Service Brakes Related Problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Optima

Table 1 shows five common service brakes related problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Optima. The number one most common problem is related to the service brakes (107 problems). The second most common problem is related to the brake light on (three problems).

Table 1. Service Brakes related problems of Kia Motor Optima


Recently reported Service Brakes problems of the 2013 Kia Motor Optima

The Service Brakes problem

Brake pedal loses pressure and disengages with brakes. Traction light, maintenance light, hybrid system warning message, check brakes message and parking brake intermittently turns on and off. I called kirby kia of ventura a few weeks ago and let them know about my issue with the car.   Read details...

The Brake Light On problem

While driving on the interstate the car began to lose power even though I had my foot on the gas pedal. Once home, after turning the car off I noticed that the brake lights were still on. Driving the next morning we paid attention to the brake light in the rear window and every time the car would   Read details...

The Brake Fluid Leak problem

Suddenly the brakes were applied to the car on the road while driving at 55 mph on a highway. If there were any cars behind me, I would have gotten rear ended, at a very high speed, potentially resulting in severe injury.   Read details...


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