Safety Score
91
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
26
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-01 | 21V936000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | 87 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2020 Kia Rio. The contact stated that while coming to a stoplight, the vehicle unexpectedly stalled.… |
| 2025-09-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Upon stopping at a red light and or stop sign, when applying brakes, the car continues to move forward, even after pump… |
| 2025-05-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I was driving up a hill and it would not go past 20-30 mph, and the rpm will sometimes go up when not accelerating. The… |
| 2025-03-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I came out of a store last week and there was smoke inside my car and when I opened the door there was a hole down by t… |
| 2025-03-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I went into a rural King store to shop when I came back out my car was completely filled with smoke. I opened the front… |
| 2024-10-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Recall SC223 Brake master cylinder. Rough metal edges can pinatrate Seals causing leaks poor braking functionality. NH… |
| 2023-09-03 | STEERING | No | 0 | My vehicle driver rear window was broken, steer column and stolen case # [XXX] I also own a vin # [XXX] and [XXX] . P… |
| 2023-09-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | I believe my Kia Rio S falls victim to the recall 2020 Kia Rio models have faced. Brake performance has been severely d… |
| 2023-08-09 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | My car acted like it haD a dead battery. This happened once before and after about 10 minutes when I tried starting it… |
| 2023-07-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | When I first purchased the car less than 90 days the engine light came on rook back to the dealership and notified Kia … |
| 2023-05-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | There has not been an incident yet but i don’t know who else to talk to. I am a FedEx Delivery driver and driver the la… |
| 2022-05-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I was driving at just over 20,000 miles, when cylinder 4 decided to go out of the bottom of my engine. They had to put … |
| 2022-05-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2020 Kia Rio. The contact stated the vehicle was parked at her residence, when entering inside the c… |
| 2022-05-02 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | The Passenger Headlight has water inside it, and water vapor. The connections for the light blubs is corroding. |
| 2022-01-15 | ENGINE | Yes | 0 | Yes my son bought this car last year I have been checking since January there has still been no recalls on his particul… |
| 2021-12-27 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Rear ended a car at 60 mph on black ice and the air bags did not deploy |
| 2021-12-09 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | marker lights on the right side won't work both went off line and licence light same side is out same time and bulbs ,f… |
| 2021-07-23 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | My Kia Rio 2020 had the check engine light come on today. The engine coolant temperature gauge went all the way to the… |
| 2021-05-25 | SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | Yes | 1 | The contact owns a 2020 Kia Rio. The contact stated while driving through an intersection, another vehicle ran a red li… |
| 2021-03-03 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 0 | The contact owns a 2020 Kia Rio. The contact stated that he was a former service technician and that while driving and … |
| 2021-01-20 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | WIND SHIELD FLUID DISAPPEARS WHEN DRIVEN WITHOUT USE. CONTINUALLY FILLING RES. AND WITHIN 10-15 MILES FLUID DISAPPEARS… |
| 2020-12-28 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY CAR WAS PARKED AT MY PLACE AFTER GETTING OUT OF IT AROUND 8:30AM. I RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE AT 12PM AND THE INSIDE WA… |
| 2020-09-24 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT MY BRAKE PROBLEM FIVE DAYS AGO ABOUT THE BRAKES GOING DOWN TO THE FLOOR ALMOST I WAS T… |
| 2020-07-05 | WHEELS | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A NEW KIA RIO, AFTER JUST 300 KILOMETERS OF USE A TIRE EXPLOTED WHEN I WAS DRIVING, I WENT TO KIA DEALER TO RE… |
| 2020-02-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, MY 2020 KIA RIO HAS STALLED WHEN ACCELERATING WHILE TURNING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TP P… |
| 2020-02-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | my 2020 kia rio pulls to the left. it is not the tires the wheel alignment or the brakes. it has electronic power steer… |