NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Kia Rio Recalls
The 2016 Kia Rio has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 25, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 79
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 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 2012–2015, 2017 Rio, 11 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: trunk lid: latch
- Campaign
- 23V594000
- Reported
- August 24, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 319,436
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 401, interior trunk release
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Rio, 2 other models
2016 Kia Rio complaints by year
NHTSA has received 79 owner complaints about the 2016 Kia Rio, the newest on October 22, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (10%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Kia Rio, the component group named most often is the engine (49%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (15%) and the electrical system (11%).
1 of the 2016 Kia Rio's 2 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2016 Kia Rio owners gave the mileage (22 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine39
- Unknown Or Other15
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic12
- Electrical System9
- Air Bags5
- Power Train5
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 19 | |
| 2024 | 23 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2016 Kia Rio peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 23. 14% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Kia Rio drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Kia Rio year in the same window: 19th highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Kia Rio years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 79 complaints about the 2016 Kia Rio are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Rio by model year
Other 2016 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted