2001 Kia Rio defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2001 Kia Rio. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• STEEL WHEEL FRACTURE
  Engineering Analysis EA04020 · opened Jul 22, 2004 · closed Apr 28, 2005 · led to recall 05V159000

  On march 24, 2004, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened a preliminary evaluation (pe04-030) to investigate alleged steel wheel fractures in certain model year (my) 2001 kia rio vehicles.the subject vehicles are equipped with wheels manufactured from may 12 through october 17, 2000.wheels were manufactured d…

• STEEL WHEEL FRACTURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE04030 · opened Mar 24, 2004 · closed Jul 22, 2004

  On march 24, 2004, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened a preliminary evaluation to investigate alleged steel wheel fractures in certain model year (my) 2001 kia rio vehicles.the subject vehicles are equipped with wheels manufactured between may 12 and october 18, 2000.wheels were manufactured during this p…

• FUEL RAIL LEAKAGE
  Engineering Analysis EA03015 · opened Aug 28, 2003 · closed Apr 30, 2004 · led to recall 04V179000

  On april 15, 2003, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened a preliminary evaluation (pe03-016) to investigate engine compartment fires due to alleged fuel system leaks in model year (my) 2001 kia rio vehicles.the investigation was upgraded to an engineering analysis on august 28, 2003.on september 22, 2003, th…

• ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES
  Preliminary Evaluation PE03016 · opened Apr 15, 2003 · closed Aug 28, 2003

  Kia has identified 22 non-crash engine compartment fires of any or unspecified cause on the subject vehicles.nine fires (of which 4 were also reported to odi) are identified as being due to a fuel system leak originating between the firewall and the fuel injector rail (p/n 0k30e 13 150) in the passenger side area of th…

• AIR BAG NON DEPLOY
  Engineering Analysis EA02009 · opened Jul 2, 2002 · closed Jul 2, 2003

  This investigation identified a total of 82 reports alleging non-deployment of the dual front air bags.of the 82 reports, only one incident, the fatal crash that was the basis for opening the investigation, has been identified as a moderate to severe crash in which the automotive restraint controller issued a command t…

• AIR BAG NON-DEPLOYMENT FRONTAL CRASH
  Preliminary Evaluation PE02022 · opened Feb 12, 2002 · closed Jul 2, 2002

  In addition to the december 2001 fatal crash reported to odi that provided the basis for opening pe02-022, kia provided odi 29 additional reports of allegations of non-deployment of the air bag in a crash.no additional fatal crashes are reported.an engineering analysis has been opened to conduct further analysis of the…