2012 KIA RIO Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA RIO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A THUMPING NOISE AND BLACK SMOKE EMERGED FROM THE TAIL PIPE. ALSO, THE OIL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER UNTIL IT STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (SOUTHSIDE KIA, 9401 ATLANTIC BOULEVARD, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32225) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

ENGINE FAILURE WILL DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND OIL LEAKED OUT OF THE CAR AND IT BLEW UP.

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, CAR HAS LITTLE OVER 87,000 MILES STRICTLY DEALER MAINTENANCE NO RHYME OR REASON TO EXPLAIN THE LIGHT. NO ACCIDENTS NO LIQUIUD SPILLS ON ANY SEATS DEALER STATED COST COULD BE UP TO $2000.00 DEPENDING ON WHAT THE $245.00 DIAGNOSTIC SNOWS. I CAN NOT U UNDERSTAND HOW A SAFETY FEATURE UUS NOT COVERED FOR MUCH LONGER. HELL MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER GAS A LONGER WARRANTY. MY DEALER TELLS ME THEY ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE KKA VEHICLES COMING IN WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH ALMOST EXACT YEARS AND MILEAGE. THAT TELLS ME THERE IS A ISSUE. KIA NEEDS TO STEP UP AND ADDRESS THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE 2 OTHER CARS THAT ARE OLDER AND NEVER BAD A AIRBAG LIGHTG ON. MY 02 AVALANCHE HAS 237,000 MILES ON IT. NEVER A ISSUE. MY 99 CHEVY EXPRESS VAN 347,000 MILES ON IT ZERO AIRBAG LIGHTS EVER! WHY DOES A 5 YEAR OLD CAR WITH 87,000 MILES HAVE IT? GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO ISSUE A SAFETY RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR DIES DUE TO CHEAP PARTS BEING USED.

CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, RPM'S REVVING WHILE DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY. COULD NOT GET CAR TO SLOW DOWN SO HAD TO STEER CAR INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER. PROBLEM EXISTED BEFORE THE ACCIDENT DOING THE SAME THING(RPM'S REVVING) IN PARK OR REVERSE OR ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN WITHOUT PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL. TOOK IN FOR REPAIR AND 4 DAYS LATER WAS IN THE ACCIDENT. KIA DEALERSHIP TELLING ME THAT THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE DUPLICATED WHILE DRIVING IT OR PERFORMING INSPECTION. ACCORDING TO THEIR RESULTS, CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE. THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM OCCURRED RANDOMLY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE TO GET BACK IN THE CAR AND DRIVE AGAIN.

THIS IS MY SECOND POST. MY FUEL SYSTEM HAS BEEN ACTING UP THE LAST 1-2WKS. I NOTICED WHILE DRIVING ONE DAY THAT THE FUEL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE NEEDLE MOVED TO EMPTY ON MY DASHBOARD. I HAD PUT A FULL TANK OF GAS IN MY CAR LESS THAN 24HR EARLIER AND ONLY DRIVEN 20MI. SO I WAS QUITE ALARMED. I STOPPED TO CHECK MY FUEL CAP. CHECKED FOR LEAKS. BUT THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS ISSUE. THE LIGHT EVENTUALLY WENT OFF AND THE NEEDLE ROSE BACK UP TO THE FULL READING. WEIRD OF COURSE. I FIGURED IT WAS A GLITCH SO I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. HOWEVER THE SAME ISSUE CONT'D TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT EVENTUALLY CAME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO AUTOZONE AND WAS TOLD THERE IS AN ISSUE W/ MY FUEL SENSOR SYSTEM. GREATNESS NEWS EVER B/C I AM STILL DEALING W/ MY AIRBAG LIGHT ISSUE FROM CLOSE TO TWO MONTHS AGO!!!!!!! I HAVE HAD SOME HELP FROM THE DEALER REGARDING THE AIRBAG MATTER, WHICH I AM THANKFUL FOR. HOWEVER I AM BECOMING VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY VEHICLE NOW THAT I HAVE A NEW ISSUE IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS. I UNDERSTAND CARS REQUIRE MAINTENANCE. BUT THE COST AND NEED FOR MAINTENANCE SHOULD BE A MORE REASONABLE BURDEN FOR THE OWNER. BECAUSE THIS IS BECOMING UNBEARABLE. NOT SURE WHAT I WILL DO WITH MY CAR LONG TERM. MY HUSBAND AND I DO PLAN TO FIX BOTH ISSUES AS TIME AND MONEY PERMITS. BUT I WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO SELLING MY CAR SOON AND SERIOUSLY CONSIDER ANOTHER DEALER FOR FUTURE CAR PURCHASES.

MY AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS NOW. I WAS HOPING THE ISSUE WOULD CORRECT ITSELF AND IT DIDN'T. SO I BROUGHT IT TO A DEALER YESTERDAY. THE PRICE THEY QUOTED FOR PARTS IS 913 FOR AN OSC MAT AND 296 FOR A CLOCK ASSEMBLY PART. THAT'S OVER 1000, NOT INCLUDING LABOR. I AM VERY UPSET AND CONFUSED AT THE COST I'M BEING QUOTED TO REPAIR THE MATTER. JUST MY LUCK OF COURSE, THE WARRANTY COVERING THIS EXPIRED ABOUT 2 MOS AGO, PER THE DEALER. I REALLY WOULD LIKE SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE MANUFACTURER ON WHY THE COST IS SO HIGH, CONSIDERING THE CURRENT VALUE OF THE VEHICLE AS A WHOLE. IT'S NOT REASONABLE AND NOT ECONOMICAL IF I HAVE TO PAY FOR A SIMILAR ISSUE IN THE FUTURE. THE LIGHT STAYS ON AFTER I START MY VEHICLE; TYPICALLY IT SHOULD FLASH ON FOR A FEW SEC IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING AND THEN TURN OFF; BUT THE LIGHT NEVER TURNS OFF; THE ISSUE HASN'T SEEMED TO AFFECT MY DRIVING; BUT IT DOES CONCERN ME IF I DON'T PAY TO CORRECT THE MATTER THAT THE AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY DURING A WRECK OR CONVERSELY IT MAY DEPLOY AT A WRONG TIME, CAUSING UNNECESSARY DAMAGE. *TR

DRIVING CAR AT ABOUT 60 MPH AND CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE. GOT OUT ON SIDE OF HIGHWAY LIFTED HOOD AND EVERYTHING WAS ON FIRE. PEOPLE ASSING BY ALONG WITH HERO AND FIRE DEPT MADE SURE FLAMES WERE PUT OUT . I NEVER MADE ANY MODIFICATION TO VEHICLE AND WE KEEP IT SERVICED. FEEL LIKE PROBLEMS ARE WITH MANUFACTURE WIRING. I HAVE DONE INSURANCE CLAIM AND CONTACTED MANUFACTURE. THE MILES ARE APROX 102K

THE REAR END OF THE CAR MAKES A WEIRD WHOP WHOP SOUND WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING IT HAS DONE THIS SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT THE CAR AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE. WHEN I COMPLAINED TO CHARPER THEY TOLD ME ALL THE KIA RIOS DO THIS. I FEAR THAT A REAR WHEEL IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY COME OF OR BLOW SOMETHING. CANT EVEN PUT WINDOWS DOWN WHEN DRIVING IT SOUNDS LIKE A HELICOPTER IS LANDING ON THE ROOF IT IS THAT BAD. HURTS YOUR EARDRUMS. HAPPENS NO MATTER WHAT DRIVING CONDITION.

MY PROBLEM IS SIMILAR TO ANOTHER POST ON THIS WEBSITE. MY CAR WOULD REV HIGH ON THE RPMS WHEN STARTING IT WHILE IN PARK AND I WOULD HAVE TO PUT MY TOE UNDER THE GAS PEDAL TO STOP IT AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPEATED IF IT WAS STILL DOING IT WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING, OTHERWISE THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT IS PUSHING FORWARD. I NOTICED THIS HAPPED MORE OFTEN THE NEXT DAY IF THE CAR WAS PARKED QUICKLY EARLIER, (BUT NOT ALWAYS) AND ALSO HAPPENED MORE WITH LESS MILES ON THE CAR WHEN I FIRST GOT THE ONE OWNER USED CAR AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WITH LESS THAN 12000 MILES. HAD A ISSUE WITH IT WHEN AT A 3 WAY INTERSECTION WHERE A CAR TAPPED MY BUMPER HARD ENOUGH TO PUSH ME FORWARD. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY ENGAGED IN THE "ACCELERATION MODE." LUCKILY I WASN'T HIT BY ANY OTHER CARS WHILE MY CAR PUSHED ITSELF OUT INTO TRAFFIC DESPITE PUTTING MY FOOT HARD ON THE BRAKE. I MANAGED TO GET MY TOE UNDER THE GAS PEDAL TO STOP THE ACCELERATION AND PUT ON THE BRAKE AFTER TURNING RIGHT. THIS HAPPED IN APPROX. 2014 OR 2015. NEVER HAS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AS OF THIS TIME. WHEN I HAD A KIA DEALERSHIP LOOKING AT THE CAR FOR ANOTHER UNRELATED PROBLEM, THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM. DESPITE INSPECTING AND TEST DRIVING, THE MECHANICS SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. YESTERDAY ON JUNE 3, 2016 (AFTER LEAVING OUR HOUSE WITH ROUGH ROAD OUT FRONT THAT IS TO BE REPAIRED,) I WAS MOVING FORWARD AFTER STOPPING AT A 4 WAY INTERSECTION, WHEN THE CAR STARTED REVVING AGAIN. I HAD TO BRAKE, THROW THE CAR INTO PARK, TURN ON MY HAZARDS, AND LIFT UP THE GAS PEDAL WITH MY TOE ALL AT ONCE BEFORE GOING ON THE HIGHWAY. NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING UNTIL NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF GOING OVER A STONE ON THE ROUGH AREA OF OUR RESIDENTIAL STREET AT APPROX. 10 MPH LED TO YESTERDAY'S PROBLEM. THERE IS A SENSE OF LOSS OF CONTROL OVER DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENS. HELP!

I WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN, GOING ABOUT 55-60 MPH, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON ITS BRAKES AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN (LIKE THEY ALMOST MISSED THE STREET AND TRIED TO COMPENSATE LAST MINUTE) I SLAMMED ON THE BREAKS BUT COULD NOT STOP IN TIME AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE SEATBELT DIDN'T CATCH, NOR DID THE AIRBAG DEPLOY, AND MY HEAD HIT THE STEERING WHEEL, CHIN FIRST.