2001 Kia Rio LS review from North America

What has not gone wrong with this car? Its the worst car I have ever driven in my entire life.

1. Transmission replaced after about months of driving it. My car would suddenly start to slow down as if it was dying and then it would rev up really high, then it would go "clunk" then it would be fine.

I took it to the dealership, in Mississauga, the guy told me it was just fluke that the transmission was doing that and he could not look at it until the check engine light came on. If that is not the biggest load of... I have ever heard.

2. So then my emergency brake didn't work. Like it hasn't worked since day one I guess. So I took it to the same dealership and the guy said "What do you need it for" I'm not sure if he was joking or not, but I just turned around and walked away. You have got to be kidding me.

3. New Throttle body Sensor to maybe make the car stop shaking, but it still shakes.

4. New O 2 sensor, for the egg smell. But it still makes that smell.

5. My car has locked me in so many times I can't count. So I took my car back to KIA this time in Hamilton and asked them what they would do If I were to get into an accident on the highway and my little nephew was in there and they couldn't him out because the doors locked him in. They couldn't answer that, but they ordered some part in that was suppose to fix it and make it better, but... low and behold it still locks me in from time to time.

6. The seat belts have frayed, to pieces in the back. So once again I asked KIA what they would do if I had my nephew in his car seat back there and we got into an accident that seatbelt just snapped because it was fraying to pieces. They had no response, they fixed it.

7. Lack of power when anything is turned on while the car is running. Such as, the windows going down my car makes this loud rattle noise and all the light dim, its kinda funny. Its like it can't handle the power or something.

8. I have the worst smell, like stale coming out of my A/C. SICK!

9. My Transmission is going again I think. Its very hard to get it out of first gear (its automatic). Sometimes it just keeps revving higher and higher in first gear.

10. The pain it chipping everywhere. They just blamed it on the manufacturer and sent it in to get fixed.

11. The little teeny spoiler on the trunk cracked one day in the cold. HELLO plastic on cars, stupid, when plastic gets cold it cracks...

12. Every time I put gas in the car now it stalls. That's not normal. Sometimes It won't start back up for a couple minutes, sometimes right away.

13. Oh and not good on gas at all.

You cannot tell me that I got what I paid for. This is far from what I paid for. I paid $17,00 for a brand new car, not for a lemon. I don't drive it hard or let the maintenance slip.

My 1991 Ford Taurus ran better than this. And that was a piece of junk.

I am trading it in this week for a Ford. Thank God!

I don't even get upset about this anymore, I just laugh. Because it such a piece of junk.