2013 Kia Rio brakes problems
Owners reported brakes problems in 30 complaints for the 2013 Kia Rio, 14% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 30 14% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 3 fires.
What owners wrote
Driving car home Going about 35 Smelled car in front of me, that car smells, seems it was my own car try to do brake To pull over. No breaks loose able to coast into parking lot use emergency brake, stop flames shut up through Car into car got out people tried to help put it out fire trucks were called.
Car has 62,000 miles, rear brake went out first, upon inspection, on the right side went out, on the side of the padding there was metal to metal, middle part had minimal hair line minimal of padding left however the left one still had halfway padding, pretty good, rotor would not turn, brakes had stayed in place for a long time, wheel cylinder appears to be defective, cannot place a new brake pad, due to the piston constantly coming out, 2 mechanics were unable to fix this issue and one of them did successful get…
Other problems reported for the 2013 Kia Rio
- Engine 56 complaints
- Air bags 34 complaints
- Electrical system 27 complaints