Vehicle started shimmying violently while going 60mph. Vehicle made a grinding noise in front end and grdually coasted to a stop. Vehicle was towed to a garage, and t frame fell to the ground. Dealer was not contacted. Please provide moe information.
1997 Kia Sportage: grinding or squealing brakes
5 of the 181 complaints about the 1997 Kia Sportage describe grinding or squealing brakes.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Grinding or squealing brakes by model year
What owners say
I took my car in to be serviced on 05/15/01 to westcott kia, I was hearing a loud grinding noise and my vehicle was resisting to go foward, also lack of power to my vehicle overall, I felt like it was a transmission concern at that time my vehicle had 50888 miles on it, they told me it was my egr valve , it was malfunctioning, they replaced it. On 03/06/02 I took my car to rancho kia to be serviced, they told me that I needed my egr valve kit replaced at which time I didnt realize I had had it done less than a year earlier, they charged me 133.40, I contacted kia consummer affairs when I realized the repair had already been done less than a year ago, they stated my car had been driven more than 12000 miles (12656 to be exact) and there was nothing they could do for me, I have had so many problems with this car.
While driving applied brakes and heard noise, like grinding metal to metal noise coming from the brakes.
The pads a rotors on this car have been replaced 4 times. The ABS system lights will come on when the brakes become very bad. The first start to squek then squel then smell and then grind and the ABS lights come on. I have found many other people with the same problem and at this time we are all trying to find someone to help! This is only one of nemourous problems this car has, but this is the one that scares me. I am worried for the safety of my family and myself. Please help as we are running out of places to turn.
This vehicle is garbage - both front window motors-replaced. Transmission replaced, and is now acting up again. Rear-end replaced, acting up, engine squeals, dealer can't hear it, burning anti-freeze smell upon warmup, temp gauge goes crazy, in 4wd vehicle does not want to turn, only wants to go straight, makings hard "clunking" noise if you attempt to turn. The yugo was a better vehicle!
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1997 Kia Sportage grinding brakes
Is grinding or squealing brakes a common problem on the 1997 Kia Sportage?
5 of 181 owner complaints about the 1997 Kia Sportage (3%) mention grinding or squealing brakes. The model year with the most reports is 1998.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1997 Kia Sportage?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1997 Kia Sportage
Stalling 34Check engine light 14No deployment 13Fire or smoke 5Sudden acceleration 5
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