NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Kia Rio Recalls
The 2014 Kia Rio has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 25, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2014 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
- 52
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2014 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 2014 Kia Rio
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 23V652000
- Reported
- September 25, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,730,192
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013, 2015–2017 Rio, 11 other models
2014 Kia Rio complaints by year
NHTSA has received 52 owner complaints about the 2014 Kia Rio, the newest on August 7, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (13%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Kia Rio, the component group named most often is the engine (46%), followed by the air bags (13%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (13%).
The 2014 Kia Rio's only recall also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2014 Kia Rio owners gave the mileage (31 complaints), the median was 33,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine24
- Air Bags7
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic7
- Power Train6
- Structure6
- Unknown Or Other6
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2014 Kia Rio peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 10. 44% arrived between 2013 and 2017, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2014 vehicles, the 2014 Kia Rio drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Kia Rio year in the same window: 8th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 52 complaints about the 2014 Kia Rio are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Rio by model year
Other 2014 Kia models
Newest record on this page: August 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted