NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Kia Rio Recalls
The 2004 Kia Rio has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 12, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Kia Rio. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 38
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Kia Rio, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2004 Kia Rio
Child seat
- Campaign
- 05V557000
- Reported
- December 12, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 90,865
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005 Rio
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery
- Campaign
- 04V179000
- Reported
- April 9, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 187,790
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Rio
2004 Kia Rio complaints by year
NHTSA has received 38 owner complaints about the 2004 Kia Rio, the newest on March 2, 2024. Of these, 4 describe a crash (11%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Kia Rio, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (32%), followed by the electrical system (13%) and the fuel system, gasoline (13%).
1 of the 2004 Kia Rio's 2 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2004 Kia Rio owners gave the mileage (32 complaints), the median was 68,040 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling12
- Electrical System5
- Fuel System, Gasoline5
- Suspension5
- Power Train4
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic4
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Kia Rio peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 10. 47% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Kia Rio drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Kia Rio year in the same window: 10th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 2/5
The 38 complaints about the 2004 Kia Rio are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Rio by model year
Other 2004 Kia models
Newest record on this page: March 2, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted