NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Kia Rio Recalls
The 2006 Kia Rio has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on May 31, 2012.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Kia Rio. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 74
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Kia Rio, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2006 Kia Rio
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 12V244000
- Reported
- May 31, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 72,568
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008 Rio
2006 Kia Rio complaints by year
NHTSA has received 74 owner complaints about the 2006 Kia Rio, the newest on May 25, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (16%); owners reported 14 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Kia Rio, the component group named most often is the air bags (68%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (8%) and the steering (5%).
The 2006 Kia Rio's only recall also concerns the air bags.
Where 2006 Kia Rio owners gave the mileage (55 complaints), the median was 64,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags50
- Engine And Engine Cooling6
- Steering4
- Unknown Or Other4
- Electrical System3
- Structure3
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 15 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Kia Rio peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 15. 26% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Kia Rio drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Kia Rio year in the same window: 7th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 74 complaints about the 2006 Kia Rio are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Rio by model year
Other 2006 Kia models
Newest record on this page: May 25, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted