Windshield Problems of Kia Motor RIO

Car has suffered repeated stress cracks of windshield. Cracks start at same spot on windshield. Repaired once under warranty with huge hassle with dealership and repaired again by owner when car out of warranty. Dealer agrees cracks are not result of impact as no chipping on glass to indicate foreign body impact. It is my opinion that a car less than four years old should not be having repeated windshield failures. Dealer's solution is to sell me a new car. Kia's solution is to hide behind car being out of warranty on second failure. Inspite of repeated requests by me and dealer's kia quality assurance manager, kia corporate never returns my calls. The only contact I have been able to make is a customer service rep who just repeats "car is out of warranty". When I asked what kia would do if new windshields continue to crack, his solution was "file a claim with your insurance company". Car has had other disturbing failures, which required repeated trips to dealer while under warranty such as air bag sensor failure, repeated stalling while being driven, etc. Most disturbing is kia's unwillingness to stand behind their product's repeated failures once car is out of warranty.

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No accident yet on this defect. We have noticed over the past 2 years of driving this vehicle a serious defect in the way the dash is constructed that seriously obstucts both viewing of the road through the windshield by the driver and viewing the dash instrumentation (speedometer, etc) virtually impossible under normal driving conditions. On a suny day, the black plastic material used in the dash construction around the instrument panel is so reflective, that often with the sun coming in through the rear or a side window, it becomes impossible to see the instrumentation in the dash due to reflective glare off the black plastic in front of the clear plastic that covers the speedometer, etc. It is so bad that occasionally we have to put a piece of paper or another non-reflective object behind the steering wheel and in front of the speedometer in order to read the instrumentation. Even more disturbing is the same phenomenon when the sun is streaming into the car, particularly from the front or a side window, that the reflection off of the black plastic onto the inside of the windshield is so bad that we often cannot see out of the windshield without putting a piece of paper or some other substance down to cut the glare down. This is an extremely dangerous situation, and it's only a matter of time before something serious happens as a result of being unable to see clearly.

See all problems of the 2002 Kia Motor RIO 🔎.

While driving any speed vehicle stalls intermittently dealer has been contacted. . Consumer also stated the interior panel around the windshield has broken off, also the vehicle has poor gas mileage, the overdrive light is coming on, the check engine light is on, the steering wheel locks up and is difficult to unlock, and the brake pedal goes too far down.

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Engine check light comes on repeatedly with cause unknown. The only corrective action dealership did was to change a code in the vehicle's computer system. Faulure caused vehicle not to exceed 5 mph. The brakes were making a loud noise, the air bag light was on, the left window was acting erractically, the regulator had to be replaced, the rear view mirro was inoperative, all 4 door seals were leaking water, there was a shimmy in the steering wheel, the shift indicator strip was out of poistion, the trim around the windshield was loose for the second time, there was a noise coming from the exhaust due to the shiled on the midpipe being loose.