Just after the warranty expired at 61, 230 miles we had to replace the front passenger side seat cushion because the air bag light came on and kia would not cover it under their recall. Kia's safety recall campaign number is sc097.
2007 Kia Rio airbags complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2007 kia rio. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. She received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign id number: 12v244000 (air bags:frontal:sensor/control module). The vehicle was taken to a dealer to be repaired; however, the failure recurred. The dealer stated she had to pay for a diagnostic test in order to see why the light remained illuminated on the instrument panel. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 70,000.
The dashboard airbag light came on approximately 1 year ago, and when I contacted the kia dealership where I purchased the vehicle they advised me that they would have to charge me to search for the cause of the problem...I heard of a recall on the kia rio airbags on the federal safety agency and I called kia to ask to bring my vehicle in so the problem could be fixed and the service department told me that they are unaware of any such problems with that vehicle and would not allow me to bring the vehicle in unless I paid to have it looked at!!!
I was driving to work and a car came out of a gas station, crossed two lanes of traffic and hit my car in the left front corner causing it to roll over.
My mom was killed in a car accident on 8/24/09 in a 2007 kia rio. She was hit broadside from a gmc yukon and the side impact air bags did not go off. She died from injuries from the neck, she had no injuries from the shoulders down!!!
Air bag light does not go out all the time when a passenger is in the passerger seat.
Driver tboned another auto who failed to yield on a green left turn. Totaled kia rio. Bumper was torn off, drive shaft on top of the rio. No air bag deployment at moving rate of 35-40mph. Driver did not receive bad injury, but did have whiplash, mild concussion, and deep tissue trauma to knee. Kia motors will not respond via email or phone.
On wednesday june 10, 2009 I was in a head on accident. The front end of my 2007 kia rio sx was hit. My car was equipped with 3 air bags. None of the air bags deployed. Car was a total loss.
Fell asleep driving 2007 kia rio on the interstate to army reserve training (traveling 65 MPH). Car hit - head on - the upcoming end of a guard rail which drove the radiator back into the engine. Neither fender got damaged. Had seat belt on and hit head on steering wheel; cut head; concussion; dislocated part of hand. The airbag did not deploy. Unconscious for over an hour. The highway patrol was concerned that the airbag did not deploy but the guy rebuilding the car (3 hours from us; $7000 worth of damage) says it didn't necessarily need to deploy because there are only 2 censors and both censors must trigger to deploy. However local mechanic says there are 4 censors and any one of them will deploy the airbag. Have bumper to bumper warranty on the car from the dealer where bought it used.
On october 8, 2008. I was involved in a major four car accident. However, my airbags never deployed in my vehicle. My car will not be repairable it will be a total loss vehicle. It was a 2007 kia rio, and nothing has been done to fix this problem.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 kia rio. While driving 50 MPH, the contact applied the brakes many times, but the vehicle would not stop. Finally, the brakes locked up and the contact rear ended the preceding vehicle. The front end of his vehicle sustained over $5,000 in damages. None of the air bags deployed and the front passenger seat belt did not work. The front passenger was injured. A police report was filed. The contact has pictures available. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 13,000.
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