Continued Rotor Issues

[MerlintheMad]

I know you love your car but you need to stop turning a blind eye to the issues this platform has. Car manufactures would probably love for an army of Merlin's to buy their cars, it gives them a reason to not have to fix known issues, which in turn means more money in their pockets. I on the other hand welcome the feedback as it helps to ensure the platform continues to get improved.

The forums are a small sample size of Stinger owners, not everyone that owns this car is going to chime in when they have this issue on this forum. I've had this issue for a couple months now but haven't brought it up until I saw this thread which reminded me of it. Many of us have busy lives and running online to report some brake shake isn't at the top of our to-do list haha

"An army of Merlins". Lol. What you say is undoubtedly true. There are far more Stingers with vibrating brakes that will never be represented on a Net forum. I dare say that most of their drivers notice less than ideal braking feel but live with it. Their expectations are not as high as those who seek a forum and answers and come here. But the forum's membership does not come here or to any of the other brake issues threads. They ignore or don't even notice the discussion. I, Merlin the compassionate, cannot do that. Paint, noises, brakes, etc., are my concern. It is my self interest to know what the likelihood is of any issues attaching to my car and me.

The paint issue is different, that was a defect in the manufacturing process, the brake issue is a component design flaw.

I don't see any difference between them when we are talking about "flaws". It doesn't matter if one is a manufacturing process and the other is a component choice; the result to the driver/owner is the same. Apparently some Stingers have poorly adhering paint; and some have pads that the material is compromised in some way. It matters to me equally.

Because I, as a Stinger owner, can experience any of the above (noises, component failure, paint failure, imperfections in assembly, etc.), I listen to the detailed complaints and solutions. And when someone starts to assert that most or even "all" Stingers are experiencing a flaw/failure, it is humanly impossible to allow that assertion to pass without a rebuttal. But as I have been warned before, putting in my two cents yet again is not only not helpful it is not wanted. So, I'll do my best (aaagain) to read and stay quiet; unless I have some insight to offer that directly addresses the problem and/or a solution. So, either I'll unsubscribe (and thus avoid temptation), or I will simply have to have the strength to zip my virtual lip. Carry on.

 

[Christopher Léger]

Sorry for double posting in 2 threads...
Anyone know time/mileage this can be passed off on car waranty?

 

[Paihan Lee]

Sorry for double posting in 2 threads...
Anyone know time/mileage this can be passed off on car waranty?

I believe for rotors, the warranty is for 1 year/12K miles.

 

[Christopher Léger]

I believe for rotors, the warranty is for 1 year/12K miles.

Okay i passed the warranty, suppose its same or less for pada

 

[Mack-VA]

OK I’m picking my car up from the dealership this afternoon, they replaced all four pads and rotors. Under warranty. Myy question is what should I do now ? Should I do the bed in process? Or are they OK since they replaced everything ?

 

[MerlintheMad]

OK I’m picking my car up from the dealership this afternoon, they replaced all four pads and rotors. Under warranty. Myy question is what should I do now ? Should I do the bed in process? Or are they OK since they replaced everything ?

If it were my car with new pads, I'd be on an unfrequented highway where I could get up to 60+ MPH and brake vigorously to c. 25 MPH; and repeat a dozen times; with a minute or two in between each braking application.

 

[Mack-VA]

If it were my car with new pads, I'd be on an unfrequented highway where I could get up to 60+ MPH and brake vigorously to c. 25 MPH; and repeat a dozen times; with a minute or two in between each braking application.

Will do, thank you!!

 

[SteveCo]

Sorry for double posting in 2 threads...
Anyone know time/mileage this can be passed off on car waranty?

Details on warranty coverage for the Canadian cars is in the warranty manual that came with the car.

Under 'Service Items' it shows the pads are covered for defects in materials or workmanship (but not normal wear) for 1 year or 20,000 km. The rotors are covered for 3 years or 60,000 km.

 

[Manaz]

I'm back in the service department with vibration occurring during braking at high speeds. It again comes down to warped rotors, third times a charm perhaps?

Well, nothing too bad, except I'm now responsible for paying a fee since the warranty for this type of equipment ran out about 1 month ago.

Is this something typical with this sort of vehicle or should I make another call into Kia to get this settled?

It's a product fault - how are you responsible?

It's not the rotors, it's the pads.

 

[Vitamin D]

Brand new 2019 stinger. My previous service advisor mentioned they are having some issues. Just like that 2000 miles in. Vibrating brakes. Ugh.
This is a well known issue. Has anyone mentioned a class action suite or a lemon law??? It’s unacceptable that Kia just replaces the parts, knowing that it will likely happen again.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Brand new 2019 stinger. My previous service advisor mentioned they are having some issues. Just like that 2000 miles in. Vibrating brakes. Ugh.
This is a well known issue. Has anyone mentioned a class action suite or a lemon law??? It’s unacceptable that Kia just replaces the parts, knowing that it will likely happen again.

Class action is raised every few months. Nobody thinks it has a chance. Good call: Kia replaces pads and rotors within and even beyond the warranty.

No pad related brake failures have occurred or we would have heard about it first here. Only aesthetics are involved; no enthusiast will put up with vibrating brakes. The "fix" is to let Kia replace within warranty, or beyond as a "good will gesture": then when Kia washes their hands of the problem, replace the OE pads with aftermarket improved pads: and the rotors too if they are deemed "unworthy" of new pads.

 

[Dodger Blue]

Count me in amongst the owners having issues with the brakes. I had to use ABS from 70mph to about 10mph to avoid rear-ending a goon who just abruptly stopped on the freeway for no reason, and after that my brakes had a bad vibration. I tried the prescribed method of rebedding the pads and it worked for about a week. Now the vibration is back. The car just cracked 5,000 miles. I think instead of doing the warranty repairs, which sound like a bandaid, I'm going to have Stoptech front and rear pads installed on resurfaced rotors.

 

[MerlintheMad]

I tried the proscribed method...

(OC kicking in here: you mean "prescribed", not "proscribed", which means the exact opposite of prescribed. You're welcome. And, I am not a grammar Nazi.)

 

[Dodger Blue]

(OC kicking in here: you mean "prescribed", not "proscribed", which means the exact opposite of prescribed. You're welcome. And, I am not a grammar Nazi.)

Heh, good catch.

 

[Never thought]

I started getting vibration around 20k miles. Just had the rotors resurfaced and put on stoptech brake pads. Hopefully I won’t get any vibrations back anytime soon.

 

[moinmoin]

instead of doing the warranty repairs

I had them do the warranty repairs and took my own pads to the dealer. That way I got new rotors & pads and could start the bedding process fresh with virgin parts. 4k km later, all is (still) well (knock on wood). Good luck with yours.

 

[latonyaconway]

Buy aftermarket pads from Khartunerz and be done with it. Using stock pads that have the current compound formulation is going to do this over and over again.

Which did you get from khartuner. My car has been in the shop 4 times for shaking while braking. They have turned and replaced the rotors. Now today, I was told the car need high performance rotors which KIA doesn't have. I don't man handle my vehicle

 

[G-89696]

I’m from Australia my car has 22,000 km on it and it started to get break shutter I believe I’m very light on breaks my falcon I had over 100,000 on one set of brake pads and there was still plenty of meat left this car it breaks too much by its own accord whenever on cruise control it’s always breaking
Kia have told me that they will only machine the rotors as it is done over 20,000 and they don’t think they’re responsible any more so I thought you might like to know it’s not just America that’s having problems because this is one of four cars that I know of and the first one I know about he had problems with about 5000 km thank you

 

[Silvermanor]

I had this problem when the car was new for the first 5,000-10,000 km. Its disappeared and the braking is smooth now.

 

[2Slo4u]

I'm a victim of this problem at less than 5,000 miles. The dealership replaced the rotors and I immediately went home and installed different brake pads on the front. Took me about an hour and is super easy. I think it took me longer to jack up the car and take the tire off than it did to install the pads. Hoping to never have this problem again!