND IT GRADUALLY GOT LOUDER UNTIL THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND TIRE CAME OUT OF THE 2004 KIA SEDONA. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE CONTACT HEARS A GRINDING, SQUEALING, AND SQUEAKING SOUND. THE FAILURE IS HEARD WHEN TWO OR MORE PEOPLE ARE IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER A DOZEN TIMES CONCERNING THIS AND, ON SIX OF THOSE OCCASIONS, THE SOUNDS COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE BRAKING SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE; ONCE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE AND ONCE AT THE DEALER'S EXPENSE. THE SOUNDS CEASED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AND THEN RESUMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,891 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. UPDATED 12/31/07 *BF THE FUEL TANK PRESSURE SENSOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING. DIFFERENT PARTS WITHIN THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS REPLACED; SUCH AS THE DRUMS AND REAR BRAKE SHOES UPDATED

BEFORE 10,000 MILES, THE FRONT WOULD VIBRATE WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR GOING DOWN STEEP HILLS. I HAD THE ROTORS TURNED BECAUSE THEY WERE WARPED. WITHIN 3 MONTHS, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS. WITHIN 3 MONTHS IT DID IT AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS AGAIN. I ALSO REPLACED THE BRAKES OUT OF MY POCKET. IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER 3 MONTHS AND IT IS STARTING AGAIN. AT A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND BRAKE INSPECTION, FIRESTONE SAYS THE ROTORS ARE WARPED AND MY BRAKE PADS ARE DOWN TO 25%. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD AND HAS LESS THAN 30,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD 3 DIFFERENT SETS OF ROTORS PUT ON THIS VEHICLE. *JB

2004 SEDONA BRAKES MAKE A MOANING AND GRINDING NOISE. BRAKES WERE REPLACED AND NOISE STILL PERSIST. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED THE SLIDING DOOR WAS HARD TO CLOSE AT TIMES. *JB

2004 KIA BRAKES SQUEAL AND GRIND, BRAKES WERE REPLACED. *TS THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND EACH TIME THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. *JB

NONE. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT BRAKE PROBLEM FOUR MONTHS AFTER SHE BOUGHT THE CAR. THE CAR STARTED TO SHIMMY. AFTER SHE HAD THE CAR TEN MONTHS WITH 7,174 MILES ON IT SHE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, AND THE DEALER CHANGED THE ROTORS AND THEN THE DRUMS. ABOUT TWO MONTH LATER WHEN THE CAR HAD 8,317 MILES ON IT THE VEHICLE STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONTACT THEY COULD NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. SHE BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW IN MAY-2004. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA. EVER SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HAS HEARD A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH. SHE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY FAILURES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT SOUNDS AS IF SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE REAR BRAKING SYSTEM AND IS CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

WE PURCHASED A 2004 KIA SEDONA IN JULY OF THAT YEAR, AND WHEN WE HAD 33,000 MILES ON IT , IT WAS ON ITS THIRD SET OF FRONT BRAKE PADS AND SECOND SET OF ROTORS, THE DEALER NEVER ONCE TOLD US THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE KIA BRAKE SYSTEM, AND I CALLED KIA AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY BIG PROBLEM WITH THEM, AT THAT POINT I TOLD THE KIA REPRESENTATIVE THAT I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER KIA, AND I WENT AND TRADED MY 2004 SEDONA FOR A CHEVROLET,AND NEVER WILL OWN A KIA AGAIN. *TR

I, LIKE OTHERS ON THIS SITE, HAVE TAKEN MY KIA TO THE DEALER FOR BRAKES ISSUES. GRINDING AND STUTTERING WHILE BRAKING. KIA HAS "CORRECTED" THE PROBLEM THREE TIMES, AND ALL THREE TIMES HAVE TOLD ME IT WAS RESOLVED. THE FOURTH TIME I WAS TOLD IT WAS NO LONGER A "PROBLEM" THAT IT WAS INDICATIVE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM! MY SERVICE MANAGER AT THE KIA DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT KIA IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM , BUT CHOOSES TO IGNORE IT, AND THAT HE HAS HAD QUITE A FEW CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE OUR PURCHASE OF THE CAR IN FEB 2004. *TR

DT: IN JUNE 2005 THE BRAKES MADE A HUMMING NOISE FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS. THEY HAVE NOT CAUSED ANY PROBLEMS WITH STOPPING OR ANY SAFETY HAZARD PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME, BUT THE OWNER WAS UPSET BECAUSE THE CAR WAS IN THE REPAIR SHOP FIVE TIMES SINCE JUNE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE PROBLEM COULD BE CAUSED BY DIRTY BRAKES. BUT AFTER CLEANING THE BRAKES THE NOISE WAS STILL THERE. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT KNOW WHY THE BRAKES WERE MAKING NOISE. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM KIA WHO DROVE THE CAR AND HEARD THE NOISE. HE SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY DIRTY BRAKES. KIA WILL NOT DO ANYTHING FURTHER THAN REPLACE THE BRAKES AGAIN.*AK

KIA SEDONA REAR OUTER BEARINGS AND/OR HUB ASSEMBLY NEEDING REPLACED. *TS WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP, SHE INFORMED THE REPRESENTATIVE THE LEFT REAR SEAT WOULD NOT COME OUT AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON. WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT TO PICK UP THE VAN AND AFTER GOING OVER THE PAPERWORK, SHE NOTICED ONLY THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS FIXED AND EVERYTHING ELSE THE PARTS WERE ON ORDER. AFTER GETTING ANOTHER APPOINTMENT, THE CONSUMER THEN TOLD THE DEALER SHE WAS EXPERIENCING A PULSATION WHEN IN THE BRAKES. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THE BRAKES WERE NOT A PART OF THE WARRANTY, HOWEVER THEY WOULD TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ROTORS, BUT THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BRAKE PADS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PULSATION PROBLEM HAD NEVER BEEN FIXED. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD NOW THE REAR BRAKES WERE PULSATING. *JB