NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Kia Rio Recalls
The 2008 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 2008 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
- 46
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 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 2008 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 2006–2007 Rio
2008 Kia Rio complaints by year
NHTSA has received 46 owner complaints about the 2008 Kia Rio, the newest on December 4, 2021. Of these, 11 describe a crash (24%); owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Kia Rio, the component group named most often is the air bags (59%), followed by the engine (7%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (7%).
The 2008 Kia Rio's only recall also concerns the air bags.
Where 2008 Kia Rio owners gave the mileage (39 complaints), the median was 46,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags27
- Engine3
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic3
- Vehicle Speed Control3
- Engine And Engine Cooling2
- Exterior Lighting2
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Kia Rio peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 7. 48% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Kia Rio drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Kia Rio year in the same window: 5th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 46 complaints about the 2008 Kia Rio are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Rio by model year
Other 2008 Kia models
Newest record on this page: December 4, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted