10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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problem #5

Nov 142023

Rio

  • miles
Placed car in park got out to open a gate. Car took off forward even when shifter was in Park Position and almost ran a child over.

- New Lebanon, OH, USA

problem #4

Apr 142023

Rio

  • miles
seatbelts in rear are inoperable/anti theft not working. Kia dealership told me that its not their issue about the anti theft. I have been told on 3 separate occasions that my seatbelts have been ordered but they haven-??t!!!! No one is following up with me, when I call I get told -??until they can get in contact with the dealership Kia the corporate company cannot do anything-?? have 2 kids Kia the dealership as well as the corporate company knows about this and no one is doing anything!! NO ONE CARES

- Matthews, NC, USA

problem #3

Mar 262023

Rio

  • miles
At speeds over 20 miles per hours there is a -??flapping-?? noise that sounds like a bag or piece of paper that is blowing in the wind. Although I don-??t know were the noise originates, I can hear it clearly from the driver-??s side b-pillar. It is incredibly annoying and greatly diminishes what is otherwise a solid entry, level vehicle.

- Florence , KY, USA

problem #2

Jan 072023

Rio

  • miles
The contol post for lights, turn signal, and high beams is too sensitive. To control the lights, you twist the top of lever. To turn on turn signals, you flip the lever up or down. To turn on brights, the lever goes forward. To turn of lights, the lever is pulled back. The issue..... If you have brights on, when you pull lever back to dim lights, the top automatically twists to shut off the headlights entirely. DANGEROUS DANGEROUS DANGEROUS. My husband doesn't have this problem, but he has longer fingers and his fingers hit the lever more at the base where nothing twists. I have shorter women's fingers and they can't reach all the way down the lever. I have since adjusted how I dim the brights by reacing under the lever, (close to steering column), to pull the lever back. This is very uncomfortable and tends to cause me to make the turn signal come on, which could cause its own traffic accident. My remedy would be to make the headlights twist in the opposite direction for on off, or make the switch for headlights have a little more resistance.

- Springfield, OH, USA

problem #1

Aug 112022

Rio

  • miles
The steering wheel column does not have a lock therefore someone broke into my car and tried to steal it and destroyed it, also no alarm went off when this happened.

- Cincinnati , OH, USA