2001 Kia Rio from North America - Comments

Six months after I bought my car I started having my current problems.

I fill up with gas and get back on the road and within five minutes it shuts down completely, at 60km or at a stop or going through an intersection.

Now the check engine light and the overdrive light are frequently on and it stalls and catches all the time.

It has had the charcoal cannister replaced, the computer replaced and too many others to keep track, oh and just recently the fuel pump (it stalled 2 days after they said they fixed it).

My car has been in and out of the dealerships non-stop since I've owned my brand new showroom model egg-smelling car.

There seems to be no support from the company what so ever and the service guys seem to be aimlessly fixing whatever KIA tells them to try next.

Oh and tomorrow I get to take it back in so they can take the engine apart.

That seems to be there last resort.

I have put calls in to the District Manager with no reply.

Contacted customer service who listened "nicely" but that was it.

My lease is over in less than a year and I will never ever buy a KIA again.

And I will go out of my way to warn others.

I am not the only one with these exact problems, so I know that it is not an isolated "lemon" problem.

I had some of the same problems with my 2001 Kia Rio. My car stalled on I-95 in Delray Beach, Florida one time, but I didn't think about it again since the car crank back up again. On another occasion, the car started revving up for no reason. I immediately pulled the car to the side and shut it off, but it refused to restart. I took it to the nearest dealer wherein he told me it was a loose screw.

I then had another problem wherein the check engine light would stay on. They told me it was a loose gas cap. Now my car is running really rough, even after making sure I have all the fluids and making sure I have had my tune-up in time. This car has issues!

I had some of the same problems with my 2001 Kia Rio. My car stalled on I-95 in Delray Beach, Florida one time, but I didn't think about it again since the car crank back up again. On another occasion, the car started revving up for no reason. I immediately pulled the car to the side and shut it off, but it refused to restart. I took it to the nearest dealer wherein he told me it was a loose screw.

I then had another problem wherein the check engine light would stay on. They told me it was a loose gas cap. Now my car is running really rough, even after making sure I have all the fluids and making sure I have had my tune-up in time. This car has issues!

Wow, I had to stop myself and think if I wrote the main complaint or not. Reading your story sounds like I am reading my thoughts.

I went through the exact same problems... FOR YEARS!!!

Good Luck to you!!

If your in Ontario file an complaint with OMVIC (i think that's the name of the company) right when you do that the District Manager will act really quickly...let me tell you :)