Kia Rio Complaints

1,336 consumer complaints on file.

#11183157February 28, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAKATA RECALL 2004 KIA RIO LOCKS IN CAR BROKEN UNABLE TO UNLOCK AND GET OUT THE CAR I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE LOCKING SYSTEM AND IT HAS BECOME A MAJOR PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11183190February 28, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2015 WITH LOW MILEAGE AND THE ECO BUTTON DIDNT WAS USED FOR WHAT THEY EXPLAINED BECAUSE GAS WAS BURNING ALOT FASTER UNTIL I GOT OVER 50,000 MILES. WHEN GOING UP A HILL IT MAKES A WEIRD NOSE LIKE THE MOTOR IS ABOUT TO GO OUT WITH A LOUD RATTLING NOISE AND ITS ABOUT TO MAKE A STOP. WHEN ITS RAINING AND YOU HIT THE BRAKES IT WANT COMPLETELY STOP, YOU HAVE TO HIT YOUR BRAKES TWICE AND YOU FEEL THIS SOUND LIKE A SPRING OR SOMETHING SKIPPING OVE THE FUCTION FOR IT TO MAKE A COMPLETE STOP AND THIS WILL CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. IT HAS HAPPENED ALOT ON THE HIGHWAY AND INTERSTATE .ONCE U GO OVER 65 MPH THE CAR SHAKES WITH SOUNDS OF SOMETHING LOOSE IN THE STEERING AND OTHER PLACES. THE LOCKS ON THE DOORS AREN'T SAFE DUE TO DOORS CAN BE OPENED EVEN IF YOU LOCK THEM ON THIS STANDARD VEHICLE EX. IF A BIGGER SIZE PERSON OR BASICALLY AN AVERAGE ADULT WITH CERTAIN CLOTHING ON. WAS IN THIS VEHICLE THERE CLOTHING POSSIBLY COULD GET CAUGHT IN THE LATCH EVEN THOUGH ITS LOCKED THE DOOR COULD STILL POP OPEN DUE TO EASY ACSSS OF AN SAFELY LOCKED DOOR..YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO KEEP THE DOORS ON A SAFE LOCK IN THE BACK WITHIN THE HAZARD OF CHILDREN AND WHAT I MEAN IS IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN HAZARDOUS THE KID WANT BE ABLE TO GET UNLESS SOMEONE OPEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE IN A PANIC SITUATION BECAUSE THE DOORS UNLOCK BY PULLING THE LATCH WHEN YOU USE THE TURN KEY LOCK FOR KIDS. MAINTENANCE LIGHTS COMES ON FOR NO REASON AND STAY ON IF YOU FIX THE PROBLEM ESPECIALLY THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT. THIS BEEN GOING ON EVERY SINCE I WENT OVER 50,000 MILES NOW IM AT 120,000 I TRIED TALKING TO THE COMPANY ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY WHO I PURCHASED IT FROM TO GIVE BACK BEFORE I ACTUALLY STARTED DRIVEN IT BUT THEY WOULDNT TAKE IT BACK AND NO OTHER DEALERS EITHER BEFORE ALL THE PROBLEMS STARTED. THE CAR WAS SOLD AT MORE THAN WHAT IT WAS WORTH...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11183269February 28, 2019
ENGINE
AFTER ONLY 70000 MILES I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE HAS SLUDGE BUILD UP AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE CAR WAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THE OIL WAS CHANGED ON A REGULAR, TIMELY BASIS THROUGH THE DEALER. THE DEALER RECORDS WERE SENT TO KIA WHO WOULD NOT GAURANTEE TO COVER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT COVER IT. IF ITS NOT COVERED I AM ON THE HOOK. I WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE OIL HAD METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL, THIS WAS ALSO SENT TO KIA BY THE DEALER. I WAS TOLD KIA NEEDED A PICTURE THAT ONLY COULD BE OBTAINED BY TEARING DOWN THE ENGINE AND THAT ONCE THIS HAPPENED THE ENGINE COULDN'T BE PUT BACK TOGETHER. AT THIS POINT I WAS COMMITTED TO A NEW ENGINE, EITHER KIA WOULD PAY OR I WOULD. AT THIS TIME I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING. I KNOW KIA HAS THIS ISSUE WITH OTHER KIA MODELS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN IMMEDATELY WHEN A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11182851February 27, 2019
ENGINE
IGNITION COILS. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT MY KIA IN 2015 I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION COILS EVERY 3-6 MONTHS. AT FIRST, WHEN IT WAS STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY, THE DEALERSHIP KEPT TELLING ME THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD JUMP AND EVEN SHUT OFF ON ME WHEN IDLING. IT TOOK 3 MONTHS OF ME TAKING THE CAR BACK AND FORTH TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP BEFORE THE FIGURED OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH MY CAR BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE IGNITION COILS. ONCE THEY WERE REPLACED EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ON TOP OF THIS, I WAS SO STRESSED OUT ABOUT MY CAR THAT IT MADE ME PHYSICALLY ILL AND GAVE ME A RASH ALL OVER MY BODY (I HAVE MEDICAL RECORDS TO PROVE IT) AND ONCE THE ISSUE WAS FIXED, ALL OF MY PHYSICAL AILMENTS DISAPPEARED. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE ALL 4 COILS EVERY 3-6 MONTHS. THIS LAST SET ONLY LASTED ME 2 MONTHS BEFORE IT STARTED WITH THE SAME ISSUES AGAIN. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND FOUND DOZEN OF FORUMS REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE WITH MY SAME EXACT MAKE, YEAR, MODEL. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN SO OFTEN. I KNOW IT'S A KIA BUT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS BEFORE IT BREAKS DOWN. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE I AM, WHAT SPEED I AM GOING OR HOW LONG I AM TRAVELING, THIS ISSUE STILL OCCURS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11182194February 24, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
HEAD LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF AND THEN STAYS OFF. FORCING ME TO TURN OFF AND BACK ON THE LIGHTS MANUALLY WITH THE SWITCH TO GET THEM TO COME BACK ON THEN REPEAT.. THEY TURN OF AND I STRUGGLE TO KEEP THEM ON AND I TRAVEL FOR WORK AND ALLOT OF NIGHT TIME DRIVING. VERY FRUSTRATING AND OTHER DRIVERS THINK I'M FLASHING THEM. VERY UNSAFE AND KIA DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT FIX IT UNLESS I PAY THEM TO FIX IT. MY CAR HAS 23,000 MILES AT THE MOMENT PROBLEM STARTED LAST YEAR AROUND 12,000 MILES BUT AGE IS PAST FACTORY WARRANTY. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF I'M DRIVING OR IT'S PARKED LIGHTS/WIRING HAS A PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT KIA REFUSES TO FIX.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11181015February 19, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TAKATA RECALL. THE COMPUTER THAT TELLS THE TRANSMISSION TO SWITCH GEARS IS STUCK AND DOASNT WORK. MY CAR WILL ONLY STAY IN 3RD GEAR AND REVERSE. IT HAS NO POWER AND GOES IN LIMP MODE. I HAVE 3 SMALL KIDS AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME TO DRIVE WITH IT LIKE THIS SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. PLZ HELP ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11174943February 7, 2019
AIR BAGS
THE AIRBAG LIGHT NEVER GOES OFF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11173063January 30, 2019
ENGINE
CAR BURNS THROUGH OIL. NO LEAKS, JUST BURNS OIL. WHEN OIL IS EMPTY, NO CHECK OIL LIGHT COMES ON. MUST ADD OIL CONSTANTLY. MY MECHANIC SAID I HAD 'NO OIL' IN MY ENGINE DURING MY LAST CHECK. HE FILLED IT UP AND THEN I DECIDED TO CHECK IT MYSELF A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11172266January 26, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
HAVING TO REPLACE AT LEAST ONE FUEL INJECTOR EACH YEAR. USUALLY NUMBER ONE PLUG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11171552January 23, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION
THE CAR DRIFTS ALL OVER THE ROAD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11171358January 22, 2019
AIR BAGS
I ONLY DRIVE MY CAR TO WORK AND BACK, IT HAD NEVER BEEN IN ANY KIND OF ACCIDENT. THE OTHER DAY I DRIVE TO WORK, WORK MY 8 HOURS THEN GET IN MY CAR TO DRIVE HOME AND THE AIR BAG DASH LIGHT COMES ON, THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF FOR A COUPLE DAYS, NOW IT JUST STAYS ON. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT MANY MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS CAR, SUPPOSEDLY THIS HAPPENS ONCE YOU GET IN THE 80+ THOUSAND MILE MARK. I CHECKED UNDER MY SEATS FOR LOOSE CONNECTION AND FOUND NOTHING. I ALSO LOOKED AT HOW MUCH THE DEALER CHARGES AND ITS ASTRONOMICAL. IT BEING A SAFETY ISSUE I THINK THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11170483January 17, 2019
ENGINE
THE ENGINE LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON BUT WHEN HOOKED TO THE MACHINE, THERE ARE NO ERROR MESSAGES. SOME DAYS IT'S ON, SOME DAYS IT'S NOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11164526January 2, 2019
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR STARTED DRIVING ROUGH AND FINALLY STOPPED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11164017December 29, 2018
AIR BAGS
I JUST RECENT HAD THE BATTERY PUT IN MY CAR. AN NOW THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON FOR THE DRIVER ON THAT DASH BOARD. AN DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S ON. THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. SO WE ARE SCARED TO BE OUT ON THE ROAD AN IT DOESN'T PROTECT US IF WE GET INTO AN ACCIDENT AN SOMEONE GETS KILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11154895November 30, 2018
AIR BAGS
ON NOVEMBER 18, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30PM, I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE I REAR ENDED A CAR IN FRONT OF ME WHILE MOVING AROUND 30 MPH IN THE MERGING RAMP OF HWY 57 TO HWY 210 NEAR SAN DIMAS, CA AND I FILED A POLICE REPORT. THE AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE/DEPLOY.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11151826November 15, 2018
ENGINE
RATTLES UPON ACCELERATION, BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL. NO OIL LEAKS. INDICATOR LIGHT DOES NO COME ON UNTIL THE OIL IS ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE AND RATTLING UPON ACCELERATION IS THE WARNING!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11149519November 5, 2018
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT ON
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11144971November 2, 2018
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE A 2012 KIA RIO AND OVER THE LAST 2 MONTHS THE OIL LIGHT SPONTANEOUSLY COMES ON AND TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK IT INTO A KIA DEALERSHIP AND THEY DID A CONSUMPTION TEST WHICH INDICATED THE ENGINE IS CONSUMING A LOT OF OIL. I WAS TOLD I NEED A BRAND NEW ENGINE. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW, CURRENTLY HAS 112K MILES (MOSTLY HIGHWAY) ON IT. THE DEALERSHIP OFFERED ME NOTHING. THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME FOR A BRAND NEW ENGINE WITH A 6M /12M WARRANTY COSTING ME $3900 / $4400 FOR REPAIR OR AN ENGINE W 95K MILES FOR $3600 / $3900 FOR REPAIR. I CAN'T AFFORD THAT AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO JUST KEEP CHECKING THE OIL AND REFILL AS NEEDED. WHAT KIND OF SERVICE IS THAT?!?!?! CITY KIA ORLANDO - THIS IS LUDICRIS!!!!! WHAT CAN I DO TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE IN GETTING ANOTHER CAR. THIS CAR IS LESS THAN 10YRS OLD AND IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I HAVE SMELLED SMOKE A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT ATTRIBUTED IT TO THE OUTDOORS. I USED MY CAR DAILY AND ALTHOUGH I DO NOT USUALLY TRAVEL FAR FROM HOME I HAVE MY KIDS WITH ME 99% OF THE TIME. CAN YOU HELP ME? I SAW ON THE NEWS 6 JUST THIS MORNING ABOUT KIA CAR ENGINE FIRES. I AM A SINGLE MOM WITH 3 KIDS AT HOME 5-17YRS OLD. I WORK 10HR DAYS AND MAKING JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE ENDS MEET. YOUR ADVICE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11149408November 1, 2018
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
PURCHASED THE CAR FROM KIA DEALER ON 5/20/17 WITH LIMITED POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. HAD OIL CHANGE DONE ON 7/22/17AND AGAIN ON 10/14/17(COPIES WERE PROVIDED TO THE WARRANTY COMPANY). THE SECOND ONE WAS AT THE DEALER. ON 12/8/17 MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND FELT A JOLT AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE CAR. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND GET OUT OF THE CAR SAFELY. SOMEONE USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE FIRE BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. IT WAS TOWED TO A DIFFERENT KIA DEALERSHIP WHO SAID "THE ENGINE HAS INTERNAL DAMAGE THAT LOCKED UP THE ENGINE AND CAUSED OIL TO SPILL AND CATCH FIRE." THE WARRANTY COMPANY DENIED THE CLAIM AND SAID THAT IT WAS LACK OF MAINTENANCE AND THERE WASN'T ANY OIL IN THE CAR WHICH CONTRADICTS WHAT THE DEALER SAID. WE TRIED FIGHTING IT BUT AFTER A MONTH WE NEEDED TRANSPORTATION AND REPORTED THE CLAIM TO OUR INSURANCE COMPANY WHO TOTALED THE CAR BUT DID NOT GIVE US FULL VALUE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY COMPANY SAID IT WAS LACK OF MAINTENANCE. NOW WE SEE ALL THE REPORTS ON OTHER KIA'S GOING ON FIRE AND BELIEVE OUR CAR HAD THE SAME ISSUE. WE LOST OVER $7,000 ON THE DEAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11142881October 26, 2018
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING MAKING IT VERY HARD TO STEER THE CAR AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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