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2002 KIA SPECTRA BRAKE PROBLEMS DRIVERS
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I complained to kia 3yrs ago they didn't care when the car was still under warranty and I sure don't see them caring now. I am afraid this car may end up hurting us or someone else really bad. I am scared that it will happened it again and next time we want be lucky.

The car had climbed to 70 mph in a 55 before I finally put it in neutral and cut the engine. 2002 Kia Spectra Master Cylinder (Brake System) 2002 Kia Spectra Brake Caliper. Again the cruise control stuck started accelerating with no way of stopping it and the brakes locked up. 2002 Kia Spectra Performance Brake Pads / Rotors Kit. They flipped it back on and it worked fine until Friday night, Augaround 9:00 at night when me and my 10 yr old daughter was coming home from having dinner out. They tried to say that it was an animal or someone must have touched the cable causing it to slip out of the groove which would cause the cruise control to stick. I had the car towed to kia in winston salem, nc where the mechanics are the only ones that had ever worked on that car at that time. Thank the dear lord in heaven me and 2 other CO-workers were not in heaven traffic that day. The only way to stop the car was to put the car in neutral and cut the engine. The car had climb to 90 mph in a 65 before I realized what was happening. Three years ago while traveling down I-40 the cruise control stuck on the car, the brakes locked up.

information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. It's terrifying and I've told my children if I'm ever killed in a car accident, that will no doubt be the cause.
2002 KIA SPECTRA BRAKE PROBLEMS DRIVER
Old woman, I am still an able driver and not imagining this. Even my hiking shoes make the problem worse because they are wider. I am a small person so I can't imagine how a person with larger feet can deal with this. The brake pedal is also crooked but that has nothing to do with their positions. So far I've been fortunate enough to remove my foot and step on the brake before I was hit by another car, or I ran into them.

I managed to remove my foot in time to depress the brake before I went all the way through to the next lane behind the cars. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the front driver side window needed a new motor. After opening the front driver and passenger side windows, they failed to close. When parking in a handicap spot last week I was fortunate to be aiming at the space between the cars facing me. Recently reported Service Brakes problems of the 2002 Kia Motor Spectra. 2006 Kia Spectra 2005 Kia Spectra 2004 Kia Spectra 2003 Kia. Depending on which one gets more pressure, that's the one that takes over. It means that you need to step on the brake before starting the car or shifting into Drive. When depressing either pedal, both are depressed at the same time. The gas and brakes pedals are too close, this was noticed by a mechanic and my daughter. What I attributed to an engine surge since owning the car has turned out to be more serious and frightening.
