2002 Kia Rio review from North America

Flex Pipe blew with only 47,000 miles very expensive need make a universal part for it at a cheaper rate.

Windshield wipers are crap with the safety devise that KIA claims is on it. Very his wind they stop. to much rain they stop or to much snow they stop. If you are driving and using them and they stop and you don't have wrench to fix them Too bad.

Tie rodes went out.

Have had to replace front tires 3 times now.

Inside seals are awful. Winds fog bad and ice covers the window on the inside in the winter.

We have 2 KIA's a Rio and a Sadonia and we have had nothing, but problems out of both of them. On the van there has been 2 can plug that have blown and there is nothing that can be done about it. Not sure of the reasoning as to why. The brakes have been bad and expensive to replace. To replace a headlight in the van is a task within itself. We thought that these would be a couple of good cars to get us through till our kids graduate from school, but that isn't going to happen. My brother that works on cars tried to tell us to not get them and we should have listened. Now anytime he has to fix something he laughs and says that he told us so. Body wise the cars are in great condition, but the rest is crap. Our next car will be Chevy or Pontiac.