2015 KIA RIO Complaints

tHE ENTIRE CAR FAILED. cAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE CONSOLE AND PASSENGER SEAT WHILE DRIVING ON 1-15 . 8.15.2025 . Car filled wit black moke and fire.l was driving blind. brakes failed, power failed, burning the entire time. I somehow got out of burning vehicle and ran about 100 yards and watched the car explode!! Had car tuned up at Findlay Honda whede it was bought, 4 months ago, and they said it was fine... fire and police both told me i should not be here. Since, my life is in shambles. No car, no ID for a motnh, no license for 3 weeks. I bought car in 2023--- car was recalled in 2020. But was it and if it was, why did this EXACT problem occur? Someone must be responsible. On anxiety pillxs

The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH, he observed smoke emanating from the engine compartment, prompting him to pull to the shoulder of the roadway and evacuate the vehicle. After a visual inspection of the engine compartment, the contact observed flame jutting up from the engine. Local emergency services arrived and were able to extinguish the flames but did not provide details on a possible cause for the fire. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard but had yet to be evaluated by the insurance provider. The contact was unaware if a fire report had been filed. A police report was filed, but no injuries were reported. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic); the VIN was included, and parts were available, but the vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,000.

The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The vehicle was taken to a certified mechanic who diagnosed and determined that the failure was caused by the catalytic converter failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who confirmed that parts were not yet available. The dealer had not diagnosed the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was unknown. Parts distribution disconnect.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION TURNING RIGHT DECELERATING AS I TURNED. ONCE I TURNED, ACCELERATION PEDAL WAS DISENGAGED AND NO ACCELERATION WAS HAPPENING. BRAKING SYSTEM WAS COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AND COULD NOT PRESS THE BRAKES. WHEN I COASTED TO A STOP, THERE WAS VISIBLE FIRE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. TEMP GAGE NEVER REGISTERED AS HIGH WHILE DRIVING. WITHIN A MATTER OF A COUPLE MINUTES, THE WHOLE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AS I WAITED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ARRIVE. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO VISIBLE FLUID LEAKING ON THE GROUND AND DID NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. CAR WAS MAINTAINED REGULARLY FOR OIL. HAD ISSUES WITH THE CAR OVERHEATING AND TOOK IT TO KIA AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AND RELEASED ME. CAR IS TOTALED NOW.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2015 WITH LOW MILEAGE AND THE ECO BUTTON DIDNT WAS USED FOR WHAT THEY EXPLAINED BECAUSE GAS WAS BURNING ALOT FASTER UNTIL I GOT OVER 50,000 MILES. WHEN GOING UP A HILL IT MAKES A WEIRD NOSE LIKE THE MOTOR IS ABOUT TO GO OUT WITH A LOUD RATTLING NOISE AND ITS ABOUT TO MAKE A STOP. WHEN ITS RAINING AND YOU HIT THE BRAKES IT WANT COMPLETELY STOP, YOU HAVE TO HIT YOUR BRAKES TWICE AND YOU FEEL THIS SOUND LIKE A SPRING OR SOMETHING SKIPPING OVE THE FUCTION FOR IT TO MAKE A COMPLETE STOP AND THIS WILL CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. IT HAS HAPPENED ALOT ON THE HIGHWAY AND INTERSTATE .ONCE U GO OVER 65 MPH THE CAR SHAKES WITH SOUNDS OF SOMETHING LOOSE IN THE STEERING AND OTHER PLACES. THE LOCKS ON THE DOORS AREN'T SAFE DUE TO DOORS CAN BE OPENED EVEN IF YOU LOCK THEM ON THIS STANDARD VEHICLE EX. IF A BIGGER SIZE PERSON OR BASICALLY AN AVERAGE ADULT WITH CERTAIN CLOTHING ON. WAS IN THIS VEHICLE THERE CLOTHING POSSIBLY COULD GET CAUGHT IN THE LATCH EVEN THOUGH ITS LOCKED THE DOOR COULD STILL POP OPEN DUE TO EASY ACSSS OF AN SAFELY LOCKED DOOR..YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO KEEP THE DOORS ON A SAFE LOCK IN THE BACK WITHIN THE HAZARD OF CHILDREN AND WHAT I MEAN IS IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN HAZARDOUS THE KID WANT BE ABLE TO GET UNLESS SOMEONE OPEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE IN A PANIC SITUATION BECAUSE THE DOORS UNLOCK BY PULLING THE LATCH WHEN YOU USE THE TURN KEY LOCK FOR KIDS. MAINTENANCE LIGHTS COMES ON FOR NO REASON AND STAY ON IF YOU FIX THE PROBLEM ESPECIALLY THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT. THIS BEEN GOING ON EVERY SINCE I WENT OVER 50,000 MILES NOW IM AT 120,000 I TRIED TALKING TO THE COMPANY ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY WHO I PURCHASED IT FROM TO GIVE BACK BEFORE I ACTUALLY STARTED DRIVEN IT BUT THEY WOULDNT TAKE IT BACK AND NO OTHER DEALERS EITHER BEFORE ALL THE PROBLEMS STARTED. THE CAR WAS SOLD AT MORE THAN WHAT IT WAS WORTH...

THE ENGINE LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON BUT WHEN HOOKED TO THE MACHINE, THERE ARE NO ERROR MESSAGES. SOME DAYS IT'S ON, SOME DAYS IT'S NOT.

PURCHASED THE CAR FROM KIA DEALER ON 5/20/17 WITH LIMITED POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. HAD OIL CHANGE DONE ON 7/22/17AND AGAIN ON 10/14/17(COPIES WERE PROVIDED TO THE WARRANTY COMPANY). THE SECOND ONE WAS AT THE DEALER. ON 12/8/17 MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND FELT A JOLT AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE CAR. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND GET OUT OF THE CAR SAFELY. SOMEONE USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE FIRE BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. IT WAS TOWED TO A DIFFERENT KIA DEALERSHIP WHO SAID "THE ENGINE HAS INTERNAL DAMAGE THAT LOCKED UP THE ENGINE AND CAUSED OIL TO SPILL AND CATCH FIRE." THE WARRANTY COMPANY DENIED THE CLAIM AND SAID THAT IT WAS LACK OF MAINTENANCE AND THERE WASN'T ANY OIL IN THE CAR WHICH CONTRADICTS WHAT THE DEALER SAID. WE TRIED FIGHTING IT BUT AFTER A MONTH WE NEEDED TRANSPORTATION AND REPORTED THE CLAIM TO OUR INSURANCE COMPANY WHO TOTALED THE CAR BUT DID NOT GIVE US FULL VALUE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY COMPANY SAID IT WAS LACK OF MAINTENANCE. NOW WE SEE ALL THE REPORTS ON OTHER KIA'S GOING ON FIRE AND BELIEVE OUR CAR HAD THE SAME ISSUE. WE LOST OVER $7,000 ON THE DEAL.

THE KIA RIO BOUGHT BRAND NEW AT HADDAD KIA IN BAKERSFIELD, CA BEGAN HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES IN THE YEAR 2018. IT BEGAN WITH OVERHEATING. KIA SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS A FUSE, AND THE REPLACED IT. UPON REPLACING IT THE ISSUE WAS FIXED FOR 2 DAYS. THE OVERHEATING PERSISTED, AND WENT BACK TO HADDAD KIA. THEY THEN "TIGHTENED A LOOSE HOSE" THIS FIXED THE OVERHEATING FOR 2 WEEKS. IT THEN RETURNED TO THE STAGE OF OVERHEATING. IT WAS ONCE AGAIN RETURNED TO HADDAD KIA WHERE THEY SAID THAT THE WIRING HARNESS HAD A LOOSE CONNECTOR, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE JOB TOOK 2 WEEKS, UPON GETTING THE CAR BACK IT DIDN'T OVERHEAT FOR 45 MINUTES. THE PROBLEM RETURNED. THE CAR WENT BACK TO KIA WHERE THEY NOW SAY IT WAS A MELTED FAN CONNECTOR. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY IN FOR REPAIRS AND UNKNOWN IF THIS WILL FIX THE PROBLEM OF OVERHEATING.

TL* THE CONTACT'S NEPHEW OWNS A 2015 KIA RIO. WHILE THE CONTACT'S NEPHEW WAS DRIVING 30 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS INDEPENDENTLY DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS LOCKED, BUT FAILED TO UNLOCK. THE CONTACT'S NEPHEW AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED BRUISING THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEMONTROND KIA (14101 NORTH FWY, HOUSTON, TX 77090), BUT NO DIAGNOSTIC FAILURE CODES WERE FOUND AND THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND AN ENGINEER WAS SENT OUT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. AN ENGINEER STATED THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION AREA AND THE SUBFRAME WAS VISIBLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA RIO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MPH, THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES WHENEVER THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER MOVED FROM AUTOMATIC TO MANUAL TRANSMISSION MODE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN INADVERTENT SWITCH FROM AUTOMATIC TO MANUAL MODE WITH THE SLIGHTEST OF TOUCH TO THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JEFF WYLER FAIRFIELD CADILLAC KIA NISSAN LOCATED AT 5815 DIXIE HWY, FAIRFIELD, OH 45014, (513) 682-2500 TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE AUTOMATIC/MANUAL MODE WAS A FEATURE OF THE VEHICLE AND THAT THERE WAS NO WAY TO REMOVE THE FEATURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED OR NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,437.