Three problems related to air bag not deploy have been reported for the 2007 Kia Motor RIO. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2007 Kia Motor RIO based on all problems reported for the 2007 RIO.
The contact owned a 2007 kia Rio. While the contact's daughter was driving at an unknown speed, she attempted to apply the brakes, but applied the accelerator pedal by mistake. As a result, the contact's daughter crashed into the preceding vehicle. All the air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The contact's daughter sustained a neck and back injury that did not require medical attention. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown.
Fell asleep driving 2007 kia Rio on the interstate to army reserve training (traveling 65 mph). Car hit - head on - the upcoming end of a guard rail which drove the radiator back into the engine. Neither fender got damaged. Had seat belt on and hit head on steering wheel; cut head; concussion; dislocated part of hand. The airbag did not deploy. Unconscious for over an hour. The highway patrol was concerned that the airbag did not deploy but the guy rebuilding the car (3 hours from us; $7000 worth of damage) says it didn't necessarily need to deploy because there are only 2 censors and both censors must trigger to deploy. However local mechanic says there are 4 censors and any one of them will deploy the airbag. Have bumper to bumper warranty on the car from the dealer where bought it used.
On October 8, 2008. I was involved in a major four car accident. However, my airbags never deployed in my vehicle. My car will not be repairable it will be a total loss vehicle. It was a 2007 kia Rio, and nothing has been done to fix this problem.