general problems of the 2013 Kia Motor RIO

Passenger air bag light on no accidents…. Light just recently turned on.

I was sitting behind a s. U. V . When it started to move I doubt if we were going 5 miles I slightly moved my steering wheel not even a half a turn to move straight behind the s. U. V. My car shot to the right jumped a curb, hit a pole, thru two trees down a hill and into a fence. When it was all said and done my car wouldn't stop, my airbag never deployed and my car was totaled. I kept asking if there was a way this car could be examined. The insurance company took the car. I had started having problems prior to this incident that started around the end of may. But before that the car ran pretty good and only had 52,000 miles. 1st it wouldn't start after driving it for a while. You would have to wait a few minutes and it would restart. So my husband took it to our mechanic. He couldn't find anything wrong and it even passed inspection. About a week and a half later I am driving and the car just stopped while I am driving no power. I finally get it to start again. Get it to a safer place and called aaa towing. They towed it to kia. They replaced some type of sensor I believe it was a crank. It ran smooth but it still didn't feel right. It had a hard time pulling hills and the acceleration wasn't right. It kept losing acceleration like it was going to stop on me again then it would seem to kick back in. I had planned that weekend to take it up to pep boys for diagnostics and take it back to kia to see what was wrong with it. But I had the incident that Friday . I uploaded a police report. And I do have repair ,inspection & and tow bill if needed.

The contact owns a 2013 kia Rio. The contact stated when he started the vehicle, he noticed that the air bag warning light was illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the air bag sensor on the driver’s side needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was contacted but a diagnostic test was not preformed. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Right now, the interior lights do not work. I have already replaced the windshield wiper system because they stopped working. I just found out through searching for new insurance that there are 7 recalls on my vehicle (this would explain the "brakes sounds" and "no light in the interior". I have had no confirmation that these repairs have been conducted: 1. Fuel system, gasoline (recall: 3/31/2021) 24gi 20v648000 2. Service brakes, hydraulic part #072-9831 (recall: 09/23/2020) 3. Electrical system (recall: 08/22/2017) 4. Equipment: 49 cfr, part 567) (recall: 05/31/2017) 5. Equipment: "tire section and rims" (fmvss) #110 (recall: 03/02/2017) 6. Equipment: fmvss #110 (recall: 03/02/2017) 7. Engine and engine cooling "engine may seize" (recall: 03/02/17).

The air bag light has come on and as I understand I am no longer protected in case of an accident. I do not find a recall but there should be as I am seeing many complaints for the same issue.

Air bag sensor showing up on dash as issue.

I received a letter from kia corporation that they would voluntarily replace a part (the clockspring assembly) in the steering wheel shaft as the malfunction would impair the proper functioning of the air bags, in the letter they stated specifically that this would not cost me any money out pocket including the diagnostic, I took the car to one of their dealers and they refused to service my vehicle if I did not pay upfront. I called another of their dealers but they also said I would have to pay for the diagnostic. I then called corporate and also corresponded with them via email but they did not solve the problem. Ever since I have been involved in two separate collisions and the air bags did not deploy, also the horn stop functioning and after doing some online research I found out it also depends on the part that was supposed to be replaced to function, the steering wheel control such as cruise control etc. Also stopped working. Corporate has not gotten back to me and I feel they are just going to let it die out and not do anything about it. Meanwhile I am driving the vehicle without air bags, horn and steering wheel controls. I have no choice because my family only owns this vehicle. Please let me know what I need to do to get help to get a solution for this issue/s. Thank you. Note: at this moment I only have information related to one of the collisions but I could provide for the other if need be. Also, the car belongs to my wife (maria DE la luz alvarez) but I was the driver at both collisions as I am the primary driver in my family household.

The clock spring light came on the car is now having issues with the steering. I was told by kia dealership that this is a known problem for my car and that it needs to be replaced due to safety of driving since it effects the airbag. If it get stopped I can get a ticket for the light being on.

Air bag warning.

I only drive my car to work and back, it had never been in any kind of accident. The other day I drive to work, work my 8 hours then get in my car to drive home and the air bag dash light comes on, the light would come on and off for a couple days, now it just stays on. I did some research and found that many many people are having the same issue with this car, supposedly this happens once you get in the 80+ thousand mile mark. I checked under my seats for loose connection and found nothing. I also looked at how much the dealer charges and its astronomical. It being a safety issue I think this should be considered as a recall.

Upon research I was able to find out that the kia Rio has the same engine used in the kia optima which has been recalled. Just recently metal shavings were found my kia Rio why are not all cars with the same engine being recalled?.

Takata recall the air bags are not working properly the light comes on saying they're not working and that they won't go off in a crash it happens every time I turn my car on.

I did not have an accident or anything to that nature. We bought our daughter a 2013 kia Rio. I was sitting in the passenger seat and noticed that the passenger seat is much lower than to drivers seat. I realized god forbid if the airbag goes off, the person will be hit in the face instead of the chest. Im not sure if you can help me, but is this a defect in the car. I found it odd. The car was bought at autoworld kia in east meadow NY. Thank you for your help.