2006 Kia Sportage brakes problems

Filed Apr 26, 2022 · Brakes, Electrical · 115,000 miles · GA

The contact owns a 2006 Kia Sportage. The contact stated that while the vehicle was being inspected, the vehicle failed due to the autolocking brakes and Hydraulic Electronic Control Unit (HECU). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 115,000.

Filed Dec 6, 2019 · Brakes, Electrical · 68,000 miles · CA

Brake lights stay on after turning off the ignition and shutting off the lights. Have to turn lights on off depress the brake pedal, turn on and off the lights and keep doing it until they go off.. Has been happening for over a year. Read online that there's a history of this but no recall.

Filed Mar 26, 2019 · Brakes · 95,757 miles · PR

Abs module failure. Car was traveling at low speed when all of a sudden it appeared to loose power. It turned out that the rear right wheel and the front left wheel had locked up due to the failure. I was able to move off the main road we were on.

Filed Jun 13, 2018 · Airbags, Brakes · 110,623 miles · NV

Dealer diagnostics came up with codes b1495 pods, b1495 bts & c1513 ABS air bag light came on when starting & stayed on. Had brake switch replaced per recall a few months ago & know have a ABS code that could be the switch again

Filed Feb 3, 2016 · Acceleration, Brakes · 122,000 miles · TN

Right after christmas and before new year's eve I received a phone call from a lady stating she was a kia representative. My vehicle was part of the recall for the brake switch. About ten days after the call my brake lights would no longer go out even when the vehicle had been sitting still overnight. Than about 3-5 days later my ESC off light came on and now always stay on when the car is being driven. This past weekend I sent a service request online for the brake switch issue to be fixed. I did bunch of research and found out that the brake switch was the one causing the other issues and still can cause more. On 2/1/16 a kia service employee called and left a message stating that the recall didn't apply to may car. Later on that same day my cruise control stopped working. From all the research I did the brake switch is the cause for all three problems I'm having now. What I don't understand is how can other 2006 kia sportages who have had the same issue like me is covered but my car is not.

Filed Apr 28, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · 122,524 miles · OH

As of saturday my brake lights would not shut off, then I noticed while driving the electronic stability control light kept flashing on and off by itself. And the cruise control was not working properly as well. So I got online to investigate this and found there was a recall for this exact problem with my year and model car. But when I called kia they stated that my car was not part of the recall and that I would have to pay out of pocket for the repairs, even though my make model was recalled and my car was doing the same thing that was recalled.

Filed Oct 3, 2010 · Brakes, Electrical · 33,000 miles · CO

2006 kia sportage ex with v-6 has a habit of completely shutting down electrically, killing the engine and thus all lights, power assist to steering/brakes, etc. Previously this occurred only when taking off from a stop (previously reported). This time our daughter was driving at highway speeds at night in the middle of utah when this occurred again. She was able to get it off the highway safely without incident in complete darkness and no power assists. Car was running on cruise control so no driver function could have caused the incident. No warning such as engine stumble, flickering lights, etc,, it just shut off!!! Once safely stopped, our daughter was able to restart the car and get to the destination without incident. Dealer is aware of this problem but is unable to fix it. Only has been taken to dealer for repairs.

Filed Aug 13, 2009 · Acceleration, Brakes · 42,000 miles · FL

As of yet there has been no incident other than being notified that there is a safety recall on my vehicle and for over two months now the dealer and the manufacturer who I have also contacted claim that they can not get the necessary parts to replace the defective one. This safety recall is for a defective brake switch which can cause failure of the brakes lights, the car not to move out of park and the cruise control to not shut off when the brakes are applied.

Filed Jul 6, 2009 · Brakes, Electrical · 80,000 miles · TN

My brake lights kept blowing. Then I lost my cruise control. Then my ESC light kept coming on. Then all my lights came on! It was a defective brake switch. Which should have been under recall, but ended up costing me $157.14!

Filed Aug 2, 2007 · Brakes · 10,000 miles · NY · crash · 2 injuries

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 kia sportage. While driving in reverse downhill, the contact's daughter applied the brakes and the vehicle accelerated. She applied the emergency brake, but the vehicle continued to roll backwards at approximately 10 MPH. The failure occurred while the vehicle was still shifted in park. The driver crashed into a tree to avoid merging into an intersection. All of the warning indicator lights illuminated. The road conditions were dry. The passenger seated in the rear driver side seat suffered a broken nose. The passenger seated in the rear passenger side seat suffered facial cuts. Neither were wearing seat belts. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 10,000.