NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Kia Rio Recalls
The 2015 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 2015 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
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 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 2015 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 2012–2014, 2016–2017 Rio, 11 other models
2015 Kia Rio complaints by year
NHTSA has received 52 owner complaints about the 2015 Kia Rio, the newest on September 17, 2025. Of these, 4 describe a crash (8%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Kia Rio, the component group named most often is the engine (44%), followed by the electrical system (17%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (17%).
The 2015 Kia Rio's only recall also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2015 Kia Rio owners gave the mileage (29 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine23
- Electrical System9
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic9
- Air Bags5
- Engine And Engine Cooling4
- Unknown Or Other4
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2015 Kia Rio peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 15. 23% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Kia Rio drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Kia Rio year in the same window: 17th highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2015 one of the three best-measured Kia Rio years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 52 complaints about the 2015 Kia Rio are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Rio by model year
Other 2015 Kia models
Newest record on this page: September 17, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted