2013 KIA RIO Complaints

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.

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!!!

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.

I HAVE A 2013 KIA RIO SX RED, MANUAL 6-SPEED. I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE ROLLING BACK WITH PARKING BREAK FULLY ENGAGED. VEHICLE ROLLS BACK ON SURFACES WITH NOT MUCH OF AN INCLINE AT ALL. NO INCIDENTS OR ACCIDENTS REPORTED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, TURNED OFF, GEAR IN NEUTRAL (HOWEVER I HAVE BEEN LATELY LEAVING IT IN 1ST GEAR IF FEAR IS TO ROLL BACK), PARKING BREAK FULLY ENGAGED. HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON THEN WENT OFF, IT STAYS ON NOW. KIA TELLS ME THE CLOCK SPRING SHORTED OUT. NO IDEA WHY! THEY TELL ME I NEED A NEW AIRBAG AND CLOCK SPRING. DRIVERS SIDE. THE CODE IS B134600. THE PRICE $1037.47 + TAX !! THAT'S 2 HOURS LABOR. THEY TOLD ME IT WON'T PASS INSPECTION WITHOUT BEING FIXED. HELP-NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE LIGHT CAME ON.

8-12-18: CAR STARTED TO SPUTTER WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY OR SURFACE STREETS. RESTARTING WAS SPORADIC. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ENGINE DIAGNOSED AS NEEDING A CRANKSHAFT POSITIONING SENSOR. PART APPROX $90. LABOR $100. CAR RUNS FINE NOW. JUST WANTED TO GET THIS OUT AND SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS EXPERIENCED THAT SAME.

ON 06/12/2018, MY 2013 KIA RIO HAD A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THAT TOTALED THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE WAS NOT THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT OR RECENT MAINTENANCE. THE CAR SIMPLY BURST INTO FLAMES IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE DRIVING.

UPON RESEARCH I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT THAT THE KIA RIO HAS THE SAME ENGINE USED IN THE KIA OPTIMA WHICH HAS BEEN RECALLED. JUST RECENTLY METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND MY KIA RIO WHY ARE NOT ALL CARS WITH THE SAME ENGINE BEING RECALLED?

TAKATA RECALL THE AIR BAGS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY THE LIGHT COMES ON SAYING THEY'RE NOT WORKING AND THAT THEY WON'T GO OFF IN A CRASH IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I TURN MY CAR ON

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY DOG TO A VET APPOINTMENT. I HEARD A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE I HIT A POT WHOLE BUT I LOOKED AND THERE WAS NO WHOLE AND THE CAR WAS STILL DRIVING LIKE NORMAL SO I CONTINUED ON MY WAY. THERE WAS A DETOUR FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION I ENDED UP HAVING TO PULL OVER BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW WHERE I WAS. THE CAR DIED SEEMED TO BE BECAUSE OF THE BATTERY LOSS POWER SO I LET THE CAR REST AND WALKED MY DOG .THEN GOT BACK IN MY CAR IT STARTED BACK UP AND TURNED AROUND ON THE HIGHWAY. THEN MINUTES AFTER GOING MY CAR LOST POWER AND THE SPEED REDUCED TO 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I HAD BEEN DRIVING 65 MPH. ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND IT MADE A NOISE FROM UNDER THE CARRIAGE /BODY OF THE CAR.THIS ALL HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A GAS STATION/ CONVENIENCE STORE. I LIVE IN ALABAMA AND IT WAS LIKE 90 DEGREES THAT DAY. I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR WHEN SOMEONE TRIED TO HELP ME AND IT THREW METAL FROM UNDER THE BODY AT US. LATER FOUND OUT IT THREW A ROD .I AM UNDER 100,000 MILES AND WAY UNDER 10 YEARS ON THE WARRANTY AND HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY A MECHANIC THAT IT THREW A ROD AND THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL WHAT CAUSED IT.THE ROD WENT THREW THE OIL PAN. I WAS LUCKY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AT THE TIME THIS ALL HAPPENED. KIA TRIED TO TELL ME IT HAD TO BE A RECALL TO BE COVERED UNTIL I WENT TO THERE OFFICE AND CONFRONTED THE WOMAN WHOM HAD SAID THAT TO ME. WHEN I TOLD HER I DID NOT HAVE ALL MY PAPER WORK /RECORDS ON THE MAINTENANCE SHE SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE ME TO LOOK AT IT TO DETERMINED WHAT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO THROW A ROD. I THEN TALKED TO A FRIEND OF A FRIEND THAT WORKS AT KIA FOR HELP AND I AM STILL WAITING FOR HIS REPLY IF THEY WILL HELP ME OR NOT.MY CAR IS 2013 KIA RIO .MY HUSBAND HAD GONE TO CULLMAN AL. WHICH IS ABOUT 3 HOURS FROM US THE WEEKEND BEFORE THIS HAPPENED AND HAD CHECKED THE OIL AND ADDED WHAT WAS NEEDED THEN .