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Kia RIO5

Every Kia RIO5 model year on file, 2008 to 2009. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years52 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years22008 to 2009
Recall campaigns0Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins5Summed across model years
By model year

The 2008 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 60% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

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Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the Kia RIO5 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
4
Lighting
1
Seat belts
1
Powertrain
1
Speed control
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Kia RIO5 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Kia RIO5 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2009Hatchback20.05002
2008Hatchback366.75003
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Kia RIO5

No recall campaign lists this model.

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.