2013 KIA RIO

1 safety recall campaign, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 218 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints218
Complaints citing a crash13
Complaints citing a fire33

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 1 of 1

23V6520002023-09-25

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE

An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.

What owners report most

  • 53ENGINE
  • 34AIR BAGS
  • 26ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 21SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
  • 19UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 10STEERING
  • 8SERVICE BRAKES
  • 7FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2013 KIA RIOs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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