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Kia Rio · 2006

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 2006Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2006; overall ratings can differ by trim.

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Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • AQ25001 Audit Query · engine and engine cooling:engine:hard parts internal/mechanical
  • PE19004 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery:cables
  • RQ17003 Recall Query · engine

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2013 · engine 32 complaints, median 80,000 mi
    Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2013 · airbags 28 complaints, median 72,000 mi
  • 2016 · engine 22 complaints
  • 2015 · engine 20 complaints, median 94,000 mi
    Includes 5 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2013 · electrical 20 complaints
    Includes 8 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

595 manufacturer service bulletins across 19 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2023: 4.4/5 · 12 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2022: 4.3/5 · 11 complaints
  • 2021: 4.1/5 · 15 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2020: 4.1/5 · 27 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2019: 4.2/5 · 21 complaints · most complained-of: airbags

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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