Kia RIO5

Owners filed 5 complaints across 2 model years of the Kia RIO5. The 2008 drew the most (3).

Model years2
Complaints5
Recalls0
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Kia RIO5 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Kia RIO5 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Kia RIO5 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20092
0——Unknown or OtherRoutine
20083
0—2Air BagsRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.