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#1 ·
I have the regular foot parking brake and it doesn't seem to matter how hard I press it down - the vehicle moves when I remove my foot from the brake. My driveway is a slight angle, does anyone else have this issue?

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#21 ·
My dealer told me & Kia corporate called me and told me ...
The Emergency / Parking Parking on the Kia Sorento was not designed to hold the car when pointed / facing down hill.
The Kia Sorento will continue to roll forward, even with the Emergency / Parking Board is ON, if facing down hill is steep enough.

But when facing up the hill, the Emergency / Parking Brake will stop the Sorento from rolling backwards, ONLY.

My Service Manager stated ...
The Emergency / Parking Brake is SINGLE SHOE, not a pair of shoes, inside of the "Drum" inside of the Rear Rotor.
Since it is SINGLE SHOE the Emergency / Parking Bark can only "work" in one direction and that is backward rotation, ONLY.

Per Kia, this is normal operation.

And I was told to stop calling it an Emergency Brake because it is not, it now only an "Uphill Facing Parking Brake" - ONLY.
 
#27 ·
On my 2016 Sorento EX, the parking brake pedal always seemed to go down a long way, almost to the floor, and then didn't hold too well.
When I forgot it was on, I could back down the short driveway and drive for about 1/2 block before the bell started dinging. Didn't seem to impede enough to notice.

In looking at replacement cars, I checked the Highlander owners' manual and it said something like "Your car has a specific type of parking brake which must be bedded before use. Ask your service dept. to do this for you before you drive the vehicle." Or words to that effect.

When I recently bought a 2019 SX, I asked the salesman if the parking brake needed to be bedded. He'd never heard of such a thing. But I found this in a Sorento service manual:

"9. If the parking brake shoe or the brake disc are replaced a newly one, perform the brake shoe bed-in procedure.
(1)
While operating the parking brake for 69N (7kgf, 15lbf) effort, drive the vehicle 500 meters (0.31 miles) at the speed of 60kph (37 mph).
(2)
Repeat the above procedure more than two times.
(3)
Must be held on 30% uphill."

So bedding is required. Wonder if it is done at the factory.

The last comment (3) could be taken to mean that the brake must hold on a thirty degree slope, when the car is facing _uphill_.

The few times I have used the parking brake on the 2019 car, it does not go down so far as on the 2016, and it seems to hold OK, though I haven't tested it in either direction.
 
#29 ·
On my 2016 Sorento EX, the parking brake pedal always seemed to go down a long way, almost to the floor, and then didn't hold too well.

When I forgot it was on, I could back down the short driveway and drive for about 1/2 block before the bell started dinging. Didn't seem to impede enough to notice.



In looking at replacement cars, I checked the Highlander owners' manual and it said something like "Your car has a specific type of parking brake which must be bedded before use. Ask your service dept. to do this for you before you drive the vehicle." Or words to that effect.



When I recently bought a 2019 SX, I asked the salesman if the parking brake needed to be bedded. He'd never heard of such a thing. But I found this in a Sorento service manual:



"9. If the parking brake shoe or the brake disc are replaced a newly one, perform the brake shoe bed-in procedure.

(1)

While operating the parking brake for 69N (7kgf, 15lbf) effort, drive the vehicle 500 meters (0.31 miles) at the speed of 60kph (37 mph).

(2)

Repeat the above procedure more than two times.

(3)

Must be held on 30% uphill."



So bedding is required. Wonder if it is done at the factory.



The last comment (3) could be taken to mean that the brake must hold on a thirty degree slope, when the car is facing _uphill_.



The few times I have used the parking brake on the 2019 car, it does not go down so far as on the 2016, and it seems to hold OK, though I haven't tested it in either direction.
Parking brake pedal shouldn't go all the way down to the floor. If it does, then the wire's tension needs adjustment. Commonly, when the rear pads are running too low, the pedal tends to go lower. Over time, the wire stretches, causing a similar symptom.
 
#33 ·
Just thought I'd bump this. My 2017 LX has always been like this but I kinda forgot it was a problem until I took it in for service and drove away with the break engaged. They only clicked it maybe half way, halfway it doesn't do anything. What do you guys think now thats these cars have been out awhile? Might take mine in for an estimate.
 
#34 ·
I also noticed this with my 2018 Sorento. It does not matter how far you step/push it in, the car still rolls for a bit and sometimes more than a bit.

And that is when I found out that the pedal is NOT mechanical where if you push it more, then more brake is applied. The pedal actually activates a switch, so it is either ON or OFF, then the switch activates the e-brake electronically. Not sure yet how or even if you can make the e-brake stronger.

Funny as why they did not just install a button switch like the newer cars if it is the same thing anyways.

I guess kia wants you to think it is still old school e-brake with the pedal, even if it is not. Just like the turn signal sound, which is supposed to be the "clicking" of the relay. But guess what, it is just a small speaker that creates the sound to make you get the old school relay sound.


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#36 ·
In older cars where the lever is connected by a cable, you can make adjustments on both ends (lever and drum). So I thought, I'd tighten it a bit on the pedal end.

I just looked under the dash, exactly where the pedal is. Found the pedal lever connected to a spring and also pushing against a button. No cable. That's how I found out.


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