The contact owns a 2007 Kia Rio. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was determined that the occupant classification system (OCS) seat sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but confirmed that there was no recall associated with the VIN. The contact related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 12V244000 (Air Bags) however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 260,000.
2007 Kia Rio airbags problems
21 complaints (46% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 60,000. 10 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 21
- of this car's complaints
- 46%
- typical mileage
- 60,000
- crashes
- 10
- recalls
- 1
Which part fails
- Frontal2
- Side/window1
At what mileage
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Kia Rio airbags problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 2007 Kia Rio airbags
Phrases found in the owners' own descriptions, so one complaint can mention several symptoms.
Related recalls
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- What is wrong
- Kia is recalling certain model year 2006-2008 rio vehicles, manufactured from february 20, 2005, through december 9, 2007. The front passenger seat occupant sensor mat can experience fatigue cracking. If sufficient cracking occurs, the occupant classification system (ocs) will cease to function such that the system will not be able to detect whether a child passenger is in the seat and the airbag will deploy during a crash necessitating deployment.
- Risk
- Air bag deployment with a child in the front passenger side seat increases the risk of injury to that child.
- Remedy
- Kia will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ocs seat sensor mat, free of charge. The recall began on july 26, 2012. Owners may contact kia consumer assistance center at 1‑800‑333‑4542.
Recall number 12V244000 · Recall details
What 2007 Kia Rio owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
2007 kia rio has an airbag light on all the time, with a code specifying the passenger seat mat sensor. When clearing the code for the airbag, the code is rethrown after about 10 seconds. The federal safety agency recall #12v244000 applied to certain models of the 2005-2007 model era, but didn't include all of them, as the vehicle has no open seat mat recall and none had been repaired in the past. Evidently the issue is more widespread than the initial recall. The light stays on all the time.
I just recent had the battery put in my car. An now the air bag light stays on for the driver on that dash board. An don't know why it's on. The car has been driven in the past few months. So we are scared to be out on the road an it doesn't protect us if we get into an accident an someone gets killed.
Tl* the contact owned a 2007 kia rio. While the contact's daughter was driving at an unknown speed, she attempted to apply the brakes, but applied the accelerator pedal by mistake. As a result, the contact's daughter crashed into the preceding vehicle. All the air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The contact's daughter sustained a neck and back injury that did not require medical attention. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown.
Tl* the contact owned a 2007 kia rio. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 70 MPH, he fell asleep and the vehicle flipped over three times. None of the frontal air bags deployed. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was towed by the police department. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 107,000. Updated 05/11/16*lj
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 kia rio. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 35 MPH, the airbag warning light illuminated indicating that the airbag was not activated. The failure recurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the coupling was loose. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 34,000.
The 'airbag' dash light illuminates and the dealership has determined the cause of the failure is the sensor assembly located in the front passenger's seat cushion. This problem was addressed by a 'voluntary safety recall campaign' conducted by kia affecting "2006-2008 my rio occupant classification system mat" but according to the local dealership my kia rio manufactured in april 2007 was not included in this recall even though the problem/diagnosis/fix is identical.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 kia rio. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the passenger front occupant sensor mat had failed. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number 12v244000 (air bags). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 23,400. Updated 7/8/14*cn updated 07/14/2014
My vehicle's air bag sensor has been on and the kia manufacturer claims it not to be a recall since my warranty has expired this past november 2012. Now my car temperature gauge goes from cold -0- to half on the gauge. It starts to shake and shuts down in the middle of me driving. Almost caused me to have 2 accidents. I had it taken to take it to get a diagnostic test and this was in part of a recall that the manufacturer claims is not their problem.
Truck stopped at stop sign raining at the time 1304 pm got on brakes to slow down and stop and rain wet roads made the car slide into the trailer hitch of the tall 4x4 truck air bags did not go off on the rio car hit center on the front bumper over $3,000.00 in damage to car done to truck and no bags set off seems like a big things if the bags did not get set off.
Questions about the 2007 Kia Rio airbags
Does the 2007 Kia Rio have airbags problems?
Owners have filed 21 complaints about the airbags of the 2007 Kia Rio, 46% of all its complaints, more than any other problem.
At what mileage do 2007 Kia Rio airbags problems start?
The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 60,000 miles.
Was there a recall on the 2007 Kia Rio airbags?
Yes, 1 recall: 12V244000. Check your VIN to see if your car still needs the free repair.
What year does the Kia Rio have bad airbags?
The Kia Rio model years with the most airbags complaints are 2006 (50 complaints), 2013 (34 complaints) and 2001 (33 complaints).
Other 2007 Kia Rio problems
Brakes 8Electrical 8Engine 3Lights 3Seats 3Transmission 3Fuel system 2Locks 2Steering 2Tires 2Body 1Seat belts 1Visibility 1
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