23V652000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2016 KIA RIO
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 110 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints110
Complaints citing a crash9
Complaints citing a fire15
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
23V594000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LATCH
A person inside the trunk compartment may become trapped, increasing their risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 38ENGINE
- 15UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 12SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 7ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 5POWER TRAIN
- 5SERVICE BRAKES
- 4FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 4EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 KIA RIOs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.