Six problems related to air bag 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 owns a 2007 kia Rio. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was determined the OCS seat sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but confirmed that there was no recall associated with the VIN. The contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 12v244000 (air bags) however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 260,000.
The contact owned a 2007 kia Rio. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 70 mph, he fell asleep and the vehicle flipped over three times. None of the frontal air bags deployed. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was towed by the police department. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 107,000.
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.
I was driving to work and a car came out of a gas station, crossed two lanes of traffic and hit my car in the left front corner causing it to roll over.
On Wednesday June 10, 2009 I was in a head on accident. The front end of my 2007 kia Rio sx was hit. My car was equipped with 3 air bags. None of the air bags deployed. Car was a total loss.
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.