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2000 Kia Rio Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Aug 11, 2004
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since May 29, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2000 Kia Rio. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

Engine
Filed Aug 11, 2004

VEHICLE STALLED WHEN AT A STOP SIGN. AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE. MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK

NHTSA ID
10087730
Incident
Jul 14, 2004
Mileage
19,000 mi
Suspension
Filed Aug 10, 2004

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID
10087611
Incident
Jul 13, 2004
AirbagsBrakes
Filed May 29, 2001

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON DASHBOARD. ALSO, A WARNING LIGHT, BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND THERE ARE NOISES. *AK

NHTSA ID
889338
Incident
Sep 1, 2000

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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