NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 Kia Rio Recalls
The 2019 Kia Rio has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on August 9, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2019 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
- 22
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2019 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 2019 Kia Rio
Latches/locks/linkages: trunk lid: latch
- Campaign
- 21V622000
- Reported
- August 9, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 253,074
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 401, interior trunk release
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Rio, 1 other model
2019 Kia Rio complaints by year
NHTSA has received 22 owner complaints about the 2019 Kia Rio, the newest on October 8, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (18%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2019 Kia Rio, the component group named most often is the engine (27%), followed by the air bags (14%) and the power train (9%).
The 2019 Kia Rio's only recall does not concern the engine.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other8
- Engine6
- Air Bags3
- Power Train2
- Steering2
- Back Over Prevention1
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2019 Kia Rio peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 4. 50% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 Kia Rio drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Kia Rio year in the same window: 18th highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2019 one of the three best-measured Kia Rio years.
The 22 complaints about the 2019 Kia Rio are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Rio by model year
Other 2019 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted