Parking Brake Related Problems of the 1999 Kia Motor Sephia

Table 1 shows three common parking brake related problems of the 1999 Kia Motor Sephia. The number one most common problem is related to the parking brake linkage and cable (three problems). The second most common problem is related to the conventional parking brake (two problems).

Table 1. Parking Brake related problems of Kia Motor Sephia


Recently reported Parking Brake problems of the 1999 Kia Motor Sephia

The Parking Brake Linkage And Cable problem

Emergency brake does not work well. As a result the vehicle sometimes rolls when the emergency brake was engaged. Emergency cable was replaced but vehicle still experience the same failure.   Read details...

The Conventional Parking Brake problem

Engine was replaced at 3062 brakes have been checked by a kia rep and I was told "breaks are not ment to stop the car only slow it down "   Read details...

The Parking Brake problem

The parking brake does not hold when the engine is off only with transmission in first or reverse, the emergency brake info was misleading in the owners manual, the consumer believes the brake cable is not strong enough, the parking brake has been adjusted several times, on one occasion the brake   Read details...


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