Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 12/16/2012 | 67000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 kia rio. the contact stated that while driving 35 mph and depressing the brakes, the brakes abnormally traveled to the floorboard. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic test but could not determine the cause of the failure. the vehicle was taken to the dealer twice for the failure but was not repaired. later, the contact was attempting to apply the brakes but the vehicle would not stop, causing her to drive over a grassy area and crash into the playground equipment. the contact was not injured. the front driver's side of the fender was damaged. the vehicle was taken back to the dealer, where it was left for over eleven days but the dealer was unable to determine the failure. the manufacturer was not notified. the failure mileage was 67,000. kmj | |||
| 12/16/2012 | 67000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 kia rio. the contact stated while driving 35 mph and depressing the brake the system went all the way to the floor. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who ran a diagnostic test but they could not find the failure. the vehicle was taken twice to the dealer for the failure. recently while depressing the brake the vehicle would not stop causing her to end up on a grassy area and crashing into some playground equipment. there was no injuries but the driver side front fender was damaged. the vehicle was once again taken to the dealer for over eleven days but they could not find any failure again with the braking system. the manufacturer was not notified. the failure mileage was 67,000. mw | |||
| 07/08/2009 | 15000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2007 kia rio. the contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and another driver alerted that the exterior brakes lights were inoperative. the contact sprayed a lubricant onto the brake lamp switch. three years later the failure recurred. the vehicle had not been repaired for the most recent failure. the manufacturer was notified of the problem. there was a recall issued for other 2007 kia model vehicles under nhtsa campaign id number 09v130000 (component: exterior lighting: brake lights: switch). the approximate failure mileage was 15,000. | |||
| 07/08/2009 | 15000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 kia rio. the contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and another driver alerted that the exterior brakes lights were inoperative. the contact sprayed a lubricant onto the brake lamp switch. three years later the failure recurred. the vehicle had not been repaired for the most recent failure. the manufacturer was notified of the problem. there was a recall issued for other 2007 kia model vehicles under nhtsa campaign id number 09v130000 (component: exterior lighting: brake lights: switch). the approximate failure mileage was 15,000. pmb | |||
| 07/08/2009 | 15000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 kia rio. the contact stated while driving approximately 30 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and another driver alerted that the exterior brakes lights were inoperative. the contact sprayed a lubricant onto the brake lamp switch. three years later the failure recurred. the vehicle had not been repaired for the most recent failure. the manufacturer was notified of the problem. there was a recall issued for other 2007 kia model vehicles under nhtsa campaign id number 09v130000 (component: exterior lighting:brake lights:switch). the approximate failure mileage was 15,000. js | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 11/03/2011 | 40000 | 1 | |
| Truck stopped at stop sign raining at the time 1304 pm got on brakes to slow down and stop and rain wet roads made the car slide into the trailer hitch of the tall 4x4 truck air bags did not go off on the rio car hit center on the front bumper over $3,000.00 in damage to car done to truck and no bags set off seems like a big things if the bags did not get set off. *tr | |||
| 09/11/2008 | 13000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 kia rio. while driving 50 mph, the contact applied the brakes many times, but the vehicle would not stop. finally, the brakes locked up and the contact rear ended the preceding vehicle. the front end of his vehicle sustained over $5,000 in damages. none of the air bags deployed and the front passenger seat belt did not work. the front passenger was injured. a police report was filed. the contact has pictures available. the vin was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 13,000. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - DISC - ROTOR | |||
| 03/22/2010 | 12000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2007 kia rio. while the contact was driving at approximately 25 mph, the vehicle suddenly began to vibrate violently. after examining the vehicle, the contact noticed that the front passenger side tire was bent. the vehicle was towed to the dealership where the contact was informed that the front rotors, axle, and velocity joint needed to be replaced. the current and failure mileages were approximately 12,000. | |||