Brake Light On problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Forte

My brake peddle began to stick. I would have to tap on the brake peddle to get it to unstick. I took my car to the kia dealer near me. They told me it could be due the the brake stopper recall. They wanted to do a diagnostic test then. Which I could not afford at that time. The problem got worse. The brakes actually started engaging on their own. One time I was on the hwy and had to pull over and tap on my brakes to get them to unengage . I took my car back tp the dealer had them do the diagnostics. They told me my master cylinder needed to be replaced and brakes front and rear needed to be replaced. So I called kia corporate afyer reading the diagnostics report. I was hung up on twice! I then took my car to another place and had them do their own diagnostics. I had to come out of pocket to replace a repair the entire abs system on my car. It was due to a defect inside the master cylinder. The maater cylinder was comming apart from the inside. The peices were clogging my brake lines. Yet kia only dyood behind a warrenty not the product . I have and live on a limited income due to my physical disabilities. I bought this car in good faith that kia was a good and loyal consumer. I am still stuggling to pay for the repairs. My neighbors kept knocking o. My door one morning to tell me my lights on my car were on. I went out to check and it was in fact my brake lights. I had to tap on my brake peddle to get them to turn off. It ran my battery down. I had to call my maintenance manager for a jump start. Kia even had to nerve to charge me for a loaner car to drive while they conducted the diagnostics. I do have all reports and paper work and receipts. I was so proud of my new car. Now I am financially strapped due to this major defect that was in my 2013 master cylinder. This would happen on city streets,the hwy and parked, turned off with no one in the car.

During month of December 2017 discovered all brake lights (total of 3 bulbs) burned out. The center top brake light assembly discovered melted (self replaced with new ones). Three weeks ago, right brake light assembly and bulb both burned out and melted. I replaced the light bulb and used electrician tape to hold socket and bulb in place.

When car is really cold, the brakes when applied get stuck down. I have to physically disengage the brakes. . Even when I park my car at times the brake pedal will be down and only way I noticed is the brake lights in the back or on. . Only time this happens is when its cold outside. . Dealer took 2 times and decided not to take it any more because they advise they can't find the problem. Seems they had other years of recall and seems from this site that it is happening with this model too. . This happens mostly in the morning or late evening when temperature below 40 degrees.

The exterior lights on this vehicle need replacing every few weeks along with the cruise control not disengaging when brakes are applied and gear shift does not engage. The brake lights will light when the interior light control is in the off position but when the car is on and lights have been turned on, the brake lights do not light. When it first began happening the car was taken to earnhardt kia in phoenix and they said they could find nothing wrong with the lighting system or electrical system. In the course of three years there have been 12-15 lightbulbs replaced including a headlamp.