You're right about dangerous. When Car & Driver took the Stinger to Virginia International for their annual test, the Stinger literally lost braking and they put it into the grass. Kia had to provide euro-spec pads, which worked fine. Putting Brembos on a car with brake pads that belong a Prius is criminal.
^ this
Im with you. Its in the driving style. I get the vibration every now and again when I come off the highway and get stuck at a light. I just do a hard slow and let them cool down and its gone.
That’s like asking people what oil is good. The pads are Brembo. The path of least resistance, which happens to be the cheapest, is to replace the pads to something else and you’re unlikely to encounter the problem described in this thread.
KIA corporate and the dealer both were honest enough to let me know it was the rotors. I bought new rotors on all 4s shortly after i bought my car and have gone to the drag and have had to make several stops from 120 mph plus down to 20 with no problems.You can even call brembo--they supply the pads and the brake caliper for our cars and not the rotors.BTW like someone said replace them all--the pads prices are nothing compared to the several hundred dollars the rotors will cost--and to put the rotors on they can replace the pads prob for no charge since the rotors are the labor. I asked KIA--who split the cost of my new rotors and the tech that did them at rick case in gwinnett if the pads needed to be replaced and he said no they are brembos--I have had zero problems and am on my one year anniversary and used them several times at well over 100 mph.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPXOx4KnR6A&t=5s--had to brake from 120 down to 20 after this race and a few others.
Kia replaced my N. American pads and rotors with European pads and rotors. This was after they previously replaced my OEM pads and rotors with another set of N. American pads and rotors and the issue returned about a month later. The problem went away after switching from N. American parts to European parts and hopefully the problem stays away. Full disclosure... I don't race or go crazy with my car... the problem was occurring even at 25mph lol. Dealership had my back without hesitation and told me this was a common problem. Their words not mine.
Above your post, @Flaniganskywalker says the opposite. and I've heard the opposite before. So, confusion continues to reign.
I do not believe the problem is “common.” However, replacing them will give you some peace of mind.
Right--the pa.ds and calipers are brembos--rotors are not--that is why they are warping cause they are inferior metal and can not dissapate heat--pads either work or wear out quicklyI linked my drag videos in which in one evening I made several stops from 120-130 down to 20 with ZERO problem after putting cross drilled and vented geomet rotors on it.
My problem was that the vibrations and shakes were at all speeds but got worse and crazier at higher speeds... when the dealership drove my car we saw the vibration and shuddering start at 20mph but became very scary even at 50mph... the problem was consistent though... whether it was after hard driving or soft driving or just cruising...
