Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Aug 11, 200419,000 milesWA
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
2000 Kia Rio
Routine
Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension › Front | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Air Bags | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsSuspension › Front
Filed Aug 10, 2004GA
WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Air Bags
Filed May 29, 2001CA
AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON DASHBOARD. ALSO, A WARNING LIGHT, BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND THERE ARE NOISES. *AK
3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2001| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2022 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2021 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Fatalities reported |
| 2019 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2018 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2017 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 77 | 2 | 5 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 52 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 52 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 153 | 1 | 18 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 54 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2006 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2004 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 74 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 128 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2001 | 223 | 3 | 14 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2000 — this page | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.