2007 Kia Spectra Brakes Problems

“My car was parked, in my driveway, and had ran fine the day before. I went out and started the car but could not get the car out of park and into reverse. I was unable to even roll the car a little by pushing it, which indicates the car was stuck in park with force. I had my neighbor come over and he managed to, with a ton of pressure, put the car in reverse. Seems to not be as hard on a flat surface but my driveway has a slant to it. Put car back in driveway and tried to leave a couple hours later and same issue. I had to purchase aaa and have somebody come out to pull out of park. …”

“In mid-sept10 I experienced 2 brake failures on my 2007 Kia Spectra ex. Each time after driving approx 800 miles to & from northern ca. Brakes failed to engage when exiting off of ca99 to ca4 (angels camp). Was able to steer car to far right shoulder where emergency brake was deployed. Thereby not hitting car in front of me. After 5 minutes was able to continue remainder of trip (40miles). Next morning took car to local Kia dealership, they kept the car 2days/insisted that I call a report into Kia consumer affairs; which did. …”

“I am very shocked that the highway traffic and safety administration noticed a problem with the 2006 sportage stop light brake switch but has not taken Kia to task for producing faulty stop light brake switches in all its models/years. I've had to replace stop-light brake switches in 2005 and 2007 Kia Spectra's multiple times. The brake lights stay on after releasing the brake pedal or the light does not go on at all upon applying the brakes.. It would appear that china, a country importing Kia models, was quicker to react to recalls than you guys are. …”

“I was approx. 6 car lengths from car in front of me, when I hit the brakes to slow down, nothing happened. I continued to hit the brakes , forcing them to the floor and still nothing. First instinct was to veer to the right to avoid hitting the car but my steering had a mind of its own, it would not let me turn or stop. My steering wheel air bag did deploy causing damage to my wrist and arm. But the scary feeling of trying to stop with no response was scary. Roads were a little wet but even then with the ABS I should not have been able to put the brake pedal to the floor with no response. …”

“2007 Kia Spectra 5 brake lights failed today (10/19/2009). Switch is the exact same one that was recalled on similar hyundai elantra cars. Since that recall does not cover Kia's, I was charged $139 for the replacement.”