NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Kia Rio Recalls
The 2021 Kia Rio has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 5, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 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
- 15
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2021 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 2021 Kia Rio
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 22V304000
- Reported
- May 5, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 30
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Rio, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 21V936000
- Reported
- December 1, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 87
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Rio
2021 Kia Rio complaints by year
NHTSA has received 15 owner complaints about the 2021 Kia Rio, the newest on December 28, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (13%).
In complaints about the 2021 Kia Rio, the component group named most often is the steering (27%), followed by the service brakes (20%) and the engine (13%).
1 of the 2021 Kia Rio's 2 recalls also concerns the steering.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other6
- Steering4
- Service Brakes3
- Engine2
- Power Train2
- Back Over Prevention1
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2021 Kia Rio peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 6. 87% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Kia Rio drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Kia Rio year in the same window: 14th highest of the 19 ranked years.
The 15 complaints about the 2021 Kia Rio are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Rio by model year
Other 2021 Kia models
Newest record on this page: December 28, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted