2005 Kia Sportage Brakes Problems

“I was driving and the vehicle would not brake, and steered right while driving 40-50 MPH, hitting the curb and almost collided with another vehicle. Definite defect in the steering/fuel/brakes/electronicstabilitycontrol, and other minor mechanical malfunctions.”

“My ESP button stays on and including the air bag light and I've tried everything trying to turn it off as well as my engine light and my hard parking brake which keeps turning on and won't turn off while driving and it feels harder to press the gas and I lost complete control on the freeway some how but I believe its due to my ESP button, idk much about cars so this is the best way I can describe it, not many cars around on the freeway but I would've died if there was.. …”

“The contact owns a 2005 Kia Sportage. The contact stated that while driving 20 MPH, the brakes on the passenger side would engage. In order to disengage the brakes, the contact had to momentarily apply pressure to the brake pedal. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic, who stated that the esp computer needed to be updated. A diagnostic test also indicated that the vehicle was making a sharp right turn while it was parked. …”

“The contact owns a 2005 Kia Sportage. The vehicle was repaired under recall # 05v120000 (suspension:automatic stability control (asc)). The contact stated that the right rear brakes are now squealing and that the brakes should have been inspected when the repair was performed. The dealer stated that the rotor has glazed over. The purchase date was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 33,000.”

“The contact owns a 2005 Kia Sportage. The contact stated that while applying the brakes at approximately 30 MPH, there was an abnormal grinding sound. The contact inspected the brakes and discovered that the brakes were too large for the front disk brakes. The contact replaced the brakes with the appropriately size brakes and replaced the rotors. The rear brakes were not replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 89,000. ...updated 04-03-13 the consumer stated the standard brake shocs wereto large to fit. …”