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2009 Kia Rio air bags problems

17 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2009 Kia Rio44% of all complaints for this model year.

17
Air Bags complaints
44%
share of all complaints
69,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
3 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My airbag light will not go off for my passenger side!!! I think it is absolutely ridiculous that my car is not included in the recall because it definitely should be! What everybody says about the 2005 to the 2008 Kia Rios and the 2001 to 2008 Kia Rios is the same thing that is happening with my…

    filed Jun 30, 2022

  • My airbag light on my dashboard will not go out when it is reset, I don't know what sensor is bad, is there a recall on the senors

    filed Dec 27, 2020

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Air Bags problems in other Rio years

YearReportsShare
2020 Rio14%
2019 Rio314%
2018 Rio518%
2017 Rio310%
2016 Rio45%
2015 Rio510%
2014 Rio714%
2013 Rio3422%
2012 Rio1223%
2011 Rio521%
2010 Rio1246%
2008 Rio2759%
Rio air bags problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.