1997 Kia Sephia

TOOK CAR INTO DEALER BECAUSE BRAKES WERE PULSING. SERVICE CONSULTANT SHOWED ME A SERVICE BULLETIN INDICATING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ORIGINAL ROTORS AND THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THEM WITH A NEWER DESIGN THAT WAS NOT SUBJECT TO HEAT WARPING. THE EXTRA COST TO ME FOR REPLACEMENT ROTORS $110 ABOVE THE COST OF REPLACING THE PADS AND CALIPHERS, WHICH INCREASED THE TOTAL COST OF THE BRAKE JOB TO $307.

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON, THE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE AND THEY STILL MADE NOISE BUT THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO, THE HINGE ON THE BACK DOOR FAILED, THE LEFT STRUT HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS TIME THE ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE CAR WAS DAMAGED THE CAR SKIPPED WHEN IN DRIVE TO REVERSE AND THE BREAKS WOULD NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. KIA NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS THESE CARS HAVE TOO MANY DEFECTS AND I'M SURE THEY HAVE MANY MOR PEOPLE JUST DON'T REPORT THEM ALL THE TIME

SEEMS LIKE EVERY 3-4 MONTHS BRAKES START TO PULSATE, 3 TIMES SO FAR, EACH TIME REPLACED, BEING TOLD THAT WRONG STYLE BEING USED, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT JUST STARTED ACTING UP FOR THE 6TH TIME, EACH TIME BEING TOLD IT IS SENSORS OR GROUND CONNECTIONS. JUST NOTICED THE CLUTCH PROBLEM OF GOING TOO LOW TO FLOOR FOR THE 6TH TIME, EACH TIME BEING TOLD SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THIS IS GETTING OLD. WENT TO OPEN DRIVERS DOOR ONE DAY AN HANDLE WOULD NOT WORK. WAS LEAKING FLUID FROM RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF VEHICLE ANOTHER TIME TO FIND IT WAS THE AXLE SEAL, WHICH WAS REPLACED 2 TIMES. GETTING READY TO TELL DEALER THEY CAN HAVE THIS CAR. FOR ONLY HAVING LESS THAN 14,000 MILES, TOO MUCH IS HAPPENING TOO OFTEN. *AK

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE NEW AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKES WEARING OUT. FIRST THEY RESURFACED MY ORIGINAL ROTORS AND PUT THEM BACK ON. THE NEXT TIME I TOOK IT IN FOR BRAKES THEY "DEGLAZED BRAKE LINING". EACH SUBSEQUENT VISIT AFTER THESE THE ROTORS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY KEEP TELLING ME THAT KIA IS WORKING ON THE PROBLEM BUT I'M NOT SEEING ANY RESULTS. MY 36000 MI BUMPER TO BOMPER WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE AND I'M AFRAID THEY'LL TRY TO START CHARGING ME FOR THESE REPAIRS. IN ACTUALITY, THE ROTORS COULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL MORE TIMES THAN THEY WERE, BUT I CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE GARAGE EVERYTIME THE BRAKES ARE BAD. I HAVE TO MISS WORK AND WAIT FOR VEHICLE TO BE WORKED ON, SO I BASICALLY DRIVE THIS CAR AROUND KNOWING THAT MY BRAKES COULD GO AT ANY TIME. I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE--NEED TO WORK. THE WAITING ROOM AT THE GARAGE HAS BEEN FULL OF PEOPLE WITH 97 SEPHIA'S WHO ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES(AND OTHER NON-SAFETY RELATED ISSUES) AS I HAVE. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE COULD TAKE THIS PROBLEM SERIOUSLY. THE USUAL MILEAGE I GET FROM NEW ROTORS BEFORE THE PEDAL "GETS SOFT" IS ABOUT 500-1000, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS WOULD BE A PROBLEM TO GET TO THE GARAGE ALL OF THE TIME. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME...MELISSA