Two problems related to automatic transmission floor shift have been reported for the 2001 Kia Motor RIO. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Kia Motor RIO based on all problems reported for the 2001 RIO.
Put car in park - got out of car and it rolled out of driveway into the street- got back in car to move it out of the street and the shifter would not work at all-car was towed to johnsons kia in leesburg florida-replaced shift cable assembly-dealer claimed problem was caused by rust on cable-I have the old shift cable assembly.
2001 kia Rio transmission has failed after only 40,000 miles. The company won't replace it unless we pay them, even though we're still covered by their 10 year/100,000 mile warranty.