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2005 KIA RIO Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	646206
Internal NHTSA #	10204401
Manufacurer	KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
Brand	KIA
Model	RIO
Model Year	2005
File date	14/09/07
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My son was driving his 2005 kia rio home from work one night when the car stalled. He was able to get it into a parking lot where one of our county sheriffs tried to give him a jump. The car would not turn over. My son took the car to the dealership on monday. He was told that the warranty had been denied due to lack of maintenance. Their definition of that was my son went over on two oil changes. I do not understand where two oil changes would cause a car to lock up. Because of the two oil changes kia will not look at the car. They are making us take the piece of junk they sold us to another dealership and have them look at it to see what is wrong with the car. It has been sitting on their lot for 2 weeks now. I have called their consumer affairs department and there again they were no help. So now i take the car to another dealership to find out what is the matter with it because kia wont even look at there own car. I am not being told what is and is not covered under warranty. In june of this year my son was told that there was a lower bearing knock in his car. He called the service manager at the dealership who never returned his call to discuss it. It that is what has happened to the car then it has nothing to do with an oil change it is the oil pump which is their problem and they aren't going to fix it. Buyers beware if you buy a kia and go over on any of your oil changes they will not cover your car under warranty due to lack of maintenance. They will get you in their showroom to buy their cars because the warranty is so great and then they don't want to cover it if something happens to the car. That car was the biggest mistake i have ever made in a vehicle purchase. *jb
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	54000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SWANSBORO, NC
VIN pattern	KNADC125X56XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	29/06/05
Was original owner?	Y
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
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Transmission type	MAN
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Dealer's name	STEVENSON KIA OF JACKSONVILLE
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Dealer's city	JACKSONVILLE
Dealer's state code	NC
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2005 KIA RIO Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 KIA RIO Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

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