Safety Score
90
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2015 Kia Rio.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | tHE ENTIRE CAR FAILED. cAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE CONSOLE AND PASSENGER SEAT WHILE DRIVING ON 1-15 . 8.15.2025 . Car fil… |
| 2025-02-26 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH, he observed smoke emanating from the … |
| 2024-08-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owned a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact stated that while the friend was driving approximately 70 MPH, the vehicl… |
| 2024-07-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes,… |
| 2024-07-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Engine making noise and smelling like it’s burning. Towed to mechanic said oil was not there despite recent oil change … |
| 2024-04-18 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes,… |
| 2023-11-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes,… |
| 2023-11-24 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes,… |
| 2023-11-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes,… |
| 2023-10-12 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact stated that while her son was driving at approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle… |
| 2023-09-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | My Kia had be under an unresolved recall that can cause a fire, not only putting myself and my family, but other driver… |
| 2023-09-25 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes,… |
| 2023-09-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warnin… |
| 2023-09-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact was driving at approximately 40 MPH when a burning odor emitted from the v… |
| 2023-09-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes,… |
| 2023-05-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | After an oil routine change last May, my mechanic informed me that the engine had almost no oil. I had been hearing a r… |
| 2023-04-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | My vehicle consumes oil according to my Midas repair shop. I was unaware that when I brought it in for regular servicin… |
| 2023-01-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V652000 (Service Brakes,… |
| 2022-10-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My oil light does not and has not ever notified me of my oil level being low. The engine burns oil for unknown reasons.… |
| 2022-07-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Burning excessive oil, rod bearing noise |
| 2021-12-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact stated while driving at approximately 40 MPH, the brake pedal was depresse… |
| 2021-12-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Kia Rio. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle started jerking and the contact s… |
| 2021-06-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Last night, my car ran exactly as usual. No warning lights on the dash. No strange sounds. This morning when I started… |
| 2021-04-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | After two weeks of buying the car from a dealer, I was driving and I heard a noise in the engine, when I checked it had… |
| 2019-11-27 | ENGINE | No | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA RIO. WHILE DRIVING 60-65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK AND A LOUD GRI… |
| 2019-11-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING TO WORK, HAND HEARD A POP UNDER MY HOOD. MY ENGINE AND BATTERY INDICATOR LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND I LO… |
| 2019-09-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA RIO. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND APPROACHING ANOTHER VEHICLE'S BLIND SPOT, THE CONTACT PRE… |
| 2019-07-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | 'TAMARA RECALL' MY CAR DRIVE GEAR HAS TWICE SLIPPED INTO 'SHIFT GEAR... 1ST, 2ND, ALONG WITH A NOTICEABLE LOU DAY SOUND… |
| 2019-07-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 2 | TAKARA RECALL I WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF MY CAR BY A SEMI DOING APPROXIMATELY 58 MPH IN DOING SO MY CAR WENT … |
| 2019-06-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR. THERE WAS A KNOCK SENSOR ERROR DISCOVERED A COUPLE HOURS BEFORE, BUT… |
| 2019-06-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, CAR HESITATES TO ACCELERATE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HAD CAR CHECKED, DIAGNOSTIC SAYS… |
| 2019-06-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I SENT IN A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY VEHICLE .I WROTE THE WRONG PROBLEM RIGHT PROBLEM IS CATALYTIC CONVERTER |
| 2019-05-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 2 | STOPPED CAR, PUT IN PARK, TURNED ENGINE OFF, OPENED DOO, STARTED TO GET OUT, CAR BEGAN TO ROLL, ONE LEG OUT OF CAR, ONE… |
| 2019-05-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | ON MAY 4, 2019, AT AROUND 2:15 PM I WAS DRVING AROUND 15 MILES/HR FOR 1 MILE & I STOPPED AROUND 230TH AVENUE SW & HIGHW… |
| 2019-02-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHEN I FRIST GOT MY CAR THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEAN MCCRARY FIXED IT. NOW THE LIGHT COMES BACK ON AND OFF. MAY CAR D… |
| 2019-02-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION TURNING RIGHT DECELERATING AS I TURNED. ONCE I TURNED, ACCELERATION PEDAL WAS DISENGAGED AND NO A… |
| 2019-02-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2015 WITH LOW MILEAGE AND THE ECO BUTTON DIDNT WAS USED FOR WHAT THEY EXPLAINED BECAUSE GAS WAS BU… |
| 2019-02-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT. |
| 2018-10-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON BUT WHEN HOOKED TO THE MACHINE, THERE ARE NO ERROR MESSAGES. SOME DAYS IT'S ON, SOME … |
| 2018-08-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE KIA RIO BOUGHT BRAND NEW AT HADDAD KIA IN BAKERSFIELD, CA BEGAN HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES IN THE YEAR 2018. IT BEGAN… |
| 2018-02-10 | SEAT BELTS | No | 2 | TL* THE CONTACT'S NEPHEW OWNS A 2015 KIA RIO. WHILE THE CONTACT'S NEPHEW WAS DRIVING 30 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSE… |
| 2018-02-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN MY 2015 KIA RIO WHILE DRIVING ON A DRY SMOOTH ROAD IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR… |
| 2017-12-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE PERIODICALLY WILL STALL FOR 2-3 SECONDS, USUALLY WHEN STARTING A LEFT TURN FROM A STOP. THIS CAN PROVE HAZA… |
| 2017-12-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | PURCHASED THE CAR FROM KIA DEALER ON 5/20/17 WITH LIMITED POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. HAD OIL CHANGE DONE ON 7/22/17AND AGAIN… |
| 2017-09-05 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA RIO. WHILE DRIVING 7 MPH IN TRAFFIC, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR… |
| 2017-06-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | IN THE FRONT AREA OF THE VEHICLE THERE IS A PLASTIC BUMPER ATTACHED TO TO THE VEHICLE AND BELOW IN FRNT OF THE ENGINE T… |
| 2016-10-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | When the accessory power (not ignition) is left on for more than 5 minutes and I go to start the car WITHOUT returning … |
| 2016-02-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA RIO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SURGED AT… |
| 2015-09-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 KIA RIO. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED,… |
| 2015-07-29 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 KIA RIO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, HE WAS INVOLVED IN… |