2001 KIA RIO Complaints

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  • 2001 KIA RIO
    - SAN ANTONIO, TX

    BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH , CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND REAR ENDED A CAR, CAUSING DAMAGE. *AK

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  • 2001 KIA RIO
    - OXON HILL, MD

    WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ENGINE STALLS OUT. DEALER SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY CORRODED WIRING UNDER THE HOOD. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE DIED AND WOULD NOT START WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. A WEEK LATER THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T GO IN REVERSE, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLES AIRBAG AND ENGINE LIGHT WOULD STAY ON. REPLACED/REPAIRED THE FOLLOWING; REPLACED INPUT SPEED SENSOR, REPAIRED THE OPEN CIRCUIT/DRIVERSIDE AIRBAG, REPLACED LEFT FRONT HUB BEARINGS,INNER/OUTER SEALS, FRONT BRAKES REPLACED, AND THE ROTORS MACHINED. *SCC

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  • 2001 KIA RIO
    - CUDAHY, WI

    VEHICLE WAS MAKING A LOT NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ,AND THEY STATED THAT CHUNKS OF METAL FROM WHEEL BEARING WERE IN BRAKE DRUM. CONSUMER STATED WHEEL BEARING HAD BEEN REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

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  • 2001 KIA RIO
    - WILKES BARRE, PA

    ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED 6 TIMES SINCE PURCAHSE OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS SHAKING WHILE SITTING STILL AND HESITATING WHEN STARTING UP. KIA WAS NOT CONTACTED. *AK *TT

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  • 2001 KIA RIO
    - KINGSTON, PA

    AT 27MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE TO 70MPH WITH NO DECELERATION,EVEN WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

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  • 2001 KIA RIO
    - MOUNT STERLING, OH

    WHILE BEING DRIVEN ONCITY ROADS RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. AFTER TIRES WERE ROTATED, A SECOND TIRE BLEWOUT, SAME RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE CROSSING A BRIDGE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

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  • 2001 KIA RIO
    - RIDGEMONT, NC

    AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON SINCE JANUARY 2002. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM. THEN ON MAY 15 2002 CONSUMER HIT A MAILBOX AT 45 MPH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. $ 4500.00 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK THE CONSUMER REPLACE FRONT TIRES SEVERAL TIMES POSSIBLE SUSPENSION PROBLEM. *YH

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  • 2001 KIA RIO
    - GARLAND, TX

    WHILE DRIVING BRAKES WERE SQEAKING, AND HESISTATING WHEN BRAKING. TOOK VEHICLE DEALER, AND THEY READJUSTED BRAKES. IN FEBRUARY OF 2002 ROTORS NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AKI

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  • 2001 KIA RIO
    - FOLSOM, CA

    WHILE PARKED VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, VEHICLE TOW TO DEALER AND REPLACED ALTERNATOR AND RECHARGED BATTERY. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

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  • 2001 KIA RIO
    - FOLSOM, CA

    VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE TOW TO DEALER; DEALER TIGHTENED NEGATIVE CABLE AND RECHARGED BATTERY. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

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