Who else has had warped rotors?

[ScottyDangles]

Kia is replacing mine under warranty. I have just over 40,000km. Mind you I have been telling them about my brakes for while. So the dealer was able to make a case for my car.

We all know its the pads. So my question to everyone reading this thread. Do I do the pads as well, at my expense since they are doing the rotors, or do I let the dealer replace the rotors and wait for the inevitable?

 

[MerlintheMad]

I’m at 800 miles. I have no vibrations or pulsing...but I do have a roughness with light braking from 60 down to about 30. Sounds like a hummmmmm. Moderate braking or any other speed range and it’s smooth as butter.

That could be a pebble or similar object caught in the caliper. I've read about this on one of the brake threads.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Kia is replacing mine under warranty. I have just over 40,000km. Mind you I have been telling them about my brakes for while. So the dealer was able to make a case for my car.

We all know its the pads. So my question to everyone reading this thread. Do I do the pads as well, at my expense since they are doing the rotors, or do I let the dealer replace the rotors and wait for the inevitable?

If it were me, I'd buy brand new aftermarket pads at the same time. Why keep the OE pads and "F" up your new rotors?

 

[Kgh31386]

That could be a pebble or similar object caught in the caliper. I've read about this on one of the brake threads.

At slow neighborhood or parking lot speeds, it’s silent even with the windows down. Just that 60 down to 40 light braking hmmmm sound. When the minivans pull out at 5mph and you gotta jump down from 60 to 10, it’s spot on like it should be. No pulsing or steering feedback from the brakes. I thought I read somewhere that Brembo brakes could make a “rrrr” or hum sound at times? If it stays like this and the performance is there, I’ll keep them until I do a full brake job in a couple years.

 

[MerlintheMad]

I thought I read somewhere that Brembo brakes could make a “rrrr” or hum sound at times?

SMH. I've quoted that exact passage from the manual. "rrrr sound" is a direct quote!

 

[Manaz]

I thought I read somewhere that Brembo brakes could make a “rrrr” or hum sound at times?

The Brembo pads that go with our Stingers have weights on them to reduce noise and vibration, but I believe that is a Kia specification, not direct from Brembo.

Some aggressive pad compounds can be noisy, particularly when cold. This is nothing to do with Brembo though - calipers are where Brembo earned their reputation, and that has nothing to do with any noise you're likely to hear.

 

[Kgh31386]

The Brembo pads that go with our Stingers have weights on them to reduce noise and vibration, but I believe that is a Kia specification, not direct from Brembo.

Some aggressive pad compounds can be noisy, particularly when cold. This is nothing to do with Brembo though - calipers are where Brembo earned their reputation, and that has nothing to do with any noise you're likely to hear.

I can’t recall when I drove any other stinger how the brakes sounded. I suppose I could always go get a service manager to ride with me in mine and another stinger to compare. The brake performance is still awesome and if I have the volume at 1, I can’t notice it.

 

[MisterMac]

My brakes were silent with stock pads and stock rotors. Silent with aftermarket rotors plus stock pads and they are still silent with aftermarket pads plus aftermarket rotors.

 

[cranman]

Heres my story- 8k miles in shop for break issue, tech sees no issue. just under 12k back in shop for brake issue- tech duplicates issue and resurfaces rotors. 16k car in shop same brake issue- dealer says i have to pay for resurfacing, Kia VIP care says they can authorize resurfacing but nothing else. I am now moving onto brake performance grooved rotors and brake pads from Khartunerz, also going to have braided cables installed while at the shop. Sad that its a known issue and KIA is turning their head.

 

[itguy61]

My brakes were silent with stock pads and stock rotors. Silent with aftermarket rotors plus stock pads and they are still silent with aftermarket pads plus aftermarket rotors.

Which pad did you go with?

 

[MisterMac]

Heres my story- 8k miles in shop for break issue, tech sees no issue. just under 12k back in shop for brake issue- tech duplicates issue and resurfaces rotors. 16k car in shop same brake issue- dealer says i have to pay for resurfacing, Kia VIP care says they can authorize resurfacing but nothing else. I am now moving onto brake performance grooved rotors and brake pads from Khartunerz, also going to have braided cables installed while at the shop. Sad that its a known issue and KIA is turning their head.

You could save some money by simply going through the brake bedding procedure and then putting on high quality pads.

 

[Eddie carr]

******UPDATE******
Bought the Stinger last year and since August its now on it's FOURTH set of Discs and pads, not lasting any longer than 21 days.
Kia have replaced them each time although they have taken there time in doing so. The dealership has been brilliant although not the garage i bought it from. I am now awaiting there latest development to tell me what to do. I am now looking for custom Discs and pads in the UK does any of the community know somewhere that supply these. Cheers Eddie. BTW Love the car

 

[nhcowboy28]

******UPDATE******
Bought the Stinger last year and since August its now on it's FOURTH set of Discs and pads, not lasting any longer than 21 days.
Kia have replaced them each time although they have taken there time in doing so. The dealership has been brilliant although not the garage i bought it from. I am now awaiting there latest development to tell me what to do. I am now looking for custom Discs and pads in the UK does any of the community know somewhere that supply these. Cheers Eddie. BTW Love the car

You didn’t say... but did you properly bed / break in the pads/rotors each time? I’m pretty sure you didn’t. And the dealer won’t as it is time consuming. By not doing it (and then being hard on the brakes), you will screw them up.

 

[turboAWD]

Wait - Eddie's in the UK. I thought the UK (Euro) pads were supposed to be better? Do you know which pads (part #s) they're using?

 

[Kamauxx]

Wait - Eddie's in the UK. I thought the UK (Euro) pads were supposed to be better? Do you know which pads (part #s) they're using?

If his brake components are only lasting 3 weeks his problem is probably different than what the majority of us have experienced.

 

[Manaz]

******UPDATE******
Bought the Stinger last year and since August its now on it's FOURTH set of Discs and pads, not lasting any longer than 21 days.
Kia have replaced them each time although they have taken there time in doing so. The dealership has been brilliant although not the garage i bought it from. I am now awaiting there latest development to tell me what to do. I am now looking for custom Discs and pads in the UK does any of the community know somewhere that supply these. Cheers Eddie. BTW Love the car

Hi Eddie,

Exactly what problem are you having? A failure of some kind every three weeks doesn't sound like pad deposits on the rotors causing vibration as most in this thread (unless it's happening really quickly - in which case, it would be interesting to know the conditions the car is being driven in (weather, traffic patterns, etc)

If it's high-speed dashes with hard braking and then lots of time with your foot on the brakes, that could explain it to a degree (though the time-frames are STILL surprising).

When Kia replaces them, exactly what are they replacing - pads, rotors, both, any fluid bleed/replacement?

 

[RingStingerGT]

Kia is replacing mine under warranty. I have just over 40,000km. Mind you I have been telling them about my brakes for while. So the dealer was able to make a case for my car.

We all know its the pads. So my question to everyone reading this thread. Do I do the pads as well, at my expense since they are doing the rotors, or do I let the dealer replace the rotors and wait for the inevitable?

I’m also experiencing terrible shuddering and pulsation. I have 20K miles on my 2018 GTII AWD and the dealer is telling me nothing is under warranty and that I need all 4 rotors resurfaced and brakes replaced for close to $1400. They said if it was under 12K miles they would replace for free. However, I noticed this mildly starting to occur around 13,000 miles. What are my options? I certainly don’t want to spend that kind of money for a new set of shitty rotors. On another note, Kia sent me a survey recently asking if I was having brake pulsation problems so they are aware it’s a known issue. Seems like they should recall.

 

[MisterMac]

@RingStingerGT , you can purchase new Kia rotors online from whole sale kia parts and new aftermarket pads for less than $500.00 and do them yourself.

However, I recommend you cal the Stinger VIP number and complain. 855.454.2847

This is a common problem and I bet with some good talking you can get Kia to authorize free replacement.

 

[Fl stingergt]

Just had my front rotors replaced yesterday. Have had car 18 months 11000 miles. The rotors are not Brembo only calipers and pads are. The stock rotors can not handle weight and power these cars puts out. Call corporate they usually are good about taking care of things of this nature. Everyone with a stinger will have rotors problems sooner or later. I’m going after market when they warp in 5 or 10 thousand miles. Good luck

 

[RingStingerGT]

@RingStingerGT , you can purchase new Kia rotors online from whole sale kia parts and new aftermarket pads for less than $500.00 and do them yourself.

However, I recommend you cal the Stinger VIP number and complain. 855.454.2847

This is a common problem and I bet with some good talking you can get Kia to authorize free replacement.

Thanks!