[gk-ohio]

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.

 

[rejesterd]

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.

lol.. did you ask them what to do if you live on street where you have to park facing downhill? The owner's manual calls it a parking brake.

 

[Tennesseestorm]

Doesn't matter if I do 5, 6 or to the floor, the vehicle still moves after releasing the foot brake and i can feel the pressure on the shifter.

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Same on moms '16 LX. If we park it with the front facing downhill the driveway it does not do it, but if pulled in with back end down hill, it moves back a bit and puts pressure on the shifter. Sometimes if I put in "N", set the brake and release the brake, it will hold, then I put it in park, that seems to work. Took to dealer awhile back and informed that was an "adjustment" and only covered for 1 year / 12k miles which I think it insane, but it is what it is.

 

[Tennesseestorm]

Interesting - ours is the opposite. lol.

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.

 

[gk-ohio]

lol.. did you ask them what to do if you live on street where you have to park facing downhill? The owner's manual calls it a parking brake.

Their answer was ... don't do that.
So, if my brakes fail and I am going down a hill, my E-Brake will not stop my car.
Is that called a Safety Issue?
Nope, this is now called "normal operation".
I call this ... a Design Flaw.

 

[gk-ohio]

Interesting - ours is the opposite. lol.

I have a 2017 Sorento.
Yours is a 2016 ?
I wonder if they changed something ?

 

[George6]

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.

 

[josuet]

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.

Single shoe? That sounds BS.

Aren't all sorentos equipped with disks and pads in all four wheels? My EX is.

My parking brake works just fine in up and downhill situations. I use it mainly to prevent the gear knob from getting stuck when the car isn't levelled.

 

[josuet]

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.

 

[gk-ohio]

Single shoe? That sounds BS.

Aren't all sorentos equipped with disks and pads in all four wheels? My EX is.

My parking brake works just fine in up and downhill situations. I use it mainly to prevent the gear knob from getting stuck when the car isn't levelled.

Yes, my 2017 Sorento has 4 wheel disc brakes.
But no, the Parking Brake does not use those Pads & Rotors.
The Rear Rotors are shaped like a "hat", the front rotors are not.
Inside that "hat" is an old-style Parking Drum and a single Drum Shoe - per the technician.

Do you have a 2017 Sorento?
The dealer pulled out another 2017 Sorento from their stock
and it too rolled forward down the hill with the Parking Brake ON.
So, their explanation is ... "See, they all do that".

With the Parking Brake SET, a slight press of the accelerator and my car will roll forward - YIKES!
But in reverse and with high RPM's, my vehicle will not roll backwards, not even 1".
The Dealer & Kia Corporate both say, "Yes, this is normal operation. Therefore, your CASE # is closed. Goodbye ...".

Supposedly, the Parking Shoe clearance is as tight as the Dealer can make it, without excessive wear on drum.

 

[timaishu]

Good thread. My 2017 parking brake goes all the way to the floor. I have to. If I don't it literally would not hold the car if the parking gear failed. Even still, all the way down it feels more or less useless.

 

[chuckwalla]

There's a covered hole on the rear rotor you can access to adjust the parking brake tension. Haven't tried yet on my Sorento as it is fairly new, but it is easy to adjust with a flat head screwdriver.

 

[timaishu]

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.

 

[Aldrexx]

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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[timaishu]

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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How did you find that out? I should do some experiments. But I feel like mine is mechanical, but maybe not.

 

[Aldrexx]

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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