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Kia Rio 2010  63000 miles
Good afternoon. I have a Kia stylus 2010 and the failure that it has been presenting is that, suddenly, it remains accelerated and revolutions increase at the same time. This can happen at any speed or even in neutral and the only way to make it decelerate is turning off the air conditioning. Not always, but it sometimes happens, that after a short period of time, I turn the air conditioning on again and the vehicle works without any problems. Even more, sometimes the klaxon stops working. I personally believe it is an electrical failure, but no alert is turned on in the dashboard. I would appreciate it if anyone could guide me and help me find the solution. Thank you in advance.
Del44 from United States 9 years ago  
DE
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mark from United States 9 years ago
Good morning, check the idle speed sensor and valve, as they tend to fail quite a lot.
Richard from United States 9 years ago
You should take your car to an electrician and scan it. It can either be that the injectors are failing, that the throttle body is dirty, that the IAC or TPS are failing or even that the fuel filter is blocked.
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Won't start

Kia Rio 2008 4 door sedan 140000 miles
My 2008 kia rio won't start. When i turn the key it just makes a clicking noise but yet the lights and radio still work
landon from Canada 7 years ago  
LA
24 reports 
Doug from Canada 7 years ago
I'm having that same problem u had have u got it fixed yey
Drew from Canada 6 years ago
Im having that issue right now. Can you tell me what is wrong. Im changing my starter tomorrow
Andybaron from United Kingdom 3 months ago
Sounds like a battery fault most likely a bad cell preventing your battery cranking your car properly a simply battery drop test would confirm. Or a simple vault meter on the battery it should read around 13.6-12.8v if it’s good and when the car is cranked voltage should not drop below 10v. If it does your battery is bad. (Doesn’t have enough power for the starter to turn the flywheel. Starter just flicks into the flywheel ( clicking sound ) but fails to spin it due to weak voltage. A bad cell will prevent the battery charging properly or holding charge. You should start there try jump leads and another car if it starts it’s your battery hope this helps you all.
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Stereo not workin

Kia Rio 2010  360000 miles
Dont know the code as have only just purchased
Arty from Australia 7 years ago  
AR
14 reports 
mostee from Nigeria 2 years ago
My stereo is not coming up at all but there is light on the buttons. What could be the solution?
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Car trouble

Kia Rio 2009  130454 miles
My 2009 kia rio is acting up. The check engine light is blinking. It's shaking and when I give it gas the radio wigs out.
Jordan from United States 7 years ago  
JO
18 reports 
Teresa from United States 7 years ago
Mine is shaking all over and missing when you give itgas and the check engine light is blinking. Any ideas what could be wrong. Its 2007. With 67000 miles on it
Andybaron from United Kingdom 3 months ago
If your car runs on petrol/gasoline the most likely cause would be a bad spark on a cylinder. If the plugs seem fine it’s most likely a coil. I believe there individual on the Kia Rio. A simple diagnose of the vehicle would. Confirm this.
kitty from Canada 6 years ago
Sounds like a mis-fire... these engines are direct injection. The fuel is injected directly into the cylinder. Sadly the valves dont get cleaned by the gasoline. Could be a build up of carbon by the valves. Might need to be cleaned. This happened to my kia rio at about 117 000kms
Pablo from Australia 2 years ago
I have a 2005 kia rio
Just clicked over to 66xxx it started missing especially when getting off the clutch and onto gas now since left work today engine light is staying on have only changed plugs and leads any ideas before I go spending stupid amounts of $$ on her,, cheers
Andybaron from United Kingdom 3 months ago
Most likely ignition coil related a simple scan of the one port will confirm tha fault.
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Radio won't work!

Kia Rio 2012  62000 miles
When I first got the car, everything was just fine. Then about 2-3 months ago, my radio would just cut off. All of the lights around the radio would work, but as far as the display itself, the audio, AUX and other chargers, they're a no-go. It would only cut on as soon as I turned on my high beams. So I was thinking it was the battery. I found out that it had a dead cell so I got that changed. But when I changed the battery, that made it worse. Now it won't even come on at all, unless I'm pumping gas and just so happen to turn the key into the on position. And it stays on less than 5 mins then! I took out the audio fuse for a couple seconds like a website told me to do and still nothing! It's driving me crazy, because everyone knows that a car without a radio isn't the same. Please help!
missmauda from United States 8 years ago  
MI
40 reports 
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cheryle23 from United States 3 years ago
Same tning dont know what else to do
Wolf from United States 2 years ago
Gave any fixes for this?
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Battery in backwards

Kia Rio 2009  100000 miles
Crossed the wire when I put in the battery in backwards, the horn stared to go off. I removed the negative connection, flip it to the correct position. It starts, now I have warning lights for the ABS, battery and brake on. No radio, heat or rear defrost working. Any ideas on what to look for?
RIo09 from United States 6 years ago  
RI
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Frankie from Australia 6 years ago
Sounds like you have blown several fuses. Take it to an auto electrician.
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Cranks ,but won't turn over;sometimes

Kia Rio 2009 kia rio lx/4cylinder 650000 miles
When starting the car,it would crank,but not turn over(50% of the time),and when it does start,it drives fine,but this past week, the battery light and oil light came on,and the car was at the stop light,and wouldn't move,while everythingelse was functioning(radio,ac,etc),so I put it in park ,and turned the key,it cranked right up. Later I took it to autozone,and they looked at the engine,tugged on a hose,checked the exhaust fan,then sat behind the wheel,and cranked it right up,no problem,but found nothing wrong,but didn't do a diagnostic. Yesterday I drove around with no problem,but briefly t… Read complete
Paula James from United States 8 years ago  
PA
30 reports 
s999 from United Kingdom 9 months ago
Same issue. Did you solve your cranks, but won't turn over sometimes problem? If so how did you fix it?
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Car Won't Start

Kia Rio 2011  109000 miles
Battery is good, but car won't start. Headlights, dome lights, radio, and air conditioner aren't working either. Could it be the ignition switch? I haven't had any issues starting it until I got in to leave work last night and it just wouldn't crank, can't jump it either.
Josh from United States 3 years ago  
JO
6 reports 
Beth from United States 2 years ago
I'm having the same issue
Rsto from United States a year ago
I have same issue do u know what it is
Jordi from Australia a year ago
Did you get it fixed what was wrong with it
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One low beam won’t work

Kia Rio 2009 Rio 0 miles
So I have a 2009 Kia Rio that the left low beam will not work, I’ve already switched light bulbs to check it that was the problem but it’s not. I checked the fuses and found that if I remove the passenger side headlight fuse the low beam will turn on both sides but very dim and if I put it back in the left low beam goes out again.

Anyone ever had this problem or know if a solution??
Don Kia Rio from United States 2 years ago  
DO
5 reports 
mawmaw from United States 2 years ago
Does anybody know how to fix this
Jjbun from United States 8 months ago
Have the same issue. Replaced it 3 times. Low beam won't stay working but high beam works. Fuses are fine. No clue what to do
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Car was overheating put coolant in car now it won’t start up

Kia Rio 2013  165703 miles
Car won’t start up all the way everything come on I have new battery so I know that not the problem and I have oil. I put coolant in my car once it cool down. But it’s still not cranking all the way up to start up
Maisha from United States 3 years ago  
MA
5 reports 
Zach from United States a year ago
I've got the same issue for my 2010 Kia Rio
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AC / Air Conditioner

Kia Rio 2017  135300 miles
I turn on my AC it just blows warm air don't get cold at all... my AC air isn't cold. 🥶 I've put freon in it had it recharge and check the fuses/relays and there ain't bad they are all good...
Avie from United States 8 months ago  
AV
1 report 

No display on console

Kia Rio 2019 Hatchback 17800 miles
Car starts fine but there is nothing showing on display console. No radio and no back up camera
Dora from United States a year ago  
DO
3 reports 

Rough idle and cut out/stalls at times from high revs to clutch in.

Kia Rio 2013 hatchback / 1.3L / manual / tech 53000 miles
The car has had a service but the problem still persists. ---The symptoms--- 1. Rough idling at rest. Rev pin would fluctuate 100-200 RPM. After service that is no longer an issue but the even though the pin is not fluctuating you can feel the engine isn't smooth. 2. When driving doing 2500+ RPM and then putting in the clutch and no longer on the accelerator/gas, the pin as per usual goes down but at times it doesn't recover fast enough, goes below 500 RPM and cuts out. 2.1* Engine doesn't cut out on idle, only from a high RPM to the "clutch in" + "no gas". 3. Before the service car wo… Read complete
drakcore from South Africa 2 years ago  
DR
3 reports 

My car is overheating and it wont start

Kia Rio 2016 hatchback 70000 miles
The car is overheating and it wont start
Teeh from South Africa 2 years ago  
TE
1 report 

Limp mode poor acceleration

Kia Rio 2011 Rio saloon  2500 miles
Car goes into limp mode after driving for at least 1/2 hour and heater coolant fan refuse to work. Change engine oil temp sensors still in limp mode
Evan Hoss from Trinidad and Tobago 3 years ago  
EV
5 reports 

Stereo touch with camera replacement

Kia Rio 2018 Hatchback 8000 miles
I want to replace my stereo (small screen) Kia Rio 2018 - camera and BT are available but i need to set an OEM stereo with GPS ect.
Could I change it and what about the missing plugs behind the new one ????
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Mooo from other 4 years ago  
MO
1 report 

Wiring color

Kia Rio 2014 Rio hatchback 50000 miles
Need to no color wire for power antenna for radio
Eddy from Canada 5 years ago  
ED
1 report 

Ac clutch an electric fans

Kia Rio 2011 Ford flex f150  1700000 miles
Ac clutch an electric fans not working
Jjmm from United States 6 years ago  
JJ

Setting up the Bluetooth

Kia Rio 2010  90000 miles
We can't connect to the Bluetooth
Sanz from Australia 7 years ago  
SA
2 reports 

Speedometer and rpm gauge won't work

Kia Rio 2013  50000 miles
Notice one day that when I turn on my head lights my radio goes out turn lights off and radio works then the next day my speedometers and rpm gauge stop workingnow the engine light is on but the car is still running
Renee from United States 7 years ago  
RE
14 reports 

Radio oh radio...

Kia Rio 2008 Sedan 191800 miles
Just bought a 2008 kia Rio and while the radio and CD player work none of the buttons do. I can manually change stations but I can't use the presets, change from am to fm, aux...nothing. Help please.
Fynnvara from United States 7 years ago  
FY
10 reports 

Engine turns but does not start

Kia Rio 2014  20800 miles
Dear friends, I would be really thankful if you could help me. I have a Rio and yesterday, when trying to start the car, it did not respond. The engine turns but it won't start working. I really do not understand what happened. I've checked every single fuse and they are all fine. When I give contact, the everything turns on normally on the dashboard, except for a light that shows the figure of a car with a key in the middle. I was told that the immobilizer had been activated. I do not understand how and why it happened. Can you help me please?
Garbrielle from United States 9 years ago  
GA
50 reports 
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