Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2009 Kia Sedona submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
An L shape plastic part broke off under the brake pedal that is causing the brake lights to remain on, intermittently, when I am not using them. It has drained my battery causing me to be late to work.
THE BRAKE LIGHTS TURNED ON AND CANNOT BE TURNED OFF EXCEPT FOR DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY. THEY ARE ON ALL OF THE TIME WHILE DRIVING AND DRIVERS CANNOT TELL WHEN I APPLY MY BRAKES. THEY ARE ON AFTER I POWER OFF THE VEHICLE AND PARK AND LOCK THE SEDONA. THE ESC OFF LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED WHEN I STARTED THE CAR. THE VEHICLE HAS 25,000 MILES AND IS KEPT IN NAPLES, FLORIDA.
THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPER MOUNTING BRACKETS BOLTS LOOSEN AND FALL OUT CAUSING CALIPER FAILURE. THIS ALSO CAUSE THE CALIPER TO BECOME LOOSE AND SCRUB THE INSIDE OF THE RIM WHICH IN TURN DAMAGES BOTH THE CALIPER AND THE RIM. THIS HAPPENS WHILE IN MOTION BOTH ON HIGHWAYS AND CITY STREETS.
ABS AND ESC OFF LIGHT CAME ON LAST WEEK AND SINCE I HAVE HAD NO ABS OR STABILITY CONTROL. CAUSED ME TO SPIN OUT ON ICY INTERSTATE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V114000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,133.
AN OLDER CHEVY S10 DECIDED TO DO A U-TURN AS I WAS ENTERING AN INTERSECTION. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND PRIOR TO IMPACT THE FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED RESULTING IN MY 84 YEAR OLD PASSENGER HITTING THE WINDSHIELD WHEN THE ACTUAL IMPACT TOOK PLACE AND AS THE TRUCK SPUN FROM THE BROADSIDE HIT IN THE FRONT OF MY VAN, IT HIT US IN THE FRONT RIGHT CORNER AND ALONG THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. MY FACE WAS BADLY CHAFFED AND MY LEFT ARM AND HAND WERE BADLY BRUISED AND CUT. BUT THE BOUNCING AROUND AFTER THE AIRBAG RAPIDLY SHREDDED CAUSED ME TO END UP WITH SEVERE CERVICAL DAMAGE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RELAY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.
PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF RUSTED COMPONENTS AFTER ONLY 4 YEARS. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR LEVER FAILED TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE UNTIL THE OVERRIDE SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE LAMPS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V114000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING , SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE BEING SERVICED UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,290.
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES AND ENGINE STABILITY CONTROL. IN JULY AT APPROX 12,800 MILES THE ABS AND ESC LIGHTS CAME ON. WHEN PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL THUMPED AS IF BRAKING ON ICE OR SNOW. GAS PEDAL WOULD RUMBLE AND VIBRATE WHEN VAN STARTED IN MOTION. TOOK TO DEALER AND TOLD THE SENSOR WAS INOPERABLE AND IT WOULD TAKE 5 DAYS FOR THE PART BUT IT WAS OK TO DRIVE IT LIKE THAT - INCLUDING TAKING MY FAMILY ON VACATION 300 MILES AWAY! WHEN I REFUSED TO DRIVE IT OFF THE LOT THEY ENDED UP TAKING A SENSOR FROM A NEW VAN ON THE LOT AND FIXED IT. HAPPENED AGAIN AT 16000 MILES. BRAKE PEDAL THUMPING - GAS PEDAL RUMBLING - ABS AND ESC LIGHTS WERE ON ALONG WITH TPMS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS. HAD TO WAIT AND DRIVE IT FOR DAYS BEFORE AN APPOINTMENT. SECOND ABS SENSOR WENT BAD ALSO AND A HUB RING HAD TO BE REPLACED . *TR
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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