Service Brakes Problems of Kia Motor Borrego

Something within the brake system is causing my shifter to not communicate with the brakes and will not allow my car to go into reverse or park. It stays stuck on drive or neutral. The only thing I can do is shut the car off and can’t do much except for move around the key until I can put the car into park. Then that is hot and starts making under the hood hot. Then the check engine light will go on and off. It is also making a leak of brake fluid somewhere which is making the brakes go to the floor and making it dangerous when trying to stop the vehicle.

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The contact owns a 2009 kia Borrego ex. The contact stated that upon purchasing the vehicle, while driving into her driveway, the vehicle inadvertently applied the brakes, bringing it to a sudden stop. As a result, the contact stated that her friend, who had been following her, collided with the rear of the vehicle. No air bags were deployed. No warning lights were illuminated on the instrument panel. No police report was filed. No injuries were reported. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 172,534.

After recall for brake light switch was performed at dealership on 7-12-2022 brake light switch sticks causing brake lights to be illuminated randomly. Brake lights stay lit after being parked and may also be lit during operation. This may cause a safety issue if following drivers cannot determine when brakes are applied. Dealership has not rectified this problem. Problem never existed before the recall was performed.

I was driving in traffic with stop light coming up hit my brakes to slow down because of cars in front of me, I had no brakes/ no warning lights on dash. I pumped my brakes and was able to stop before hitting car in front of me. Local shop said master cylinder so I took it to local shop that repairs my car the last few years, they replaced kia master cylinder, still no brake, replaced kia brake booster, still no brakes, sent master cylinder back and reordered another new kia one it was put on and no brakes, had it towed to shop in charlotte nc , no codes reading for problem so they said it must be the module accuator assembly. No mechanic knows what's wrong with my brakes because nothing can relay to their diagnostic machines. I have spent over about 13 hundred dollars so far and there is no way to find out what's wrong other than replace the entire brake system from wheels inward to the brake assembly and up to the booster and master cylinder because the brake assembly is not relaying any codes. I could of been in a bad accident because of my brakes failing.

The driver's side seat belt unfastens while driving and the right rear and center seat belts will not fasten whether driving or sitting still. The vehicle will not propel forward fully when the gas pedal is pressed to increase speed while in motion on a highway.

On Friday, 14 November 2014 I was driving to the va hospital at great naval base, illinois in my 2009 kia Borrego when the esc light came on. At that time,l I was driving in the I-294 (highway) at the 55 miles speed with the cruise control on, suddenly the vehicle in front of me reduced the speed and when I applied the brakes to reduce the cruise control did not disengaged almost causing me to have an accident. I called the same date the kia dealer at ed napleton kia in elmhurst, IL, make an appointment and brought it in on 18 Nov 14 at 10:30 supposedly the vehicle was fixed and I was charged $320. 94 for a switch assy- brake and labor. Today, 24 November 2014 I was driving again in the same highway before mentioned and almost had another accident due to the same issue. I went to the dealer to talk to the maintenance personnel and I asked for the manager. The manager came out I explained him the situation and he send a mechanic to test drive with me the vehicle and I showed him the esc light on and explained him that the vehicle continue with the same issues that had before. He replied that first they had to change the brake switch to see if that will fixed the issue but now I must change the brake module which is $1,500 dollars the part and about $800 dollars in labor. The dealer personnel and the manager never let me that this issue was a recall and I was charged for it. In addition, the mechanical/safety issue was not fixed.

While driving at 60 miles an hour suddenly abs,vehical stability icon,break icon,engine icon,cruise control turned on and speedometer failed and showed speed of zero while I am still going at same speed of 60. Few seconds later all icons disappreared as I prepared to stop so I kept driving till destination. Once car was turned on again at destination, above icons came on, had car towed to kia dealership. Main electronic control module failed and was replaced without charge by kia. Not clear what might have casued total failure of main ecm.

The contact owns a 2009 kia Borrego. The contact stated that while driving 30 mph the rear brakes locked causing the rear end to drag and the rotors to over heat. The failure could potentially cause a fire. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a dealer but the manufacturer was notified. The manufacturer stated that there were no recalls but the repair will be covered under the warranty. The failure mileage was 11,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Kia Motor Borrego. While driving at approximately 10 mph, the contact applied the brakes but they did not engage; the failure resulted in a crash. No police report was filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop that works with the authorized dealership. The failure and current mileages were approximately 20,000.

Front rotor warped before 12,000 miles, kia dealer refused to cover it under warranty. I went to the dealer on a Saturday morning, but they said they were very busy to complete all the issues I had, a recurring vibration at 70-80, brakes vibrating and an oil change, so I rescheduled. I missed the rescheduled date and when I did finally make it in I was over 12000 miles and the dealer refused to cover the brakes. I contacted kia customer service as I also had to address the vibration between 70 -80 mph. Kia contacted the dealer to see if a goodwill repair or exchange would be done, and arrange test drive by a regional manager. The dealer service manager & regional parts manager test drove my vehicle. Can you believe they had the audacity to tell me that the vibration is inherent to the Borrego because the regional manage drives the same SUV and it has the same vibration? it so annoying, you can actually see the passenger seat vibrate. Again they refused to cover the brake repair stating nothing was wrong, even though I had a written estimate from them to cut the rotor. The next day I scheduled service to have the brake rotors resurfaced, and they did it. How do they explain resurfacing rotors that a region manger claims had no brake problem, and I had to pay to have the resurfaced. At 23800 miles, they warped again, I paid to cut them again. At 33,000 they warped again, I paid to get them replaced (kia oem). At 41,000 the rotor warped again. I took it to a different dealer, the say to put on aftermarket slotted drilled rotors. I disagree as I don't want to void any warranty.