Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2001 Kia Rio submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
PARKED CAR AT WORK CAME BACK OUT AND THE DOOR LOCK WAS DOWN TRIED TO PULL UP BUT IS STUCK OR CAUGHT ON SOMETHING. THE WAY THE SCREWS ARE IN THE DOOR 2 OF THEM CANNOT BE TAKEN OUT WITHOUT HAVING THE DOOR OPEN. WITH LONG LEGS ITS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IN AND OUT OF VEHICLE!!! ALSO TROUBLE WITH THE ENGINE MISFIRING OF SPARKPLUG WITH SOME LOSS OF POWER. *TR
I HAVE A KIA RIO. STOCK #06520901,CASE 0067, MODEL K32B NA3,YEAR 2001, VINKNADC1234165XXXXX RA, MOTOR ASD21403 COLOR BI. THE COMPACT BASE THAT HOLDS THE RADIATOR SPLIT AT THE CENTER. THE TWO SIDES OF THIS BASE BROKE IN TWO. MY HUSBAND TALKED TO VARIOUS PERSONS WHO ALSO HAVE A KIA. TO HIS SURPRISE, THEY ALL TOLD HIM, "THESE CARS MUST HAVE COME WITH A DEFECT BECAUSE THE SAME BASE IS ALSO BROKEN ON MY CAR". SO FAR, 4 PERSONS OWING A KIA HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM . I FELT I SHOULD REPORT THIS BECAUSE AS I WAS RUNNING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A CACKLING SOUND. I STOPPED THE CAR AND CALLED MY HUSBAND. HE ARRIVED AND CHECKED THE CAR AND SHOWED ME THE BROKEN BASE. IT SPLIT AT THE CENTER AND BROKE OFF OF BOTH SIDES OF THE BASE. I WAS REALLY HAIR RAISED BECAUSE IF ANY THE PARTS INVOLVED WOULD HAD COME DOWN, DEFINITELY, IT WOULD HAVE CAUSE A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW BECAUSE MY HUSBAND SENT THE PART TO BE SOLDERED BUT I FEEL UNSECURED. *NM
DT: THE CALLER SAID THE DEALER MADE NEW HOLES IN THE FRAME TO PUT THE BOLTS IN. THE DEALER CUT THE FRAME TO PUT SMALLER BOLTS AND NUTS IN. ANOTHER DEALER SAID DOING THAT RUINED THE INTEGRITY OF THE FRAME. ALSO, THERE WAS AN EXHAUST LEAK INTO THE VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION BRACKET WAS BENT AND IT WOULD NOT HOLD THE TRANSMISSION IN PLACE. WHEN THE DEALER FIXED IT THE BOLTS FELL OUT. THE CALLER HAD TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON CONSTANTLY. VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION WITH THE LIGHT ON. DEALER SAID IT WILL PASS INSPECTION WITH THE LIGHT ON. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP THE CALLER BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE CALLER SAID FUSES BLEW OUT. HE REPLACED THE FUSES OVER 200 TIMES. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS,HEADLIGHTS AND OTHER EXTERIOR LIGHTS WENT OUT. *AK
FRONT DRIVER'S PLASTIC DOOR MECHANISM BROKE WHILE EXITING THE VEHICLE, DEALER REPLACED THE MECHANISM AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE OF$210.00. *AK
CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WATER COMING IN THRU THE DOOR HINGES. . DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT IT IS A DEFECT BUT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO.
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT WATER COMING IN THE VEHICLE TRUE THE DOOR. ALSO STATED THAT HAS FILED FOR THE LEMON LAW. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADMITTED THAT THEY DO HAVE A PROBLEM BUT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO UNTIL THE MANUFACTURE ISSUES A RECALL. TS
WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, CONSUMER HEARD A LITTLE CRACK, VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT TO THE LEFT OF ROAD, CONSUMER PULLED OVER. A PIECE OF PLASTIC HAD FALLEN THAT WAS ATTACHED TO A PIECE METAL NEAR THE MOTOR. THIS CAUSED BUMPER TO CRACK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOMATION.AK
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON REPEATEDLY WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN. THE ONLY CORRECTIVE ACTION DEALERSHIP DID WAS TO CHANGE A CODE IN THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER SYSTEM. FAULURE CAUSED VEHICLE NOT TO EXCEED 5 MPH. *AK THE BRAKES WERE MAKING A LOUD NOISE, THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON, THE LEFT WINDOW WAS ACTING ERRACTICALLY, THE REGULATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE REAR VIEW MIRRO WAS INOPERATIVE, ALL 4 DOOR SEALS WERE LEAKING WATER, THERE WAS A SHIMMY IN THE STEERING WHEEL, THE SHIFT INDICATOR STRIP WAS OUT OF POISTION, THE TRIM AROUND THE WINDSHIELD WAS LOOSE FOR THE SECOND TIME, THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST DUE TO THE SHILED ON THE MIDPIPE BEING LOOSE.*JB
AIR LEAKS AROUND THE DOORS, THE DOORS WERE ADJUSTED WHICH HAS ONLY SOMEWHAT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM, VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A 5 MPH BUMPER, THE PLASTIC ATTACHMENTS DO NOT HOLD THE BUMPER TO THE VEHICLE SECURELY AND WHILE DRIVING OVER 50 MPH A VIBRATION WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT END. *SLC
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