2008 KIA RIO Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA RIO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DROVE HOME AND NOTICED THAT THE SPLASH GUARD UNDER THE VEHICLE HAD MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT TWO COIL PACKS FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO PUMP RAW FUEL INTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. BOTH THE COIL PACKS AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 69,200.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA RIO LX. THE CONTACT WAS STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACTS VEHICLE. THE FORCE OF THE CRASH PUSHED THE CONTACTS VEHICLE INTO A DITCH. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR AND FRONT ENDS OF THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING THE FRAME WAS DAMAGED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT A MONTH BEFORE THE CRASH, A DEER CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE AND THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES.

2009 KIA RIO HAD STRONG GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE CAR CABIN, LAST THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:15 PM ON LARGE BUSY HIGHWAY. PULLED OFF HIGHWAY AND CHECKED UNDER HOOD AND UNDER CAR CARRIAGE FOR LEAKING GAS. NO LEAKS NOTED. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. ODOR WAS STRONG MY EYES WERE BURNING AND I GOT A HEADACHE. CALLED LOCAL DEALER AND TOOK CAR IN. THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, IT WAS NORMAL IN HOT WEATHER FOR IT TO VENT. THE SERVICE REP DID NOTE THE STRONG ODOR OF GAS. TOOK IT HOME AND GARAGED IT WITH GAS HOT WATER HEATER IN THE GARAGE. NEXT MORNING I AWOKE ON THE THIRD FLOOR CONDO TO THE SMELL OF GAS. WENT TO THE GARAGE AND THE ODOR WAS SO STRONG IN THE GARAGE, IT OVERWHELMED ME. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO KIA AND THEY EXAMINED IT AND SAID IT WAS NORMAL. NOTIFIED THE 1-800 KIA NUMBER. I HAD THE LOCAL KIA CHANGE THE FUEL FILTER, IT WAS NOT DUE FOR THAT YET BUT THEY SAID IT MIGHT HELP. IT HAS TO BE TOXIC TO BE INHALING THAT KIND OF FUME. HOW CAN ANYONE CONSIDER THIS NORMAL? I THOUGHT WE HAD EMISSIONS STANDARDS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM THIS. IS MY GARAGE GOING TO IGNITE? *TR

I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND ON THE HIGHWAY GOING TOWARD THE PET STORE (THE DESTINATION I WANTED TO GO TO). I SLOWED DOWN WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, I DONT RECALL WHETHER THERE WAS A LIGHT THAT WAS CHANGING OR NOT . LIKE I SAID I DID SLOW DOWN AND APPLY MY BRAKES, AND THAT IS WHEN I FELT SOMETHING WRONG. MY VEHICLE DID A JERK WHICH CAUSED ME TO GO IN AN OFF HANDED DIRECTION AND TRYING TO CORRECT THIS I SWERVED TO STRAIGHTEN UP MY VEHICLE, AND IT DID NOT WORK OUT , I WENT TOWARDS THE MIDDLE MEDIAN OF THE HIGHWAY ROAD.... I KNEW I WAS GOING TO HIT THE POLES IN THE MEDIAN. THAT IS THE LAST THING I REMEMBER SEEINING. THE POLICE RECORD WILL SHOW I WENT HEAD ON WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER. MY MAIN CONCERN ABOUT THIS WHOLE ACCIDENT WAS I FELT SOMETHING HAPPENED OR WENT WRONG WITH MY CAR WHICH CAUSED ME TO LOOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. (EX. BRAKES LOCKING UP....) I NEED THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA RIO. WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS BUT COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REMEDY THE FAILURE ON 2 OCCASIONS AT NO EXPENSE TO THE OWNER, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE FAILURE PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE. ALSO, WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 5MPH AND UP, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT A WHINING SOUND. THE DEALER ADVISED THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21632. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT.

EXCESSIVE BRAKE FADE WHEN THERE IS THREE ADULTS IN VEHICLE. HAPPENS EITHER WHEN IT IS WARM,COLD,RAINING,DRY, FLAT OR GOING DOWNHILL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.

I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. I WAS HEADED WEST DOWN A TWO-WAY STREET WHEN A CAR RAN THE STOP SIGN AND CRASHED INTO ME AS I WAS ENTERING INTO THE INTERSECTION. THE CAR WAS GOING A HIGH SPEED WHEN THE COLLISION OCCURRED. MY WHOLE FRONT END OF CAR WAS SMASHED IN, MY CAR HAD BEEN HIT SO BAD UNTIL THE GADGETS IN THE CABINET OF MY CAR WERE ALL OUT OF PLACE. MY PASSENGER HEAD WAS BUSTED OPEN AND I SUSTAINED HEAD, NECK, BACK AND RIB INJURIES. WE WERE BOTH WEARING SEAT BELTS. MY PASSENGER WEIGHTED OVER 170 POUNDS WHICH MEAN HER AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED AS WELL AS MINES BUT THEY DID NOT. I HAVE FILED A CLAIM WITH THE PERSON WHOSE FAULT IT WAS INSURANCE COMPANY. I HAVE DID RESEARCH ONLINE AND REALIZED THAT OTHER KIA CARS DATING BACK TO 2000 MODELS AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EITHER. I HAVE A 2008 KIA RIO LX I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW OFF THE LOT. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. *TR

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP I WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WENT TO GO AROUND A CURVE AND STEERING LOCKED UP,THE CAR WAS TOTAL LOST. *TR

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP ALTHOUGH I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE. THE CAR CROSSED THE STREET BEHIND MY HOUSE AND FINALLY CRASHED INTO A GROUP OF TREES. I THINK THAT THE THROTTLE GOT STUCK, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHY IT HAPPENED. THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND ENDED UP BEING TAKEN TO THE JUNK YARD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA RIO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS; AN AGGRESSIVE AND FORCEFUL PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO AVOID STRIKING TWO DEER IN THE ROAD. SUDDENLY, THE BRAKES LOCKED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SKID SIDEWAYS. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES OR DAMAGES. THE VEHICLE RESUMED TO NORMAL OPERATION WITH CAUTION. AN AUTHORIZED TECHNICIAN CLEANED THE SERVICE BRAKES; ALTHOUGH, HE WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THIS FAILURE HAS OCCURRED ON THREE OCCASIONS FOR IDENTICAL FAILURES WHICH THERE WERE NO RESOLUTIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED.THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,000.