Kia Rio Complaints (2001)

223 consumer complaints on file.

• #873703October 24, 2000
  AIR BAGS

  AIR BAG WARINING LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEAERSHIP, WHERE THE AIR BAG MODULE WAS TAKEN OUT. DEALERSHIP DID NOT RECEIVE PART(S) TO CORRECT PROBLEM UNTIL 9/22/00, WHICH CAUSED OWNER TO DRIVE AROUND FOR 3 WEEKS WITHOUT AN AIR BAG. THIS WAS AN UNSAFE CONDITION. *AK THE NEW ONE FAILED AFTER 3 DAYS IN CAR. BUT FURTHER TESTS SAID SENSOR WAS OKAY. *YH

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• #873268October 18, 2000
  POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

  WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN IT CONTINUOUSLY DISENGAGES FROM OVERDRIVE DUE TO TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULATOR. THIS PART WAS MISSING DURING ASSEMBLY, AND HAS NOT BEEN MANFACTURED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

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• #555997October 12, 2000
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

  THE DAY AFTER PURCHASE THE CONSUMER NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN POWER, THE VEHICLE HAD TROUBLE SHIFTING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES AND THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT BLINKS. NLM

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